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"Conditions of National Revival"
Colin Peckham
Colin Peckham (1936–2009). Born in 1936 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Colin Peckham was a dynamic evangelist, theologian, and principal of The Faith Mission Bible College in Edinburgh. Growing up on a farm, he became a Christian as a young man and studied agriculture at Maritzburg College before pursuing theology at the University of South Africa and Edinburgh University. He ministered for ten years with the Africa Evangelistic Band, engaging in evangelism and convention ministry, and later served as a youth leader in South African missions. In 1982, he became principal of The Faith Mission Bible College, serving for 17 years, preparing students for world evangelism with a focus on revival and holiness. Married to Mary Morrison in 1969, a convert of the 1949–1953 Lewis Revival, they formed a powerful ministry team, preaching globally and igniting spiritual hunger. Peckham authored books like Sounds from Heaven and Resisting Temptation, blending biblical scholarship with practical faith. After retiring, he continued itinerant preaching until his death on November 9, 2009, in Broxburn, Scotland, survived by Mary, three children—Colin, Heather, and Christine—and two grandchildren. He said, “Revival is God’s finger pointed at me.”
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This sermon emphasizes the conditions for national revival as outlined in 2 Chronicles 7:14, a well-known but often overlooked promise in the Bible. The verse provides a clear prescription for revival, calling for humility, prayer, seeking God's face, and turning from wicked ways. It is described as God's ultimate formula for spiritual awakening and restoration.
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The conditions of national revival are given in this fourteenth verse, which is one of the best loved, most often quoted, and least obeyed promises of the Bible. Verse fourteen is the greatest text concerning God's prescription for and description of revival. It is a seemingly simple statement, but it is staggering in its implications. It is God's final and finished formula on the subject of revival. Here is a recipe for a spiritual awakening. Verse fourteen. If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Let's have just a moment of prayer, shall we? Blessed Lord, this is thy word, and we pray that as we speak of this thy word, thou wouldst come to us and touch all our hearts this morning in tenderness and in love. Be with us in Jesus' name. Amen.
"Conditions of National Revival"
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Colin Peckham (1936–2009). Born in 1936 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Colin Peckham was a dynamic evangelist, theologian, and principal of The Faith Mission Bible College in Edinburgh. Growing up on a farm, he became a Christian as a young man and studied agriculture at Maritzburg College before pursuing theology at the University of South Africa and Edinburgh University. He ministered for ten years with the Africa Evangelistic Band, engaging in evangelism and convention ministry, and later served as a youth leader in South African missions. In 1982, he became principal of The Faith Mission Bible College, serving for 17 years, preparing students for world evangelism with a focus on revival and holiness. Married to Mary Morrison in 1969, a convert of the 1949–1953 Lewis Revival, they formed a powerful ministry team, preaching globally and igniting spiritual hunger. Peckham authored books like Sounds from Heaven and Resisting Temptation, blending biblical scholarship with practical faith. After retiring, he continued itinerant preaching until his death on November 9, 2009, in Broxburn, Scotland, survived by Mary, three children—Colin, Heather, and Christine—and two grandchildren. He said, “Revival is God’s finger pointed at me.”