Revivals are curious things. Sometimes, like in the Great Awakening, they transform a country. Sometimes, the apparent revival seems more like a circus.
With events in Asbury capturing the public imagination — at almost the same time that a film about the ‘Jesus Movement’ in the 70s broke out — it isn’t easy to know the difference between hope and hype.
Doug and Rich talk about the events in Asbury specifically, and then revivals generally.
What sets the real ones apart from some overhyped burst of whipped-up emotionalism?
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