Richard Owen Roberts

Cycles of Revival

A very helpful way to come to grips with the Biblical teaching on revival is to approach it from the standpoint of the cycles of history. In your imagination, picture a very long line that begins with the creation of man in the Book of Genesis and continues on until the end of the present age,…

The Effectual Revival Prayer of Moses

Have you ever made a careful, systematic study of all the prayers in the Bible and of all the teaching on prayer that the Scriptures contain? Such a labor has the potential of dramatic, powerful personal good. I am in the process of just such a study. I began my labor by quickly going through the…

Preaching That Hinders Revival

Repentance must always begin in the house of God. Doubtless the best place for it to start is with those of us who preach. Let us examine some errors of preaching that stand in the way of revival. Preaching That is Man-Centered. All of us, by our very natures, are lovers of self more than lovers of…

Revival Terminology in History

A number of years ago in a book entitled Revival, I gave the following definition of that term: 'Revival is an extraordinary work of the Holy Spirit producing extraordinary results.' While that phrase conveys the fundamental concept of revival, over the intervening years I have come to the…