The current issue of Christianity Today includes a fascinating article on strategies to help the poor in developing countries.  How would you rank the following in order of effectiveness?  I rearranged the list in alphabetical order the way the strategies appeared in the article.

That I was here in Chicago at all for the “National Conversation on Revival” (NCR) is somewhat ironic.  For most of my ministry, I’ve been critical of revival theology.

(National Conversation on Revival, #7.  I’ll post fewer times tomorrow - more like a summary.)
Erwin Lutzer, “The Eclipse of Christ in the World and His Church”
Martin Luther’s final sermon:  “We have a fine gospel, but men are always trying to improve on it.” 

(National Conversation on Revival #6)
Bob Bakke
·        Senior pastor of Hillside Church in Minneapolis and Executive Director of Global Day of Prayer
o   Prayer is our partnership with God in transforming history
o   “Without God we cannot.  Without us God will not.”  (Augustine)
o   “The rule of the Kingdom is to ask.”  (John Wesley)

(Post #5 – National Conversation on Revival)
 

·        Dale Schlafer chairs the National Committee on Revival, and chaired the “Stand in the Gap” Promise Keepers rally in 1997.
·        Theme:  “Practicing Evangelical Unity in Preparation for Revival: A Case Study”
·        This session is about a fresh movement of the Spirit in an 8-county area of Florida known [...]