George Whitefield Biography

A man's view of God has an incredible impact upon his own life and the lives of all his life touches. It is particularly grievous that a man in ministry, whose view of God is altogether too small, will eventually find that the eternal fruit of his life paralleled his conception of God. Thankfully, in the kind providence of the Almighty, He occasionally loans the world a man who really knows his God. Wondrously, not only the multitudes of his own day are gloriously helped, but hundreds of years later the magnitude of the works of God through that man are still felt and loved.

George Whitefield was one of those men whose concept of God matched both Scripture and reality. Rarely in the history of the world has the impact of a single man been so profoundly powerful, deeply felt, and enduring as that of this prince of preachers and fiery evangelist.

I am grateful to say that Dr. E. A. Johnston has grasped the reality of this relationship between fact and fruit. He clearly demonstrates the magnitude of the God Whitefield served and shows the glory of God in the life of an ordinary man with a God-sized vision and passion. By the use of a wonderful array of quotations, observations and pointed applications, the power of God is revealed. These pages are both humbling and inspiring. Please read this work! As you read, set your heart to know the God that Whitefield knew and to serve Him with the same passion and power that made, and still makes, the name of George Whitefield a blessing to the kingdom of light and life and a curse upon the kingdom of darkness and death.


PREFACE (By Richard Owen Roberts)
	A man's view of God has an incredible impact upon his own life and the lives of all his life touches. It is particularly grievous that a man in ministry, whose view of God is altogether too small, will eventually find that the eternal fruit of his life paralleled his conception of God. Thankfully, in the kind providence of the Almighty, He occasionally loans the world a man who really knows his God. Wondrously, not only the multitudes of his own day are gloriously helped, but hundreds of years later the magnitude of the works of God through that man are still felt and loved. George Whitefield was one of those men whose concept of God matched both Scripture and reality. Rarely in the history of the world has the impact of a single man been so profoundly powerful, deeply felt, and enduring as that of this prince of preachers and fiery evangelist. I am grateful to say that Dr. E. A. Johnston has grasped the reality of this relationship between fact and fruit. He clearly demonstrates the magnitude of the God Whitefield served and shows the glory of God in the life of an ordinary man with a God-sized vision and passion. By the use of a wonderful array of quotations, observations and pointed applications, the power of God is revealed. These pages are both humbling and inspiring. Please read this work! As you read, set your heart to know the God that Whitefield knew and to serve Him with the same passion and power that made, and still makes, the name of George Whitefield a blessing to the kingdom of light and life and a curse upon the kingdom of darkness and death. RICHARD OWEN ROBERTS International Awakening Ministries