George Whitefield: The Life & Times of the Great Evangelist of the 18th Century Revival – 2 vol set (Arnold Dallimore)

Description Product Details Reviews (0)  George Whitefield The Life & Times of the Great Evangelist of the 18th Century Revival (2 vol set) One of the most important biographies of a Christian man ever written. Makes for thrilling family reading, as the life story of this magnificent evangelist is a story hardly paralleled in history. You can count on one hand the men used as powerfully as Whitefield, since the time of the Apostles. Whitefield preached to the largest congregations ever seen in American. Vol. 1 covers from his birth in 1714 to 1740, his 2nd visit to America, showing us the glorious work of God in The Great Awakening God’s accomplishments through George Whitefield are to this day virtually unparalleled. Even during his lifetime, Whitefield was considered “the most brilliant and popular preacher the modern world has ever known.” In the wake of his fearless preaching, revival swept across the British Isles, and the Great Awakening transformed the American colonies. When Whitefield died at age 55, he had preached 30,000 sermons. His hearers included not only the poor and the uneducated, but prominent English aristocrats and American statesmen such as David Hume and Benjamin Franklin. Christians today continue to take courage from Whitefield’s humility and deep spirituality. A founder of Methodism, he yielded his leadership to John Wesley rather than risk splitting the movement, thus revealing his fervent commitment to the gospel of Christ rather than to personal plans or hopes. Contents of Volume 1: Introductory On Knowing Whitefield Spiritual and Moral Conditions in England before the Revival Part I: The Years of Preparation 1) Whitefield’s Ancestry 2) George, the Boy of the Bell 3) Oxford, the Holy Club, and conversion 4) Ordination – Divine and Human Part II: The Youthful Ministry 5) Preaching that startled the nation 6) The Sermons of a youth 7) Lasting results 8) Military chaplain 9) Developments in England 10) The Conversion of the Wesleys 11) Colonial missionary Part III: The Period of Transition 12) The offense of the cross 13) Howell Harris 14) Into the open air 15) John Wesley becomes an open-air preacher 16) Into the open air in London 17) John Cennick 18) The beginnings of Wesley’s Movement 19) Signs and wonders 20) Whitefield – right and wrong 21) An Affair de Coeur at Blendon Hall 22) Charles Wesley becomes an open-air preacher 23) The Methodist Movement in 1739 25) The Doctrines of Grace 26) Making the acquaintance of America 27) A house of mercy in the woods of Georgia 28) A proposal of marriage 29) The Spring tour – Philadelphia and New York 30) Whitefield and the American Negro 31) The Summer tour – Charleston and the surrounding area 32) The Fall tour – New England 33) Contending against an unconverted ministry 34) Joy and sorrow amid the harvest Appendix Volume 2: (scroll down for table of contents of Vol 2): The 2nd volume of this incomparable biography, covering 1741-1770. Tells of the great doctrinal conflict with the Wesleys and serious division within Methodist ranks, followed by preaching tours of Scotland which were immensely fruitful. Despite their doctrinal clashes, John Wesley did Whitefield’s funeral and there declared: “Have we ever read of heard of any person since the Apostles who testified to the gospel of the grace of God so widely, and to so large a part of the world?” God’s accomplishments through George Whitefield are to this day virtually unparalleled. Even during his lifetime, Whitefield was considered “the most brilliant and popular preacher the modern world has ever known.” In the wake of his fearless preaching, revival swept across the British Isles, and the Great Awakening transformed the American colonies. When Whitefield died at age 55, he had preached 30,000 sermons. His hearers included not only the poor and the uneducated, but prominent English aristocrats and American statesmen such as David Hume and Benjamin Franklin. Christians today continue to take courage from Whitefield’s humility and deep spirituality. A founder of Methodism, he yielded his leadership to John Wesley rather than risk splitting the movement, thus revealing his fervent commitment to the gospel of Christ rather than to personal plans or hopes. Contents of Volume 2: Introduction: On the Common Concept of Relations between Wesley and Whitefield Part IV: The Controversy 1) Wesley enters into the Leadership of the Movement 2) Whitefield meets the supreme trial of his life 3) Whitefield’s Reply to Wesley’s Sermon 4) Rebuilding the Work Part V: The Calvinistic Evangelist of Two Continents 5) Scotland 6) Marriage 7) Storming Satan’s Strongholds 8) Cambuslang 9) Seeking Reconciliation with Wesley 10) Organizing the Work 11) Trials and Triumps 12) The Great Awakening 13) Healing the Wounds of the Work in America 14) Laboring in the Gospel under a crushing load of debt 15) Bermuda 16) Dissensions and Rivalries in England Part VI: The Helper of All the Revival 17) “Let the name of Whitefield perish!” 18) The Gospel to the Great 19) A Closer look at one year of Whitefield’s life 20) The Loss of Howell Harris 21) The Evangelical party in the Church of England 22) Whitefield’s Moravian Letter: right or wrong? 23) Helping Wesley 24) Two New Tabernacles 25) The fifth visit to America 26) The death of John Cennick 27) Tottenham Court Road Chapel 28) At the mercy of the mob in Ireland 29) Sunshine and shadow Part VII: The Years of Failing Strength 30) The invalid 31) To America again – the sixth visit 32) Whitefield and Franklin 33) Last labors in Britain 34) Whitefield as seen through the eyes of a young assistant 35) Last labors in America Part VIII: Death and Commemoration 36) Absent from the body, present with the Lord 37) The memory of the just 38) The measure of the man Appendix Supplement: A Letter to Rev. Mr. John Wesley in Answer to his sermon entitled ‘Free Grace’. About the Author Arnold A. Dallimore (1911-1998) was born in Canada of British parents. He was pastor of the Baptist Church at Cottam, Ontario, for almost twenty-four years. During his studies at Central Baptist Seminary, Toronto, he was awakened to a life-long interest in the great evangelist George Whitefield, whose biography he was to write. He also wrote biographies of Edward Irving, forerunner of the charismatic movement, Susannah Wesley and C. H. Spurgeon.