In February, Asbury University in Kentucky took the news by storm with its spontaneous and continuous worship service, which continued for over two weeks after a routine chapel service should have ended. What are we to make of spiritual revivals? Should we be joyful, cautious, or both? Are spiritual revivals even biblical? The scroll of Nehemiah has much wisdom to offer about revival, reform, and how God-followers should approach this topic.

Scriptures

Numbers 18:21–24
Nehemiah 4:15-23, 8, 13
Acts 2:1-13
Galatians 5:22-23
Philippians 1:6
Hebrews 4:16, 8-9

Resources

ESV Study Bible
Asbury University, “Statement from Asbury President Dr. Kevin Brown”
David Guzik, Enduring Word Commentary, “Nehemiah Chapter 13”
Fiona Morgan, “The Asbury revival is over. What happens now?”
Got Questions, “How was God Himself the inheritance of the Levites?”
Got Questions, “What does it mean that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?”
Inside Higher Ed, “The Aftershocks of the Asbury Revival”
Samuel Sey, “Is the Asbury “Revival” A Real Revival?”
Wikipedia, “2023 Asbury Revival”

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