Revived Thoughts

Henry Van Dyke was a pastor, worked at Princeton University, was an ambassador during World War 1 under Woodrow Wilson, and also served in World War 1 as a chaplain. Learn about this man who knew Mark Twain, Robert E. Lee, Hellen Keller, and Lord Tennyson and listen to a sermon he has on the "Rulers we Deserve." Special thanks to Josiah Carrigan for reading this sermon for Revived Thoughts. He liv...

Girolomo Savonarola preaches a sermon for the famous bonfire of vanities! Hear this man's heart behind his city's idolatry. Special thanks to Jonathan Thiede for reading this episode of Revived Thoughts. We are now partnered with ServeNow! If you would like to give to their ministry that gives bikes to pastors in rural areas around the world so that they can spread the Gospel, please check out the...

Jonathan Edwards preaches one of the most iconic sermons of all American history. Special thanks to Tom Sullivan for this sermon. Tom recently retired from the Postal Service where he has worked since 1994. He began narrating sermons in December of 1985 for the Chapel Library when it was in Venice, FL. He teaches American Church History and The Theology of Christian Experience. He has lived in Gra...

Check out our new show! Martyrs and Missionaries In this episode of Revived Thoughts we examine the relationship between William Wilberforce and John Newton. The way the two of them worked together to defeat slavery and the actual process that they worked through. In this sermon, "The Shaking of Heaven and Earth," one listens to a sermon that asks us to think about the God who shakes the Heavens a...

Check out our new show! Martyrs and Missionaries D. L. Moody's famous Bible Institute had a commencement address from John Stam two years before he and his wife are martyred on the mission field. His incredible life will serve as a witness and a testimony to God's good work. This biography is part of a two parter with the other half of the story available on the first episode of Martyrs and Missio...

Revived Studios has a new show coming out this week: Martyrs and Missionaries Ever wanted to know more about the Christians who came before us? The ones who answered the call and went to the far reaches of the globe, many paying the ultimate price? Martyrs and Missionaries takes you on a journey, following the lives of our Great Cloud of Witnesses, with a new episode and a new missionary on Wednes...

Samuel P. Jones was once said to be the most famous preacher in all of America outside D L Moody. He was a famed prohibitionist who fought for temperance. He was also former alcoholic who was once known for his terrible drinking binges. In this sermon, "Quit Your Meanness!" listen to a sermon that challenges our addictions to different sins. And forces us to accept that we need to have victory ove...

Boniface was known as the "Apostle to Germany." A great continuation of the episode we did on "Gregory The Great," who sent missionaries to England. Now England, about a century later, is sending missionaries to continental Europe. And Boniface is a literal axe-wielding no non-sense preacher who was so beloved his church in England followed him into Europe. In this sermon, Boniface preaches a fina...

Troy and Joel got to interview the current curator of the Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and ask him about Charles Spurgeon's life. Dr. Geoff Chang of the Spurgeon Library did a wonderful job telling us about Spurgeon's life and also narrated this week's episode of Revived Thoughts (he also selected the sermon!). The stories about Spurgeon's time at the orphanage are a...

John Gill is one of the founders of Baptist thought. He preached in the 1700s and grew up under religious persecution. He would end up preaching in a very special church. The sermon he preached is at the commemoration of a great and terrible storm that took on London. He preached about how Christ is the savior of the storm and the story of the disciples in the boat. An extremely special thanks to...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer has been featured on the show in his sermons, "Lazarus and the Rich Man," and "Overcoming Fear." Now listen to him preach a powerful and challenging sermon on Forgiveness during a dark period of time in his nation's history. This sermon is actually delivered as a part of an actual church service. For the first time in 85 years this sermon was preached to people in hopes that th...

Join Joel and Troy for a special episode of Revived Thoughts where they give you their top sermons of 2020 (5 sermons each). They also give you the sermons that were the top ten most downloaded sermons of the year. Happy New Years from all of us at Revived Studios and we wish you the best in the coming year. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcirc...

