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Alan Redpath (1907 - 1989). British pastor, author, and evangelist born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Raised in a Christian home, he trained as a chartered accountant and worked in business until a 1936 conversion at London’s Hinde Street Methodist Church led him to ministry. Studying at Chester Diocesan Theological College, he was ordained in 1939, pastoring Duke Street Baptist Church in Richmond, London, during World War II. From 1953 to 1962, he led Moody Church in Chicago, growing its influence, then returned to Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh, until 1966. Redpath authored books like Victorious Christian Living (1955), emphasizing holiness and surrender, with thousands sold globally. A Keswick Convention speaker, he preached across North America and Asia, impacting evangelical leaders like Billy Graham. Married to Marjorie Welch in 1935, they had two daughters. His warm, practical sermons addressed modern struggles, urging believers to “rest in Christ’s victory.” Despite a stroke in 1964 limiting his later years, Redpath’s writings and recordings remain influential in Reformed and Baptist circles. His focus on spiritual renewal shaped 20th-century evangelicalism.
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Alan Redpath emphasizes the concept of being 'Filled to Overflowing' with the fullness of Christ, explaining that this fullness encompasses the complete character of God and is made available to believers through the Holy Spirit. He highlights that as we trust in Jesus and live out His words, we are continuously filled and empowered for every need and ministry. Redpath encourages a moment-by-moment faith that allows us to receive this divine fullness, ensuring that we lack nothing necessary for our spiritual journey.
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Filled to Overflowing
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. Col. 2:9-10 Fullness is being completely filled to the full, nothing lacking, complete in the character of God, but not in the nature of God (Eph. 3:19Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)). Fullness is having all that Jesus was and is living in our hearts now. Jesus indwells our hearts by the power of the Holy Spirit and this fullness is available for any need, any ministry, any godly purpose. We lack nothing that we need as live the words of Jesus and trust the Father to perform the works of Jesus. The fullness of the Holy Spirit is a continuous supply from Jesus Christ himself; a moment-by-moment faith in a moment-by-moment filling and a moment-by-moment cleansing. The moment I begin to believe, that moment I receive, and as long as I go on believing, praise the Lord! I go on receiving. Charles Inwood quoted in Alan Redpath, “Full of Faith . . .Grace . . . Power,” Keswick Week 1957 (London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, 1957), 155.
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Alan Redpath (1907 - 1989). British pastor, author, and evangelist born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Raised in a Christian home, he trained as a chartered accountant and worked in business until a 1936 conversion at London’s Hinde Street Methodist Church led him to ministry. Studying at Chester Diocesan Theological College, he was ordained in 1939, pastoring Duke Street Baptist Church in Richmond, London, during World War II. From 1953 to 1962, he led Moody Church in Chicago, growing its influence, then returned to Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh, until 1966. Redpath authored books like Victorious Christian Living (1955), emphasizing holiness and surrender, with thousands sold globally. A Keswick Convention speaker, he preached across North America and Asia, impacting evangelical leaders like Billy Graham. Married to Marjorie Welch in 1935, they had two daughters. His warm, practical sermons addressed modern struggles, urging believers to “rest in Christ’s victory.” Despite a stroke in 1964 limiting his later years, Redpath’s writings and recordings remain influential in Reformed and Baptist circles. His focus on spiritual renewal shaped 20th-century evangelicalism.