Fire Fall 2.0

How God Has Shaped History Through Revivals

Malcolm McDow & Alvin L. Reid

©2014 by Malcolm McDow and Alvin L. Reid. All rights reserved.

Published by Gospel Advance Books, Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Original edition published by Broadman & Holman Publishers.

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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1946, 1952, 1971, 1973. Scripture quotations marked ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Other versions cited include the NIV, the Holy Bible, New International Version, © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society; NASB, the New American Standard Bible, the Lockman Foundation, © 1960, 1962, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, used by permission; the King James Version; and the NRSV, the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America, used by permission, all rights reserved.

ISBN-13: 978-1499500561

ISBN-10: 1499500564

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

Introduction to Part One: Revival Movements From the Old Testament to the Reformation

Part One: Revival From the Old Testament Through the Reformation

Chapter 1: Understanding Revival

Chapter 2: Revivals in Israel to the Fall of the Northern Kingdom

Chapter 3: Revivals in the Southern Kingdom and the Post-Exilic Period

Chapter 4: Revival in the New Testament

Chapter 5: The Spread of Christianity Through Revivals, A.D. 100–1100

Chapter 6: Revivals on the Eve of the Reformation, 1100–1500

Chapter 7: The Reformation and Revival

Introduction to Part Two: Spiritual Awakening Movements in the Modern Era

Part Two: Spiritual Awakening Movements in the Modern Era

Chapter 8: The Dawn of Modern Revival—Puritanism and Pietism

Chapter 9: The Evangelical Awakening in Britain, 1735–91

Chapter 10: The First Great Awakening in America, 1726–70

Chapter 11: The Second Great Awakening in America, 1787–1843

Chapter 12: The Layman’s Prayer Revival, 1857–59

Chapter 13: The Global Awakening, 1901–10

Chapter 14: Recent Regional and Specialized Awakenings

Chapter 15: Revival in Our Time

A Concluding Challenge

Acknowledgments

Many people have helped in the writing of this book. John Landers of Broadman & Holman initiated the original project and offered numerous helpful suggestions along the way. A general survey of revival from the biblical period to today had not been published for many years, so we are thankful to B & H for recognizing the need for such a work. Our first discussions together about spiritual awakening came in ...