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George Whitefield: Did You Know?
Little-known or remarkable facts about George Whitefield
George Whitefield: From the Editor - The Original Christian History
Kevin A. Miller
Heavenly Comet
As George Whitefield blazed across England, Scotland, and America, his dramatic preaching caused excitement bordering on panic.
Dr. Harry S. Stout is Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Christianity at Yale University and author of The Divine Dramatist: George Whitefield and the Rise of Modern Evangelicalism (Eerdmans, 1991).
I Run For My Horse With All My Might
A farmer races to the sensation.
Deep Mourning
Cornelius Winter was at Whitefield's orphan house when he learned of the evangelist's death. His report:
Come, Poor, Lost, Undone Sinner
A persuasive appeal from a powerful evangelist.
George Whitefield
George Whitefield: A Gallery of Leaders of the Awakening Army
Whitefield's co-workers in the great eighteenth-century revival.
Mark Galli is Associate Editor of Christian History.
Persecuted Preachers
Two evangelists face a mob
George Whitefield 1714-1770: Christian History Timeline
Richard Owen Roberts is president of International Awakening Ministries in Wheaton, Illinois, and author of Whitefield in Print: A Bibliographic Record (Richard Owen Roberts, 1988).
Pushing to the Point of Exhaustion
A look at one year of Whitefield's whirlwind ministry.
Arnold Dallimore is author of George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the 18th-Century Revival (Banner of Truth, 1970, 1980).
The Quotable Whitefield
A sampler of sayings
Compiled by Randy & Cathy Colver
The Religious Odd Couple
Benjamin Franklin and George Whitefield: Theologically, they were miles apart, yet they became affectionate friends.
Dr. Frank Lambert is assistant professor of history at Purdue University and author of The Commercialization of Religion: George Whitefield and the Transatlantic Revivals, 1737–1770 (Princeton, 1993). An expanded version of this article appeared in the July 1993 William and Mary Quarterly.
House of Mercy, Prison of Debt
Soon after he began an orphanage, Whitefield found himself chained by expenses he couldn't pay.
Gary Sanseri
Whitefield's Curious Love Life
Mark Galli is Associate Editor of Christian History.
Wesley Vs. Whitefield
by J. D. WALSH Dr. J.D. Walsh is senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford, and author of several works on Wesley and his era.
War of Words
The Startling Puritan
The message of the greatest communicator of his age.
Dr. J.I. Packer is a professor of theology at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, and author of more than a dozen books, including A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life (Crossway, 1990).
Slaveholding Evangelist
Whitefield's troubling mix of views.
Mark Galli is Associate Editor of Christian History.
Father of Modern Evangelicals
We still feel Whitefield's influence today.
interview with Mark A. Noll
George Whitefield & His World: Recommended Resources
Dr. Allen C. Guelzo is associate professor of history at Eastern College in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He is author of Edwards on the Will: A Century of American Theological Debate (Wesleyan, 1989).
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