Revival breaking out at an evangelical university should be no | Wanda Alger

Revival breaking out at an evangelical university should be noted. Spiritual outpourings and unusual manifestations are usually cited by Charismatics and Pentecostals. Perhaps our struggle to define “revival” is because God Himself has interrupted the debate. I’m reminded of something I referenced in “Moving From Sword to Scepter” about the larger goal of God:

“I believe there is a closer collaboration needed if we are to see the fullest expression of the Kingdom displayed on the earth. Smith Wigglesworth, the famous Pentecostal evangelist, prophesied in 1947: ‘When the new church phase is on the wane, there will be evidenced in the churches something that has not been seen before: a coming together of those with an emphasis on the Word and those with an emphasis on the Spirit. When the Word and the Spirit come together, there will be the biggest movement of the Holy Spirit that the nation, and indeed the world, has ever seen.’”

“This coming together of the Word and Spirit has been confirmed by others, including R.T. Kendall, former pastor of Westminster Chapel and Christian author: ‘By word I mean the centrality of the gospel. By spirit I mean signs, wonders and miracles. I believe that it will mean a spontaneous combustion of power and authority for the Church and a wake-up call to the nation.’”

“Both nationally recognized spiritual leaders have prophesied a heaven-sent ‘revival’ and ‘ movement’ of God, ignited by a coming together of the Word and the Spirit. If we want to embrace this word and position ourselves for heaven’s ‘spontaneous combustion,’ I believe it will take the Word-based Evangelicals and the Spirit-fueled Charismatics and Pentecostals, to pursue even closer relationships in prayer, practice, and initiatives. Rather than simply acknowledging each other’s presence in the room, we need to walk to the center, huddle in prayer, and start taking notes from heaven.”

Maybe this current outbreak - is that.