Podcast with Historian Dr. Stephen Mansfield on George Whitefield, the Great Speaker of the First Great Awakening

Topic: George Whitefield.

John Adams said that the American Revolution was preceded by a revolution in the hearts of the people a generation or so before. The Great Awakening was a spiritual revival that helped convert so many in the American colonies, and the greatest leader in the Great Awakening was George Whitefield from England who came over on preaching tours. What began in Northampton, Massachusetts under Edwards’ pulpit spread like wildfire because of Whitefield all around the British colonies in North America, up and down the Atlantic coast. Dr. Stephen Mansfield is a best-selling author on historical topics. And one of his books is on George Whitefield. Dr. Stephen Mansfield joins Jerry Newcombe to discuss the great figure in American history, George Whitefield. www.stephenmansfield.tv