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"This is not a research work, but a defense of the ministry of George Whitefield by an Anglican pastor of the next generation. Whitefield was a popular Calvinist circuit preacher of England and frontier America who along with Wesley and Edwards was very influential in the American Great Awakening of the mid-18 century. His ministry suffered unduly harsh criticism from the so-called "old lights," those Anglican and Congregational clergymen who thought the Great Awakening, and Whitefield's ministry, to be steeped in hyper-emotionalism and experience-based religious effects. Ryle goes to work defending Whitefield in terms of the substance of Whitefield's preaching, which he contends was scriptural to the core. The advantages of this small booklet are found in the fact that you have a next-generation fellow Anglican passing along some valid points of defense in favor of Whitefield's motives and the substance of his sermons. Don't expect, however, to find footnotes or bibliography."
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A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield Classic Reprint J C Ryle Books Reviews
- I have greatly reading Ryle. He usually keeps things short and to the point, so it is refreshing he has done some short biographical works to give Christians examples and models for life by looking at figures of the past. George Whitefield was a tremendous evangelist and servant of God, truly someone every Christian should spend some time getting to know. From his sold out service to God, to his sermons pleading with sinners to repent and be saved, many have said there will never be an evangelist to match the ministry or the results of Whitefield.
Ryle's engaging and concise style gives a brief but powerful portrait of the life of George Whitefield. Ryle writes about England and the colonies during the time of Whitefield, his general upbringing, the influences that pushed him to preaching, his life of devotion to God, and the great gifts he used in preaching the Gospel.
Overall this is a nice introduction to Whitefield, written in an engaging style. It should serve to give a brief portrait of Whitefield, and to encourage every reader to go deeper into learning about this great evangelist. - Quotes from this entry include
"There were four main things that he never lost sight of in his sermons. These four were man's complete ruin by sin, and consequent natural corruption of heart; man's complete redemption by Christ, and complete justification before God by faith in Christ; man's need of regeneration by the Spirit, and entire renewal of heart and life; and man's utter want of any titled to be considered a living Christian, unless he is dead to sin and lives a holy life."
"But Whitefield was just as full and explicit in setting forth the way to heaven as he was in setting forth the way to hell."
"He never tolerated men who talked well about religion, but lived inconsistent lives."
"In short, there never was a greater mistake than to suppose there was any thing Antinomian or licentious in Whitefield's teaching."
"The crowning excellence of Whitefield's teaching was, that he just spoke of men, things and doctrines, in the way that the Bible speaks of them, and the place that the Bible assigns to them."
"Wesley and he had long ceased to see eye to eye on Calvinistic points. But as Calvin said of Luther, so Whitefield was to think of Wesley. He was determined to sink minor differences, and to know him only as a good servant of Jesus Christ. Such was George Whitefield's religion."
"Never did man seem to enter so thoroughly into the wisdom of Archbishop Usher's saying, 'To make easy things seem hard is easy, but to make hard things easy is the office of a great preacher.'"
"The Arabians have a proverb which says, 'He is the best orator who can turn men's ears into eyes.' If ever there was a speaker who succeeded in doing this, it was Whitefield."
"Toplady was a tremendously high Calvinist, and not disposed to overestimate the number of saved souls. Yet he says, Whitefield's ministry was 'attended with spiritual benefit to tens of thousands;' and he styles him 'the apostle of the British empire, and the prince of preachers.'" - This is not a research work, but a defense of the ministry of George Whitefield by an Anglican pastor of the next generation. Whitefield was a popular Calvinist circuit preacher of England and frontier America who along with Wesley and Edwards was very influential in the American Great Awakening of the mid-18 century. His ministry suffered unduly harsh criticism from the so-called "old lights," those Anglican and Congregational clergymen who thought the Great Awakening, and Whitefield's ministry, to be steeped in hyper-emotionalism and experience-based religious effects. Ryle goes to work defending Whitefield in terms of the substance of Whitefield's preaching, which he contends was scriptural to the core. The advantages of this small booklet are found in the fact that you have a next-generation fellow Anglican passing along some valid points of defense in favor of Whitefield's motives and the substance of his sermons. Don't expect, however, to find footnotes or bibliography.
- I found this very insightful with George Whitefield. The author went straight through the middle in His research, noting his shortcomings as well as his strength and passion. Sad we don't have many like these men today. Try reading Whitefield's journals and see from his POV on his walk and love for Christ, also, his love to preach, serve and humble himself when differences arose.
Wonderful reading for a short book. - The picture given of the preacher is filled with more opinionated commentary than concretes. Though I share Ryle's feelings, I felt cheated because there was too little detail given to support his thoughts, let alone to allow me to independently form my own opinion. Using more description of accounts from the man's life could have painted the same picture more vividly without requiring a longer volume.
The plea to stick by the Church of England at the end seems ironic. The lukewarmness of the church in his own century masked many of the same ills that were apparent in the prior one. I hardly think George Whitefield's energetic method would have been tolerated any better in Ryle's time. - Of all the preachers throughout history George Whitfield is my favorite. Being reminded of the pure focus to put Christ on display for all to see with absolute simplicity and clarity is so refreshing to hear. As I read this book my eyes filled with tears and my heart crying out amen over and over again. Great read.
- Great read, inspires and encourages the Christian reader to live full out for the glory of Christ and the souls of people! An example of what God can do with a life fully surrendered to Him.
