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Leonard Ravenhill Biography

Leonard Ravenhill (June 18, 1907 – November 27, 1994) was an English Christian evangelist and author who focused on the subjects of prayer and revival. He is best known for challenging western evangelicalism (through his books and sermons) to compare itself to the early Christian Church as chronicled in the Book of Acts. He was a proponent of the moral government or Governmental theory of atonement. His most notable book is Why Revival Tarries which has sold over a million copies worldwide.

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The world is waiting for a practical demonstration of the Gospel of the grace of God!

Demonstration, God, Grace, Practical, Waiting, World

We live in a day of itching ears, but I have no commission from God to scratch them.

Ears, God, Itching, Scratch, Scratches

Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every church is death row. Think about that! They're dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they're dead! They have no living relationship (with God).

Asked, Church, Living, Praying, Thinking

The self-sufficient does not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. No man is greater than his prayer life.

Prayer, Men, Self, Pray, Greater, Man

I think one of the serious breakdowns in modern evangelism is this: it has offered too much for too little. What we do mostly is offer forgiveness. We need cleansing! There is no true conversion until a man takes up his cross.

Breakdowns, Conversion, Cross, Men, Needs, Thinking

Do the Pentecostals look back with shame as they remember when they dwelt across the theological tracks, but with the glory of the Lord in their midst? When they had a normal church life, which meant nights of prayers, followed by signs and wonders, and diverse miracles, and genuine gifts of the Holy Ghost? When they were not clock watchers, and their meetings lasted for hours, saturated with holy power? Have we no tears for these memories, or shame that our children know nothing of such power?

Children, Dwelt, Holy, Memories, Midst, Prayer

Church unity comes from corporate humility.

Church, Humility, Unity

Christianity is not being weighed in the balance and found wanting. It's being tried, found difficult and rejected!

Balance, Christianity, Found, Rejected, Weighed

A sinning man stops praying; a praying man stops sinning.

Man, Men, Praying, Sinning, Stops

Most Christians pray to be blessed. Few pray to be broken.

Blessed, Christian, Christians, Pray, Prayer, Religious

If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there's something wrong!

Christian, Having, Tribulation, World, Wrong

Christ has not conquered my affections if He has to compete for my attention.

Affection, Attention, Christ, Compete, Conquered

The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Power helpeth our infirmity in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Life ends our deadness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Wisdom delivers us from ignorance in this holy art ofprayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Fire delivers us from coldness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Might comes to our aid in our weakness as we pray.

Aid, Art, Ignorance, Prayer, Weakness, Wisdom

Where there is no passion, the church perishes, even though it be full to the doors.

Christian, Full, God, Passion, Religious, Though

If you're going to be a true Christian, I'll tell you one thing amongst others: it'll be a lonely life. It's a narrow way and it becomes narrower and narrower and narrower.

Amongst, Christian, Lonely, Tell, Thing, Way

The Bible is either absolute, or it's obsolete.

Absolute, Absolutes, Bible, Christianity, Obsolete

No man is greater than his prayer life.

Christianity, Greater, Life, Man, Men, Prayer

What good does it do to speak in tongues on Sunday if you have been using your tongue during the week to curse and gossip?

Curse, Doe, Gossip, Sunday, Using

Christianity is the only religion in the world where a man's God comes and lives inside of Him!

Christian, Christianity, God, Religion, Religious

I wish, in America, (that) we were as concerned about separation from church and sin as we are about separation between church and state. Church and sin-- it's a monstrous problem.

America, Church, Sin, State, Wish

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