Consider today’s episode of Recovering the Christian Mind a Bonus Track to yesterday’s conversation with Pastor Jeremy Walker about the excellent new two-hour video documentary on the history of revival, Revival: The Work of God.

In this brief conversation, Jeremy and I discuss the production aspects of the documentary: the beautiful locations they visited, including historic churches and places, and the pastors and professors they interviewed to help all of us place revival in its proper biblical and historical context.

Pastor Jeremy Walker is the Writer and Presenter of the new Reformation Heritage Books documentary, Revival: The Work of God.

This two-hour video documentary sets revival in its biblical and historical context, freeing us from our contemporary pragmatic view which sees revival more as a result of human creativity and ingenuity than a true work of the Spirit at the sole initiative of our sovereign God.

Pastor Walker says, “In times of reviving, God does what He always does. But there’s a pace and a power to it that is distinctive; and sometimes it’s momentary – it’s A sermon; other times it’s a period; sometimes it’s a lifetime; sometimes it sweeps across a whole region that there’s this sort of elevating of the spiritual tone that is, I think, incontrovertible. It is the God who, in His grace, draws near to bless in ways that are perhaps beyond, certainly that beggar, I think, our low and shallow expectations of Him.”

A Conversation with Leah Savas, “Life Beat” Reporter for World Magazine

If all you know about abortion in America is the legal battles and public protests, you’re missing the real story. Here is part two of my conversation with Leah Savas.

Get The Book:
The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level View 1652-2022

Read Leah Savas at World Magazine

A Conversation with Leah Savas, Life Beat Reporter for World Magazine

Here is part one of a two-part conversation I had last week with Leah Savas, the “life beat” reporter for World Magazine. She and Marvin Olasky have collaborated on an important new book which details the impact of abortion in America since 1652.

If all you know about abortion in America is the legal battles and public protests, you’re missing the real story.

The Conversation with Leah Savas continues in Part Two.

Get The Book:
The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level View 1652-2022

Read Leah Savas at World Magazine

Recent trends in end of life “celebrations” are a clear indication that the traditional funeral is itself, dead.

A comprehensive report from the Theos Think Tank in London details these trends away from religious rites and toward more informal gatherings tailored to the unique personality of the deceased.

What the report reveals is what it doesn’t say explicitly: we are masking the horrific nature of death (and its cause – SIN) with irreverence and humor rather than confronting the reality of what death is, how it has separated us, and where the hope lies.

LINKS:

Theos Think Tank: Ashes to Ashes: Beliefs, Trends, and Practices in Dying, Death, and the Afterlife

Pastor Paul Edwards: Pastoral Thoughts on the Funeral and the Treatment of the Body After Death

April 6, 1981: Memorial Service for Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Rev. Paul Scalia: Funeral Homily for The Honorable Antonin Scalia