This is the book’s most famous contribution. Ravenhill distinguishes between casual prayer and —the kind of groaning, agonizing, birth-pang intercession that precedes supernatural intervention. He notes that the Early Church prayed for Peter’s release from prison "without ceasing." The modern church prays for five minutes and checks a box. Revival tarries because we have not yet prayed the price.
We do not have revival because we are content to live without it. The Condition of the Modern Pulpit Why Revival Tarries.pdf
Written by Leonard Ravenhill in 1959, Why Revival Tarries is not a book you read; it is a book you survive. For over sixty years, this slender volume has functioned as a spiritual defibrillator for pastors, missionaries, and laypeople who have grown sick of religious entertainment. The search for the PDF version of this text is not about saving money—it is about urgency. People want this book immediately because they sense that time is short and the harvest is ripe. This is the book’s most famous contribution
Why Revival Tarries was his axe laid to the root of the tree of Western Christianity. He wrote it because he was convinced that the Church was procrastinating. We were waiting for better music, better buildings, or better programs, while the world descended into hell. Revival tarries because we have not yet prayed the price
Ravenhill lived with a constant sense of eternity and the reality of hell. Holy Boldness: The world is not moved by a timid church. Why We Still Need This Message