Reformation as revival was the theme for Westminster Seminary’s sixth annual Newcastle conference in north-east England with Iain Murray.
Banner of Truth co-founder Murray told the Presbyterian event: ‘Every true revival begins with a rediscovery of the word of God … The power of the Holy Spirit accompanies the word … God becomes a reality to people as he makes himself known in the Lord Jesus Christ as the saving God.’
Conference speakers Geoff Thomas, Ian Hamilton, Brian Edwards, Jeremy Walker, Peter Naylor, Maurice Roberts and Warren Peel agreed: true revival occurs when God sovereignly intervenes to magnify the impact of the word of God and prayer. The result is an otherwise-inexplicable explosion of life.
