Asleep in the Light

by Joe Thorn on December 25, 2007

I was reading the letters of Whitefield this evening and came across a letter he wrote to another pastor in 1739. In it he wrote, “The Christian world is in a deep sleep. Only a loud voice can awaken them out of it.”

About Joe Thorn

I am the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship in Saint Charles, IL, and author of Note to Self: The Discipline of Preaching to Yourself. Jen is my wife, and Katherine, Elias, Madeline and Kilian are my kids.

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  • http://www.pilgriminprogress.com Jason Kovacs

    Reminds me of the ol Keith Green classic ‘Asleep in the Light.’

  • http://www.joethorn.net Joe Thorn

    That’s the reference in the post title. :)

  • http://www.pilgriminprogress.com Jason Kovacs

    Got to love KG! No one sported a white-man’s afro quite like him!

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