George Whitefield first met John Wesley and when they were students at Oxford. Wesley was the leader of the “Holy Club,” a group dedicated to the pursuit of holiness. Wesley’s little band was derided at Oxford; they were ridiculed…
Read moreJonathan Edwards, famous for his classic sermon, “Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God,” is best known for his role in the Great Awakening, which began as a revival in several churches along the Connecticut River Valley. Through…
Read moreAlmost everything we know about Anne Bradstreet comes from her poetry in which she combined the longings of the human heart with a devout Christian faith. Though her poetry was admired by many contemporaries, she was criticized by some…
Read moreLong before becoming the governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop had a deep under-standing of God’s divine purposes for the colony. “We shall be a city set on a hill,” he said of Boston where the church was the center…
Read moreWilliam Bradford, the second governor of Plymouth colony elected to fill the place of the deceased John Carver, was responsible for the infant colony’s success through great hardships. The Pilgrims were part of a strain of Puritanism know…
Read moreThe Gate to Harvard Yard This special issue of The Boston Awakening has been produced as a gift to the students of Boston, Massachusetts. The publishers are the Boston Awakening team – a group of…
Read moreIN THE PAST 20 YEARS, the city of Boston has witnessed an unprecedented rate of church growth even while the population has remained steady. This has some local Christian leaders and ministers asking if the first stage of a Great…
Read moreI have been a student of revival and spiritual awakening since I was converted to Christ in 1985 as part of a church outreach ministry to young adults in Boston. Since that time, I have been in the middle of…
Read moreBy Dr. Paul Jehle On the global scene, the beginning of every century has seen some great move of God, beginning with the birth of Jesus Christ who changed the entire calendar! 1600 – The American Covenant The two parent…
Read moreLook to the Northeast College Campuses! The academic institutions of the Northeast, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and several others, are “lynchpins” in the American university system. Philosophies which are born and bred in the classrooms of these schools are later…
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