Various Sermons of Charles Finney

QUENCHING THE SPIRIT

Post published:February 12, 1999

This lecture was typed in by Joon H. Lee. QUENCHING THE SPIRIT A sermon delivered on Friday evening, July 14, 1850 by the REV. C. G. FINNEY (of the Collegiate…

Post published:February 12, 1999

This lecture was typed in by Ernest Thomas. LITTLE SINS ------------ A SERMON DELIVERED ON SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1851 BY THE REV. C. G. FINNEY, (Of the Oberlin Collegiate…

Post published:February 12, 1999

This lecture was typed in by Ernest Thomas. THE RATIONALITY OF FAITH ________ A Sermon Delivered on Sunday Morning, January 12, 1851 BY THE REV. C. G. FINNEY, (Of the…

A biblical evangelist…is one who studies to know what the Bible says about God, Christ, sin, holiness, justice, wrath, grace, love, and the salvation of sinners, and then teaches those doctrines to unconverted people. Relying solely upon the truth of the doctrines of the Bible and the working of the Spirit of God, he urges them to repent and believe the truth. The biblical evangelist is not a clever or manipulative person who says or does whatever it takes to get people to “make a decision for Christ.” He is not the one who, because he genuinely longs to see people saved, is willing to stray from, add to, modify, or reduce the doctrines of the Bible. The biblical evangelist is the one who is convinced that God saves those who believe “the foolishness of the [biblical] message preached” (1 Corinthians 1:21). He has no confidence in a message that seems more palatable, user-friendly, culturally relevant, or seemingly more effective in persuading people to “make a decision” or say a “sinner's prayer.”

Daryl Wingerd