Richard Owen Roberts, President and Founding Director, International Awakening Ministries, may be the greatest historian, theological and practical leader of revival in our contemporary day. Though now in the sunset years of his life, he has given himself to the study and witness of revival, reformation, and/or spiritual awakening.
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Germantown, TN produces annual a theological journal called Journal of Evangelism and Missions. In their Spring, 2009 edition (Volume 8), they devoted the theme to Revival and Spiritual Awakening.
One of the contributors was Richard Owen Roberts. In his discourse, he describes revival as "God in the midst of His people." He uses Psalm 73:28 (NASV) "But as for me, the nearness of God is my good...." He notes this is also stated by Bryan Edward in his book, Revival: A People Saturated with God.
Over the next few days I want to share excerpts from that article as Dr. Roberts expresses the presence of God in three perspectives:
* The Essential Presence
* The Manifest Presence
* The Cultivated Presence
More tomorrow.
No comments:
Post a Comment