Nov
07
2011
Better positioned to withstand attack
“Persecution doesn’t always . . . sow the seeds of revival. When the persecution is sufficiently systematic, severe, and sustained, as it was centuries ago in places such as modern-day Libya and Saudi Arabia, the church disperses and disappears. The persecution in Kenya and Uganda, however, failed to stamp out the flames of faith fanned by revival. A church already broken by its own sin and desperate need for a Savior is better positioned to withstand attack. Revival reaches Christians who recognize and admit that God is their only hope.”
Collin Hansen and John Woodbridge, A God-Sized Vision: Revival Stories that Stretch and Stir (Grand Rapids, 2010), page 133. Italics added.