George Whitefield

Leonard Ravenhill

Sam Jones

Dr. John R. Rice

Charles Finney

John Knox

John Bunyan

John Wesley

Billy Sunday

D. L. Moody

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What did all of these preachers have in common?

(1)
The Born Again Experience

(2)
Strong Confrontation of Sin

(3)
Urgently Warning About the Danger of Hell

(4)
Calling Considered Direct from God

(5)
Faith in the Inspiration of the Bible

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None of them were fans of C. S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter–or anything even close. Pilgrim’s Progress was as close as they got–and even then, that’s worlds apart.

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