Revival is what the church first experiences; #evangelism is then what she engages in. Revival is periodic; evangelism is continuous. “Revival and evangelism are not identical, although the word revival is frequently used to designate soul-winning efforts directed toward unbelievers. Revival is not always welcome. For many its price is too high. There is no cheap #grace in revival. It entails repudiation of self-satisfied #complacency. Revival turns careless living into vital concern… exchanges self-indulgence for self-denial. Yet, revival is not a #miraculous visitation falling on an unprepared people like a bolt out of the blue. It comes when God’s people earnestly want revival and are willing to pay the price.
— Christianity Today, April 9, 1965
Backsliders become the most unhappy people in the world. There are many who have known what it was to enjoy God, but now they neither enjoy God nor the world. They are away from home every where. They are unhappy when they rise up and when they lie down. They are like a bird that has no rest. They have too much religion to enjoy the world, and too much of the world to enjoy God. You who are in this state, know that this is true. You are filled with your own ways.
— Charles Finney
