Understanding Revival and Addressing the Issues It Provokes: So That We Can Intelligently Cooperate with the Holy Spirit: During Times of Revivals and Awakenings
About this audiobook
Understanding Revival and Addressing the Issues It Provokes guides us through centuries of God's Divine visitations and reveals what we can expect to see, as God rends the heavens and pours out His Spirit. Read about revivals from the Bible and Church history, Divine paradoxes and times of solemn commotion - revived Christians, saved communities, churches on fire and transformed nations.
What happens in true heaven-sent revival.
The theology and practical application of revival.
The workings of Holy Spirit during times of revivals.
How to discern between God's dynamics and the demonic.
How to handle those in the flesh + warnings from Scripture.
The Devil as an infiltrator and imitator and how to stand firm.
How to deal with physical phenomena and manifestations.
Learning the lessons from past revivals and awakenings.
The purpose of revival merchandise and memorabilia.
The dangers, joys and diversities of genuine revivals.
Why we need revival and how we can see it.
Through the use of Scripture and church history Understanding Revival reveals how we can intelligently cooperate with the Holy Spirit during times of revivals and awakenings and not reject His workings due to religious affections, physical phenomena or manifestations and that we may not be caught unaware of the tactics of the enemy.
About the author
Mathew Backholer was born in the 1970s and became a Christian as a child, committing his life to serving God in his early twenties. He is a revival historian, seasoned traveller, broadcaster, writer, author, researcher, editor and co-founder of ByFaith Media. In the late 1990s, Mathew studied at the Bible College of Wales under the Directorship of Samuel Rees Howells where he later worked as a staff member, carrying out various duties, including teaching English (TEFL), itinerant preaching and leading teams of students in outreaches, including weeks of evangelism.
As co-founder of ByFaith Media, Mathew researches and develops new books, contributes articles for the ByFaith website (www.ByFaith.org) and prepares for new TV projects with his brother Paul. Mathew has travelled to more than forty nations of the world carrying out research, executing missions and filming/presenting Christian TV and documentary projects. Mathew is also a guest speaker on Revelation TV.
Mathew is passionate about the Great Commission – to make disciples of Jesus in all nations by the power of the Holy Spirit. He has preached and taught at home and abroad, he is interdenominational in character, evangelical in outlook and has written more than twenty books.
