On pp. 17-18 of Lectures on Revivals of Religion Sprague notes the first of three indications of a genuine revival of religion, viz., that genuine revival is brought about by Scriptural means. As God’s Word is the only rule of both faith and practice, those who seek to do God’s work in an unscriptural manner [...]
Archive for August, 2008
God’s Chosen Instrument
Posted in Current Reading, Evangelism, Salvation, Sprague, William on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Revivals of Religion
Posted in Current Reading, Salvation, Sprague, William on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In William Sprague’s book, Lectures on Revivals of Religion, he begins the subject’s treatment by giving a general definition of “revival”–
special occasions on which the agency of the Spirit would be signally manifest (p. 2)
With respect to revivals of religion, Sprague then gives an excellent paragraph on the nature of religion:
Religion consists in a conformity [...]
He Got Saved!
Posted in Current Reading, Evangelism, Salvation, Sprague, William on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Continuing from yesterday…)
The diligent and faithful use of the word of God, as the rule of judgment, would have an influence peculiarly important in regard to those who have just begun to attend to the subject of religion.
Take the case of a sudden conversion. One who has long lived in thoughtless security, and has perhaps [...]
The Word of God
Posted in Christian Living, Current Reading, Sprague, William on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“It is a fact well known, and often recognized, that those Christians who have paid the most scrupulous attention to the word of God as the standard of character, have attained to the highest degree of moral excellence. They have been the most humble, and penitent; because they have seen the most clearly how small [...]
