1792-1875Connecticut native Charles Grandison Finney taught school briefly, studied law privately and joined a law practice in the upstate New York community of Adams in Jefferson County. He underwent ...

I’m responding to a letter written by James Taylor that appeared in the Oct. 28 edition. Taylor begins his letter by quoting some of Charles Finney’s sermon, “Decay of Conscience” from 1873. The quote ...

Popularized by frontier camp meetings and Charles Finney’s “anxious bench,” the altar call became an evangelistic staple of American churches. The pastor closes his sermon: “The Holy Spirit bids you ...

The revival preacher had no patience for distractions. But was he right? It’s Sunday morning, and you’re at church. You’re the pastor. You’ve had this sermon ready to blow people’s minds for weeks.