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Chasing Revival: A Road Trip Bible Study
COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE
on this road trip adventure that traces the movement of the Holy Spirit as the Great Commission is carried out across the world. We’ll start on the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit of God descends on believers, and end up in the homes and churches of the revolutionary believers of today.
This study, which contains 9 units and 61 lessons:
- details the history of revival.
- follows the path of the Gospel as it travels westward from Jerusalem to Asia Minor, Africa, Rome, Europe, America, China, the Land between the Walls, and then returns to Jerusalem in the final days.
- explores the historical, political, and social issues surrounding key moments of revival.
- discusses influential leaders, theologians, and everyday people God has used to bring about revival.
- includes discussion questions for personal or group study
The thought-provoking message of Chasing Revival, along with the history that it reveals, will challenge the way you think about revival and the role you play in it.
on this road trip adventure that traces the movement of the Holy Spirit as the Great Commission is carried out across the world. We’ll start on the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit of God descends on believers, and end up in the homes and churches of the revolutionary believers of today.
This study, which contains 9 units and 61 lessons:
- details the history of revival.
- follows the path of the Gospel as it travels westward from Jerusalem to Asia Minor, Africa, Rome, Europe, America, China, the Land between the Walls, and then returns to Jerusalem in the final days.
- explores the historical, political, and social issues surrounding key moments of revival.
- discusses influential leaders, theologians, and everyday people God has used to bring about revival.
- includes discussion questions for personal or group study
The thought-provoking message of Chasing Revival, along with the history that it reveals, will challenge the way you think about revival and the role you play in it.
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Published January 1, 2018
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March 23, 2023
I was hoping that a book about the history of revival in the world over the last 2,000 years would’ve been a little more scholarly in nature. The book read more like an opinion article than academic research and it sure had its fair share of hot takes. There were not very many sources and the majority of the sources that were listed were articles found online, some of which were themselves opinion pieces. The author treated many stories which have had their validity significantly questioned by historians as factually historical events. Not to mention there was an oddly abundant supply of typos throughout the book which contributed to making it hard to take the book seriously.
There were also points in the book where I felt like the author was trying to make a political statement and, in my estimation, became overly aggressive in tone towards certain groups of people (see Day 4 for an example). At times too I think he used Scripture to fit his agenda, ignoring the context, and causing him to misinterpret the actual meaning of the text (see Day 47, page 251 for an example).
Despite all this, I did really like how the framework of the book was to show revival from when it began in Jerusalem with the birth of the church, and moving westward through history until it eventually comes back around to Jerusalem. I liked that there were discussion questions at the end of each chapter that prompted self-reflection. Clearly the author has seen and learned a lot about church history and revival from his extensive experience traveling the world and meeting different people. There were many helpful things to take away from the book such as hearing about how Chinese missionaries are taking advantage of their unique opportunity to evangelize the “land between the walls” (Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu countries between China and Jerusalem).
A generous 3 stars.
There were also points in the book where I felt like the author was trying to make a political statement and, in my estimation, became overly aggressive in tone towards certain groups of people (see Day 4 for an example). At times too I think he used Scripture to fit his agenda, ignoring the context, and causing him to misinterpret the actual meaning of the text (see Day 47, page 251 for an example).
Despite all this, I did really like how the framework of the book was to show revival from when it began in Jerusalem with the birth of the church, and moving westward through history until it eventually comes back around to Jerusalem. I liked that there were discussion questions at the end of each chapter that prompted self-reflection. Clearly the author has seen and learned a lot about church history and revival from his extensive experience traveling the world and meeting different people. There were many helpful things to take away from the book such as hearing about how Chinese missionaries are taking advantage of their unique opportunity to evangelize the “land between the walls” (Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu countries between China and Jerusalem).
A generous 3 stars.
December 29, 2019
A book written to widen our understanding of the global church. The writer by Pseudonym, Eugene Bach, is a former military enlisted infantryman.
He chooses to travel and take risks to support fellow Christians around the world and to learn their story.
The book challenged me to consider my own level of commitment to obey Christ whatever the cost and to remember brothers and sisters in chains.
The author has strong ties to Believers in South East Asia, the US and beyond.
Read this and, with God’s help, break free from comfortable Christianity to refreshing obedient adventure.
He chooses to travel and take risks to support fellow Christians around the world and to learn their story.
The book challenged me to consider my own level of commitment to obey Christ whatever the cost and to remember brothers and sisters in chains.
The author has strong ties to Believers in South East Asia, the US and beyond.
Read this and, with God’s help, break free from comfortable Christianity to refreshing obedient adventure.
May 1, 2024
Chasing Revival is a unique book, setup to be a bible study, but really could be read as a understanding of church history that has gone overlooked for centuries. It delves deep into the Chinese church and how China at one time was a nation that was revered and understood, maybe not ever a fully Christian nation, but one that had the buddings of it.
This book also uses that as a foundation to help understand the truth of revival, instead of giant gatherings of believers, but instead of the quiet still movement that happens in hearts and minds across the world. As we draw closer to the end of time, begin to understand that the revival your seeing isn't always loud and noticeable, it's most of the time quiet and overlooked.
Despite some typos, which are mainly just spelling errors, Chasing Revival is a book that even historians should take a gander at.
This book also uses that as a foundation to help understand the truth of revival, instead of giant gatherings of believers, but instead of the quiet still movement that happens in hearts and minds across the world. As we draw closer to the end of time, begin to understand that the revival your seeing isn't always loud and noticeable, it's most of the time quiet and overlooked.
Despite some typos, which are mainly just spelling errors, Chasing Revival is a book that even historians should take a gander at.
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