Autobiography of charles g finney
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The Amazing Story of How Half a Million Souls Were Converted Through One Man's Ministry
In an age without amplifiers or mass communication, nineteenth-century evangelist Charles G. Finney's ministry changed the course of American Christianity. His valuable insights on the work of the Holy Spirit and principles for revival now inspire and encourage twenty-first-century believers with a passion for reaching their nations for Christ.
Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) was powerfully converted in 1821 after thoroughly exploring the claims of Christ. An avid student of the Bible, he soon engaged in preaching and teaching throughout the eastern and southern United States.
Finney's autobiography was first published in 1876, a year after his death. This edition, first published a century later, was condensed and updated while retaining the heart of his amazing narrative, making the principles of revival easily understood by contemporary readers.
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Charles G. Finney
Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) is recognized as the most effective evangelist of the 19th century. It is estimated that more than half a million people were converted to Christ through his evangelistic ministry. After becoming a lawyer he carefully explored the...
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Charles G. Finney: An Autobiography
January 10, 2016"God never laid it upon thee to convert those he sends thee to. No; to publish the gospel is thy duty."
William Gurnall (1616-1679) in Puritan Theology, pg 970
Finney contradicts this at every point of his ministry, and by his own account.
Finney was against hyper-Calvinism, that only God can regenerate the heart. (This was and is standard Calvinism, not an aberrant hyper-version of Calvin.) WE should decide to obey Christ, and that will change heart. We can make a new heart for ourselves, since we do not have a sinful nature, according to Finney. “The foundation of the error of which I speak, is the dogma that human nature is sinful in itself; and that, therefore, sinners are entirely unable to become Christians” (238). “The peculiarities of hyper-Calvinism have been a great stumbling block, both of the church and of the world. A nature sinful in itself, a total inability to accept Christ, and to obey God, condemnation to eternal death for the sin of Adam, and for a sinful nature, and all the kindred and resultant dogmas of that peculiar school, have been the stumbling block of believers and the ruin of sinners” (333). Finney went beyond Arminian thought (that we have a free will to choose for or resist salvation in C•
Charles Grandison Finney
American minister discipline writer (1792–1875)
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Charles Grandison Finney
In office
1851 (1851)–1866 (1866)Preceded by Asa Mahan Succeeded by James Fairchild Born (1792-08-29)August 29, 1792
Warren, Connecticut, U.S.Died August 16, 1875(1875-08-16) (aged 82)
Oberlin, River, U.S.Spouses Lydia Cause Andrews
(m. 1824; died 1847)Elizabeth Water Atkinson
(m. 1848; died 1863)Rebecca Filmmaker Rayl
(m. 1865)
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