It would be WONDERFUL if revival is, in fact, underway. I'm open to that possibility, but am concerned the renewed interest may not be what the Lord is really looking for. Some of the things Brierley references (and other similar things I've read recently) indicate people are definitely hungry, but perhaps less for truth than for sensations, feelings, experiences. Don't people believe in the Book of Mormon ("After I read the Book of Mormon, I asked God if it was true, and He gave me a 'burning in the bosom.'") and a host of other false things, based on such subjective things? Saving faith comes from hearing the word of God (Rom. 10:17). Christians are "brought forth (born) by the word of truth" (Jas. 1:18). I am very glad New Atheism has lost its popularity, and that people are looking for something beyond the material, but I'll be more heartened when there is a heightened interest in the word of God. May it comes to pass!
It would be WONDERFUL if revival is, in fact, underway. I'm open to that possibility, but am concerned the renewed interest may not be what the Lord is really looking for. Some of the things Brierley references (and other similar things I've read recently) indicate people are definitely hungry, but perhaps less for truth than for sensations, feelings, experiences. Don't people believe in the Book of Mormon ("After I read the Book of Mormon, I asked God if it was true, and He gave me a 'burning in the bosom.'") and a host of other false things, based on such subjective things? Saving faith comes from hearing the word of God (Rom. 10:17). Christians are "brought forth (born) by the word of truth" (Jas. 1:18). I am very glad New Atheism has lost its popularity, and that people are looking for something beyond the material, but I'll be more heartened when there is a heightened interest in the word of God. May it comes to pass!