"Reflections on a Great Awakening: Memories of a [then] Nine-Year-Old of the Asbury-Anderson Revival of 1970"
(Sunday evening message on February 10, 2020 at First Baptist Church of Saint Albans, West Virginia on the 50th anniversary of the 1970 revival.) I want to tell you a story of God’s moving that is so incredible that it is still being celebrated fifty years later. Next weekend South Meridian Church of God will celebrate a great time of renewal that some call “The Revival of Love” and others refer to as a great awakening. As I tell you my story, please keep in mind that as I experienced this revival, I was a nine-year-old child whose perspectives were shaped by my youth. However, I have found that children can be insightful about spiritual things, as I hope that in some ways I may have been. In order to refresh my memories and fill in some gaps, I reread One Divine Moment , edited by Robert Coleman and David Gyertson which recapped the events at Asbury College and A New Wind Blowing by Pastor Charles Tarr about the events in Anderson, Indiana. South Meridian Church was often an exciting...