"Why Revival Tarries?" By Leonard Ravenhill
(The Spiritual Thermometer of the Church in the 21st century)
The book “Why Revival Tarries?” written by Leonard Ravenhill, was all about spiritual revival which was published four decades ago. The author himself was being considered the religious specialist who carried the conventional work of the church through his writings. He became one of the greatest 21st century’s influences to the people before over the major role of the church in the lives of the people. His book contained all the messages that were drastic, fearless and more often radical. He discussed in his books the disparity between the New Testament church and what the present church teaches to the new generation. Hence, the author focused his religious writings on the call for biblical revival, who born in 1907 in Leeds, Yorkshire in England. Later, he decided to convert his religious belief into Evangelism. There after, he underwent training for the ministry at Cliff College; and soon, he engaged in evangelism works and principles as his new way of life and religious belief and practices. Sooner, he became one of the England’s leading outdoor Evangelists. He encountered wars for many years in Great Britain, and he was able to persuade people to convert their religious beliefs and practices into Evangelism. Majority of his converts not only followed the Evangelism principles but also serve in the Christian Ministry through volunteering themselves in a Christianity mission worldwide.
(http://www.amazon.com/Why-Revival-Tarries-Classic/dp/0871236079)
Furthermore, Leonard Ravenhill got married to Irish nurse named Martha in 1939. They were blessed with three sons, Paul, David and Philip. The first two sons became ministers of Christianity, while the third son became a teacher. This English author and evangelist died in November 1994. God made him an instrument to bring thousands of people in Great Britain to Christ and to the church all throughout the country. When he was still alive, way back in 1980, he and his family went to the United States, there; he worked with the Bethany House Publishers. They lived near Lindale, Texas, near also to Last Days Ministries. Leonard taught classes at Last Days Ministries; and he became a mentor to the late Keith Green. In addition, A. W. Tozer, Leonard’s friend, said that "To such men as this the church owes a debt too heavy to pay. The curious thing is that she seldom tries to pay him while he lives. Rather, the next generation builds his sepulcher and writes his biography? as if instinctively and awkwardly to discharge an obligation the previous generation to a large extent ignored. “
(http://www.amazon.com/Why-Revival-Tarries-Classic/dp/0871236079)
Moreover, though, Leonard Ravenhill did not carry the conventional work of the church, and there were groups of people who did not believe in him and his purpose of spreading Christianity to entire world. Despite the fact, that he was already weak and frail, at the age of 82, he was able to spoke with fire and still able to convince people about the goodness of God. His eyes seemed to pierce right into the soul of anyone who in front of him and hearing him talking about the words and works of God for mankind. For the last few years of his life, he devoted his time to a prayer meeting that held every week, then later on, became once a month because of his health condition. All these religious gatherings were always attended by pastors and evangelists. Several of the men attended in the prayer meetings were from far away places that did not mind to travel for 4-hour round trip just to be present in every meeting. These evangelical prayer meetings were stopped when he died.
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Many people deeply affected by Leonard’s death, because he already touched the lives and the hearts of millions of people in his own country, and even other countries as well, specifically United States of America. His friends and followers expressed their saddest feelings about his death; they considered his death such a big loss from the Christian world. In the final note, though Leonardo Ravenhill did not do the usual practice and ceremonies that the new church is doing nowadays, still the writer believes that he did more than enough effort, sacrifices and contribution to spread the principles of Christianity worldwide. Apparently, priests of today master their subjects and homilies in front of many people in the church, but, it does not make any difference on the way Leonardo preached and taught people during his period. God has his own way to manifest on the people’s act and behavior, as long as the Christianity belief and practice are present all the time to serve the Lord.
(http://www.holytrinitynewrochelle.org/yourti19238.html)
References:
(http://www.amazon.com/Why-Revival-Tarries-Classic/dp/0871236079)
(http://www.holytrinitynewrochelle.org/yourti19238.html)
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