Dan Greenfield

  • Revivals of Religion

    In William Sprague’s book, Lectures on Revivals of Religion, he begins the subject’s treatment by giving a general definition of “revival”– special occasions on which the agency of the Spirit would be signally manifest (p. 2) With respect to revivals of religion, Sprague then gives an excellent paragraph on the nature of religion: Religion consists Read more

  • He Got Saved!

    (Continuing from yesterday…) The diligent and faithful use of the word of God, as the rule of judgment, would have an influence peculiarly important in regard to those who have just begun to attend to the subject of religion. Take the case of a sudden conversion. One who has long lived in thoughtless security, and Read more

  • The Word of God

    “It is a fact well known, and often recognized, that those Christians who have paid the most scrupulous attention to the word of God as the standard of character, have attained to the highest degree of moral excellence. They have been the most humble, and penitent; because they have seen the most clearly how small Read more

  • Lasagna & the OBF Visitor

    It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything on here, Greener-Fields, or our Church website/blog. So maybe tonight will be the beginnings of getting back to trying to write regularly. Or did I ever? 🙂 We had lasagna tonight for dinner. My favorite meal. With Diet Mountain Dew. And garlic bread. Naturally, I ate Read more

  • "Word of the Day"

    I subscribe to Daily Writing Tips’ “Word of the Day.” Today’s post was “fundamentalism.” I naturally read it, and it was pretty good: Fundamentalism (fŭn’də-mĕn’tl-ĭz’əm) in a religious sense is an effort to return to “fundamentals,” or founding principles. It was first applied in the early 20th century to an American militant conservative Protestant movement Read more

  • Why Did Jesus Pray?

    “But Jesus himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray” Luke 5:16 Jesus provides a pattern to follow on how a believer should live while on this earth (cf. Rom 8:29). In addition to studying how he prayed, it is perhaps even more basic to learn why he prayed. As the eternal Son Read more

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