Revival Culture Quotes

“If teachers still exist, then so do prophets. If pastors still exist, then so do evangelists and apostles.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“So, if you lack the opportunity to connect with a father or mother whose heart is to love and empower you, I want to encourage you to focus on your heart. You can overcome the frailties of others when your focus is turned toward things above. Ultimately, God the Father is the perfect parent, and He will protect and lead you.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“Many kinds of poverty and prosperity have nothing to do with money or possessions. In fact, the richest people on earth are often spiritually impoverished and relationally bankrupt. On the other end of the spectrum, many people who lack material things are rich in health and enjoy what some call a “prosperous soul.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“One of the biggest reasons some people avoid community is that they fear it will diminish their individuality, but in truth community brings out the best in each one of us.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“We are responsible to communicate clearly, but we must remember that we will never ultimately be able to eliminate the offense of the cross.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“There is a space between legalism and licentiousness that is called liberty.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“the Church has replaced “re-creation” with “recreation,” which never provides the rest and reflection people need—it actually wears them down even more.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“Yet as amazing as each of us is in Christ, we were never intended to walk out our faith alone in isolation. We were created for community. As we embrace our corporate calling as an entirely new species of being, we will not only fulfill God’s original intention but also usher in God’s kingdom, which was inaugurated through Jesus’ life and ministry on earth (see 1 Pet. 2:9-10)”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“It is sad to see the reactionary attempts of disgruntled people to re-engineer the Church, especially when what is needed is not a new expression but a new heart.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“Some 1,800 years after Paul’s time, the Church began to recognize three primary elements of missions, which we will focus on throughout the rest of the chapter: (1) investigation, (2) incarnation, and (3) indigenousness leaders. These three elements have become the framework of modern missions and are the same principles we used to reach the nomadic young people through the Prodigal Project.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening

“Revival is the spiritual resurrection of a person, congregation, region or nation that has lost its first love and grown cold to the passion and purpose that blazes in the heart of God. Revival is the rebirth of consecration and devotion in the lives of those who have grown complacent and have been compromised by a lifestyle that has become encumbered by the cares of this world.”
― Michael Brodeur, Revival Culture: Prepare for the Next Great Awakening