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Preach Like Leonard
Ravenhill.

Hold the church to the New Testament, call it to die to self, and end in prayer.

Preach Like Leonard Ravenhill — Hold the church to the New Testament, call it to die to self, and end in prayer.. A free guide from Pastor Center.
  • ✓6 of his sermons, studied start to finish
  • ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
  • ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 9 pages

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— Why he’s one of the greats

Hold the church to the New Testament, call it to die to self, and end in prayer.

The holiness revival pulpit of the twentieth century. Leonard Ravenhill trained at Cliff College under Samuel Chadwick, preached to large wartime crowds in Britain, and spent his later decades in the United States calling the church to prayer and revival. His secret: he preached to the conscience of the church, not to the curiosity of the crowd. He opened the text with a piece of ancient background, then held the hearer against the New Testament and against the saints of revival history, from Wesley and Brainerd to Booth and Amy Carmichael. Dry wit and self-mockery kept the room breathing between hard blows. Nearly every message ended on the same ground: die to self, get alone with God, and pray.

  • 1M+Copies of Why Revival Tarries sold
  • 1959Why Revival Tarries first published
  • 1930Entered Cliff College under Samuel Chadwick

What makes his style unique

Background, then rebukeAncient setting opens the text before it searches the hearer.
Saints as witnessesWesley, Brainerd, Booth and Studd prove every point.
Come to dieMessages end in prayer and surrender, not a count of decisions.
“He lived as one who dwelt in the shadow of the Almighty and he preached as one sent from God.”
Paul Washer

Read the full story: How Leonard Ravenhill Preached →

— Who wrote this

We’re pastors. We’ve had your Monday.

Pastor Center is built and written by pastors — a lead pastor who planted churches, and a church planter who grew one to 4,000 in four years. The same team teaches 9 free courses and 164 lessons. This guide is the short version.

  • 9free courses
  • 164lessons, all free
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— What you get

What’s inside

Preach Like Leonard Ravenhill — Hold the church to the New Testament, call it to die to self, and end in prayer..

  1. 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
  2. 02What he does6 of his sermons, studied start to finish, and the shape they share.
  3. 03How he does itTen steps to preach the way he did.
  4. 04His outlineWhere the time goes, movement by movement.
  5. 05Write one like Leonard RavenhillA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
  6. 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.

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