{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#275 - Is this truly a Revival? part 2","description":"Picking up from last week's stats on the UK's youth revival, Lynn Green looks at the ~50-year gap between spiritual &quot;waves&quot; (the 1970s Jesus Movement and now), and argues hopelessness is the common thread driving both. He unpacks Jesus's parables of the growing seed and the sower (Mark 4 and Luke 8) using stories from decades of street evangelism \u2014 including a dramatic account of a discipleship house gone wrong \u2014 to explain why most seed doesn't bear fruit, but the harvest that does multiplies exponentially.  Chapters:  00:00 \u2013 Intro: upcoming surgery &amp;amp; recap of last week's stats 02:12 \u2013 Comparing today to the wave of the early 1970s 03:41 \u2013 Hopelessness as the common thread across generations 04:36 \u2013 Learning from the Oxford Street coffee bar outreach 06:53 \u2013 The &quot;harvest&quot; and why students are more open now 07:48 \u2013 Mark 4:26 \u2014 the parable of the growing seed 08:49 \u2013 What the parable actually means: seed vs. soil 09:14 \u2013 The Reconciliation Walk and finding God already at work 11:14 \u2013 Why prayer prepares the soil 12:42 \u2013 Luke 8 \u2014 the parable of the sower, in full 14:27 \u2013 The footpath: people who don't engage 14:52 \u2013 The rocky soil: quick joy, no roots 15:25 \u2013 Story: the street gang who moved in \u2014 and the knife incident 18:58 \u2013 The thorny soil: choked by riches and busyness 20:41 \u2013 Why pursuing what we want disappoints in the end 22:31 \u2013 The math of the harvest: why one in ten still means exponential growth 24:24 \u2013 Seed sown now can bear fruit later 25:22 \u2013 Closing: pray, look for opportunities, be a laborer  \u2022 \u2022 ** This is a personal podcast and reflects my thoughts and convictions. It does not represent any official position held by Youth with A Mission.**   ","author_name":"Thoughts from a Resident Alien","author_url":"https:\/\/lynngreen.blog","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42593710\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/42593710"}