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Leonard Ravenhill
Leonard Ravenhill (June 18, 1907 – November 27, 1994) was an English revivalist, outdoor evangelist, and author principally known for his prophetic-confrontational call to revival, sustained holiness, and intercessory prayer.
Works on this site: 1959 to 1983.
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Prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto God for him. They did not seem to be concerned whether Herod should die or not. They did not pray that they might escape Peter's fate.
Leonard Ravenhill· Faith Laughs at ImpossibilitiesBritish Wesleyan holiness
Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
Boy, if I'd taken a stick and divided the Red Sea, I'd thought I'd seen all the glory I needed. If I hit a rock and it split open and it followed the nation wherever they went, I'd say, look at the magic.
Leonard Ravenhill· Moses and Exodus 33 - Part 1British Wesleyan holiness
Exodus 33:18 Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
When Paul claimed to bear in his body the wounds of the Lord, he was claiming no "stigmata," as did Saint Francis of Assisi in 1224 A.D. It is not a bodily identification by outward crucifixion.
Leonard Ravenhill· Branded for ChristBritish Wesleyan holiness
Galatians 6:17 From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
This almost takes my breath away. It says that you and I, little mortals that come over this earth just for a little span, may be made partakers of his holiness.
Leonard Ravenhill· Holiness of GodBritish Wesleyan holiness
Hebrews 12:10 Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
he gets to verse 17, and he says, father, and he calls him father, and he calls him righteous father, and he calls him holy father, and that holy father demands holy children, and Jesus climaxes his prayer there, where he says, sanctify them through thy truth.
Leonard Ravenhill· Holiness of GodBritish Wesleyan holiness
John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
The thing that gripped me as I read it this week, Christ may be magnified, - not in my ministry - not in my miracles - not in my superlove but, he says, that Christ might be magnified IN MY BODY.
Leonard Ravenhill· Christ Magnified in My Body 1British Wesleyan holiness
Philippians 1:20 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by…
About this voice
Leonard Ravenhill (June 18, 1907 – November 27, 1994) was an English revivalist, outdoor evangelist, and author principally known for his prophetic-confrontational call to revival, sustained holiness, and intercessory prayer. Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; trained at Cliff College (Methodist Bible college, Derbyshire, founded by Samuel Chadwick); became one of England's foremost outdoor evangelists in the 1930s–1940s with crowds reportedly numbering in the thousands at street meetings. He emigrated to the United States in 1950 and ministered itinerantly for the rest of his life, settling later in Lindale, Texas. Why Revival Tarries (1959) — with foreword by A.W. Tozer who called Ravenhill "a man sent from God who appeared at this critical moment in history just as the Old Testament prophets did" — has sold 1M+ copies and remains the standard prophetic-revivalist call-to-revival text. Subsequent works include Sodom Had No Bible (1971), Meat for Men (1961), A Treasury of Prayer (1961), Revival God's Way (1983), and Revival Praying (1962). He substantially influenced Keith Green, Paul Washer, David Wilkerson, Charles Stanley, and (through them) generations of evangelical-prophetic-revivalist voices. He died in Lindale, Texas in 1994 and is buried there.
7 works
What this site reads them for
| The work | Year | Quoted here |
|---|---|---|
| Why Revival TarriesStandard 20th-c. prophetic-revivalist call-to-revival text; 1M+ copies; foundational for revivalist-prophetic stream. Tozer's foreword called Ravenhill "a man sent from God." | 1959 | Not quoted here yet |
| Sodom Had No BibleRavenhill's articulation of contemporary Western cultural-Christian compromise. The diagnostic that the modern American church has more biblical-resource access than any prior generation while showing less biblical-power. | 1971 | Not quoted here yet |
| Meat for MenRavenhill's sermon-collection on substantive Christian formation; the "meat" framework against milk-only contemporary preaching. | 1961 | Not quoted here yet |
| Revival God's WayRavenhill's mature articulation of revival-theology framework distinguishing genuine Spirit-given revival from manufactured-program revival. | 1983 | Not quoted here yet |
| Revival PrayingRavenhill's articulation of prayer-as-revival-precondition. | 1962 | Not quoted here yet |
| A Treasury of PrayerCompiled-quotations on prayer from historical Christian-prayer tradition; introductory text in the prayer-emphasis stream. | 1961 | Not quoted here yet |
| The Last Days NewsletterSubstantial sermon-audio archive at SermonIndex.net documenting Ravenhill's later-life Texas-based ministry. | Not quoted here yet |
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