Christmas Evans was born in Wales in the mid-1700s. He went from unable to read and write to a powerful preacher who preaches in a very unique and imaginative style. He would end up being one of the most famous preacher in Welsh history. This sermon was delivered in the mid 1930s and covered the subject "The Fear Of God." Too often we fear men or the opinions of man and do not properly fear and un...

Watchman Nee is maybe the most famous preacher that has ever come out of China. He suffered persecution for the faith and was responsible for setting up hundreds of churches. But how many of us know much about his actual life story? In the sermon, "Why This Waste?" Watchman Nee challenges listeners to think through what the world might call wasting your life on God. He on the other hand says that...

John Sung was the most famous evangelist in China's history. He preached to millions of people in his career and not just in China, but across all of south-east Asia. They called him the "John The Baptist" of China. And the man who changed China. In this sermon, "The Burden of Sin Lifted," you can see the special emphasis he places on living a Holy and acceptable life. But also in the freedom of h...

Soren Kierkegaard is known as the "Father of existentialism." So what is he doing preaching a sermon about a God that never changes? In this sermon, "The Unchangeableness of God," Kierkegaard argues that God has never forgotten any action that we have ever taken. That God's immutability is one of the most terrifying and true realities of God we have to deal with. Special thanks to Josiah Carrigan...

RT Selects: C.I. Scofield is a controversial and famous preacher who lived in the 1800s. His life story starts out very rough as a confederate soldier, a corrupt lawyer, and an alcoholic who destroys his own private practice and his family. His story changes completely when a friend tells him about Christ. His sermon, "The Deity Of Christ," comes across as one part apologetic work and another part...

Don't forget to share this episode and comment on our posts for a chance to win a book from Banner Of Truth! Richard Sibbes, "The Bruised Reed." Horatius Bonar, more famous as a hymn-writer, was a preacher in the 1800s from Scotland. He did everything he could during a tough time of transitions for the Church of Scotland. He also had a hard personal life, losing five of his own children during his...

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John G. Paton is one of the premiere missionaries of the 1800s. His courage and adventure shown in the sight of hostile people-groups and unpleasant conditions helped lead many to take their faith more seriously. His impact on a tribe of cannibals in the New Hebrides was huge. In this reading Paton discusses his desire to go to the New Hebrides people, but also the people and forces that were work...

Balthasar Hubmaier was an Anabaptist leader who preached and lived in Europe in the early days of the Reformation. He will be martyred by the Catholic church in 1528 but he had many run ins with protestant reformers as well. In this sermon, "On The Sword," Hubmaier encourages some Christians who wanted to give up some government posts they'd been offered to not do so. Instead, he encourages them t...

This episode features another special interview! Troy and Joel interview Greg Gordon, the man who runs the website Sermon Index. The largest compository of old sermons online and also the man behind most old sermon audio content that can be found on Youtube. We have him on the show and ask him what makes these old sermons so great! In this sermon, "The Gifts To The Flock," we listen to a sermon by...

This episode features a special interview with Barry Cooper and Douglas Bond! These two men have come out with a new podcast, "Luther In Real Time," with Ligonier which goes through the life of Martin Luther exactly 500 years from the events of his story. These two men give us insights into why this Reformation Leader has stood the test of time as a hero to so many. In this sermon, "The World Thro...

B. H. Carroll once fought in the Confederate army and preached atheism to rallies of soldiers. But after God got a hold of his life he became the founder of multiple seminaries and a preacher that was well known throughout the south. In this sermon, "The Faith Of Noah," Carroll pushes us to think about the work that God has been doing in the lives of believers since the beginning. That He calls th...

B. B. Warfield was a theologian at Princeton Theological Seminary that stood for Biblical inerrancy and traditional faith. At a time when Princeton and theology at large was liberalizing Warfield stood strong against this move against the faith. The sermon here was preached at Princeton after the death of a beloved professor and friend of Warfield's. B. B. Warfield comforts the students with the t...