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  • A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield

  • By: J.C. Ryle
  • Narrated by: Ulf Bjorklund
  • Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (54 ratings)

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A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield

By: J.C. Ryle
Narrated by: Ulf Bjorklund
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There are some men in the pages of history, whose greatness no person of common sense thinks of disputing. They tower above the herd of mankind, like the Pyramids, the Parthenon, and the Colosseum, among buildings. Such men were Luther and Augustine, Gustavus Adolphus and George Washington, Columbus and Sir Isaac Newton. He who questions greatness must be content to be thought very ignorant, very prejudiced, or very eccentric. Public opinion has come to a conclusion about them - they were great men. But there are also great men whose reputation lies buried under a heap of contemporary ill-will and misrepresentation. The world does not appreciate them, because the world does not know their real worth. Their characters have come down to us through poisoned channels. Their portraits have been drawn by the ill-natured hand of enemies. Their faults have been exaggerated. Their excellences have been maliciously kept back and suppressed. Like the famous sculptures of Nineveh, they need the hand of some literary Layard to clear away the rubbish that has accumulated round their names, and show them to the world in their fair proportions. Such men were Vigilantius and Wickliffe. Such men were Oliver Cromwell and many of the Puritans. And such a man was George Whitefield.

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Learning more of Whitefield

R.C. Ryle speaks with a British style, mosy about Whiefields .inistry in England and Scotland. I really wanted to know more of the Great Awakening that George Whitefield was used of God to come forth in America.

Although he was turned out from the church's of prominence in England, he went on to preach to as .many as 30,00;0 ; at a time outdoors. Those who came to his open air gatherings were hungry for a work of God in their lives!
His psssion and desire was to see new life! He went out and reached thousands who would never have come to the church. many were regenerated!

Whitefield reminds me of Billy Sunday, Dwight Moody and most of all, he reminds me of Billy Graham in our day. His zeal to see blinded eyes opened by the Word of God was prominent in his life. it was his passion!

George Whitefield held forth the Gospel! in a day as dark as our own, His passion for souls changed the direction of many lost sheep who came to follow the Good Shepherd!!

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Excellent

This short yet delightful story of one of the greatest Christians ever to live, will encourage you to re-double your efforts for the cause of Christ the King.

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Lecture on Geo. Whitefield

I enjoyed this well-written and informative biography of George Whitefield. It reveals the life, thought and ministry of this contemporary and friend of John & Charles Wesley.

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Wonderful insight into Whitefield

j.C. Ryle give us a wonderful insight into the great preacher George Whitefield. We owe a lot to both Ryle and Whitefield.

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awesome!!! read

" Most preachers are good at complicating the simple things ,great men of God are good at making complicated things simple"

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A remarkable servant of the Lord for an unparalleled service

Inspiring and challenging defense of Whitefield for Ryle’s fellow Anglicans. There is much here to edify. Ryle’s only mild criticisms of Whitefield for his attacks upon the clergy who opposed the new birth are seen today in a new light, when the Church of England is now apologizing to Africans for supplanting their tribal religions with the gospel! The godly bishop Ryle might himself see that church a bit differently if he were alive today.

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Inspiring and convicting!

This is as good of a condensed summation of the life of George Whitefield as can be found. Ryle takes the virtues of Whitefiled’s life and and drives home home biblical exhortations and lessons for us to follow by his example. Lord give America and England another Whitefield!

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An interesting look at George Whitefield

This was not quite what I thought it was going to be. It told his story briefly and covered a bit of his preaching, but it was largely a defense of the man, his strong style of preaching, and some of the Church of England.

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Nice Work on Whitefield

The narrator was perfect in his tone and execution of an 18th century work. Although short, it was very informative.

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Sadly this suffers from Fanboy blindness

Whether its Elon Musk, Donald Trump or James Whitfield, people who worship the image of the man at the cost of looking at the ego of the man, lose the ability to see reality as distinct from idolatry. The author says that no more important man ever lived than Whitfield in promoting the church. There is no doubt that James was a dedicated and driven missionary, and a man gifted with a strong desire to promote his beliefs. The author skips over the fact that James Whitfield was very instrumental in bringing slavery to the state of Georgia, as it would benefit his Orphanage, which he saw as a place to indoctrinate young people with his belief system. While he did take in children of color, he would not have been able to educate them in anything other than religious studies as the law prevented teaching slaves life skills, and such children would have been the property of the orphanage, which he turned over at the time of his death. People may claim this was the times, but his good friend Wesley was a staunch anti slaver and argued with Whitfield against his interests in slaves. In addition, Whitfield is celebrated as being the great contrarian who went against the evils of his times, but somehow overlooked slavery, which was the greatest evil in the colonies. His orphanage eventually failed, but the damage he did to the lives of the countless people he affected by bringing slavery to the state, and those owned by the orphanage cannot and should not be overlooked. While Jesus lived in far more prejudiced times, and preached to far fewer, his impact was far greater, because his message was one of love and the brotherhood of mankind, and not the dogma of a self appointed savior who deemed the results more important than the method. Alas he failed to take the advice of the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland who said, "how you get there is where you will arrive". This is where Whitfield ended up, with a big stain on his achievements. The author cannot change this fact no matter how much a fan boy he is.

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