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The World Aflame: The Welsh Revival Lessons for Our Times

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Mr. Joyner is not an historian, nor claims to be. Rather, he is a pastor with a prophetic ministry. His primary function in life is to encourage and inspire Christians to live out their lives fully in Jesus Christ. The focus of his book is not the Welsh Revival, per se, but the lessons we can learn from it. If one sees this as the primary objective of the book, one can applaud Joyner for having succeeded.

I recently finished this book, and I found the material to be very good. Rick Joyner has done a very good job of pulling from history lessons that can be learned. Through divine revelation, he has brought truths to the present from the past that can benefit all Christians. Even if you're not looking for revival, you can learn from this book and be challenged to grow in your faith and walk with Jesus. I recommend this book highly.

Joyner writes with an air of authority but failes to properly analyze the Welsh revival of 1904/5. In his many statements and assertions, he also fails to site references and give credit to other authors. This is unfortunate since most of the primary sources on the welsh revival are out of print and difficult to locate. His conclusions are simplistic and fail to take into account the many things that went wrong during and after the Welsh revial. Joyner excells at showing his idealism in his attempt to advance revival and in so doing paves the way for the same mistakes history records to be repeated. If you are looking for a title to read on the Welsh revival, Eifion Evans' book, "The Welsh Revival of 1904" published by the Evangelical Press of Wales is a must.