I once heard an old preacher say that the Bible should be studied with both a microscope and a telescope. He meant that we needed to get both the big picture by reading Scripture broadly, but also do in-depth study of specific passages.
Howell Harris (1714-1773) was one of the greatest leaders of the Evangelical Awakening and Revival in Wales and England in the mid-1700s.
In an era when expository preaching was considered an outdated mode of communication and the Bible was considered an irrelevant book, Martyn Lloyd-Jones restored to the pulpit expository preaching of Scripture.
While Edwards' iron-clad logic was unsurpassed, the clarity of his God-centered thinking was always joined with the intensity of God-centered affections.
