True Revival Is Life-Giving

1. It may be worthwhile to acknowledge that popular culture does not necessarily represent Christian revival in positive ways. Preachers in tent revivals are often portrayed as con men, and miracle healings as nothing but theatrics. The country artist Zach Bryan released “Revival,” in which he sings: We're having an all-night revival; Someone call the women, and someone steal the Bibles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iepe5Obqzjo). Rend Collective’s “Revival Anthem,” however, describes wha...