Someone asked me, Do you pray for the dead? And I answered them: No, I preach to them.

— Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994), Erweckungsprediger

Topics: Witness & Mission, Church & Congregation

Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994) war ein britischer Evangelist und Autor der Heiligungsbewegung, der in Großbritannien und den Vereinigten Staaten wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch sein Buch „Why Revival Tarries“ sowie seinen kompromisslosen Aufruf zu anhaltendem Gebet, radikaler Buße und geistlicher Erweckung. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als aufrüttelnder Mahner zu ernster Nachfolge, dessen rhetorische Härte und strenge Heiligungstheologie von Kritikern jedoch auch als gesetzlich und gnadenschwach empfunden wurden.

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