Saturday night at the chapel: looks like it was still a full house.
First nooze I heard this morning: “university officials” (you see those words and know you’re going to hear something asinine): The revival at Asbury University, Kentucky, is to be shut down (https://www.wdrb.com/news/asbury-university-to-end-nonstop-revival-service-list-new-guidelines-and-schedule/article_acc7acaa-af2c-11ed-8cce-e33ce80e7f47.html).
Oh, of course it’s for “public safety concerns,” never mind that during the whole 11 days of the non-stop worship services, no one was injured, no one was robbed, no property was damaged. Round-the-clock services have been discontinued as of last night, and everyone’s supposed to leave after Thursday.
They want to “balance” the spontaneous outbreak of worship with “the academic experience.” So no more live streaming, either.
Why do I think there were a lot of high-pressure phone calls made that we will never know about? How did the crones on “The Vew” go a whole week without mocking the revival?
People were still coming from foreign countries as of this past weekend. Well, that’s that! Everybody go home!
So is this the end of it? America needs revival. The whole world needs revival. Can we carry it on at home? Because we really do need it. And you shouldn’t have to ask why.
Oppose Christianity, and it only grows.
Truth!
Hopefully, the revival will spread beyond that university. The movie, Jesus Revolution, is happening soon in local theatres. I think that movie will have a powerful effect. I was part of the Philadelphia Jesus People which was a direct result of the happening in California. Our pastor, Carl Stanard, had brought the Jesus Movement with him to Philadelphia when he returned to his home town. I can’t wait to see the movie but at the same time I’ve come under the strong conviction of having dropped the ball. A bunch of us Philadelphia Jesus People were going to write a book of how it was to be a Christian back then. Well, we’re still all thinking about it but the time has come, enough thinking has been done. It’s really time to put pen to paper or fingertips to keyboard.
I think there’s a good chance it’ll spread. It would be very bad for us if it didn’t.
The fight against satanic darkness continues.
Maybe it’s better to leave people wanting more, so they’ll start revivals in other places. If even the best event goes on too long, it tends to become ritualized, stylized, and self-conscious. Consider that the great revivals of the past didn’t continue forever at one site. The events move on, leaving the energy in full force and ready to spread to other places.
I think we’re already beginning to see that. And we ought to pray for it.