Charles Finney: El hombre que originó un avivamiento que cambió el curso de la historia

Men of Faith

by Basil Miller

Charles Finney, a brilliant lawyer, came face to face with God one day in a forest on the outskirt of Adams, New York. The amazing consequences of that first encounter on his knees, was so remarkable that it denied description. For more than fifty years, tens of thousands of sinners gave their lives to the Lord, moved by the power and the junction where upon Charles Finney preached the Word of God. The history of his life is a story of half a century of living, perhaps surpassed only by the apostle Paul. Finney got to experience the abundant life to such fullness, that wherever he went, life seemed to flow from him, and to reach other people as the flames of a fire whipped by the wind.

Genres: Biography

145 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Basil William Miller was born in Laconia, Indiana, February 26, 1897. He moved with his family to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in 1905, and nine years later entered a small Christian college in Greenville, Texas, to earn A.B. and B.D. degrees.

After pastoring churches in Oklahoma, he was called to teach at Pasadena College in California. He married Esther Kirk and they had four children. He earned a master’s degree at the University of Southern California and five more graduate degrees—the M.A., S.T.M., Th.M., S.T.D., and Ph.D.—were earned while he was holding pastorates in San Diego, Pittsburgh, New York City, San Antonio, and Pasadena.

In 1939, Dr. Miller was involved in a serious car accident and suffered a severe concussion which kept him bedridden for a year and partially incapacitated for the next four. Then, in 1947, he suffered a heart attack. During his convalescence he began his writing career and, over a period of 35 years, produced 200 books and thousands of articles for Christian publications.

Two wartime biographies caused a publishing sensation. Martin Niemoeller: Hero of the Concentration Camp appeared in 1942 while the German pastor was still confined in Dachau. The other bookk was Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. The Chinese leaders were at the height of their popularity and the book generated more prepublication orders than any previous Zondervan title. Some 950,000 Basil Miller books were in print by mid-1951. He had published 136 titles by 1955 and his final count probably tops 150.

Until his death on May 7, 1978, at the age of 81, he was “driven almost beyond endurance with the knowledge that there is so much to do, and so little that I can accomplish.”

Reviews

[Shawn Durham · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book until I learned more about Finney. Very heretical

[Virginia Garrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book!!

[Andréas Skogholm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mycket bra bok om Finneys liv, resor och evangelisation!

[Scott Poirier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty cool life!

[Sheri-lee · Rating 1 out of 5]

I would hope Charles Finney would be offended by the approach and style of this book. While it does (sort of) highlight some things that Finney did which were ground breaking both in Christianity and in human rights, its focus seems to be trying to establish him as some kind of legend. It's contradictory (he's a vision of perfect health...yet has these awful bouts of terrible illness through out his life, etc) and it's sensationalized. It actually talks about other preachers being struck down (yes, in death) because they disagreed with Finney. Really? I'm totally sure that's how God works*. Ugh.

I am going to read his memoirs with a hope to balance this reading. If not, I'll be sad that I even read about Finney.

[Lisa Pauline Mattackal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative, but more of a promotional booklet than an interesting biography.