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1895 evangelism

The Armadale Sermons

W. W. Prescott — Melbourne camp meeting, 1895

A ten-session study of W. W. Prescott’s eight sermons at the 1895 Armadale camp meeting, which Ellen White heard in person and called a “manifest demonstration of the Spirit.” The full compilation (Fred Bischoff) is attached below to read.

Sessions
10
Questions
80
Quiz questions
80
How to use this course. Each session studies one of W. W. Prescott's sermons from the 1895 Armadale camp meeting near Melbourne, which Ellen White heard in person and described as a manifest demonstration of the Spirit. Write your own answer before looking at the model answer — the answer you write yourself is the one you will remember. Notice how Prescott blends the law and the gospel, always presenting truth as it is in Jesus — this is the evangelism Ellen White endorsed.
Read the bookThe W. W. Prescott Armadale SermonsThe eight sermons, Ellen White’s descriptions, and appendices, readable section by section.→

The sessions

  1. 01A Manifest Demonstration of the SpiritHistorical background to the 1895 Armadale camp meeting and Ellen White's repeated testimony that Prescott preached in the demonstration of the Spirit and with power.The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  2. 02Abiding in Christ and Walking in ChristTrue abiding in Christ, the living Vine, results necessarily in walking as He walked—not by imitation but as the fruit of a living connection.Growing in Christ · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  3. 03Sermons in StoneScripture's recurring picture of the 'living Stone' — from Israel's history to the tables of the law — shows that Christ is both the law's fulfillment and the believer's living foundation.The Law and the Gospel · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  4. 04The Kingdom of God and the Great ControversyThe prayer 'Thy kingdom come' is set against the backdrop of a universe-wide controversy that began with Satan's envy in heaven and now plays out on earth in the choice of loyalty each soul must make.The Great Controversy · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  5. 05The Word Became FleshChrist took the very sinful flesh of fallen humanity, becoming our representative Brother and second Adam, so that all who are born into His new family share in what He accomplished.The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  6. 06The Faith of Jesus, the Commandments, and the Patience of the SaintsThe remnant of Revelation 14:12 first receive the faith of Jesus and the commandments of God written in the heart by the Spirit, and then patiently endure to the end.The Law and the Gospel · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  7. 07God or Caesar, Which?God's kingdom rules the mind, thoughts, and eternal destiny through love and forgiveness, while Caesar's civil government rules only the body, actions, and temporal order through force; mixing the two realms corrupts both.Church and State · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  8. 08Christ Our ExampleTo imitate Christ is to live in God, with God, and for God, receiving strength through communion with the Father and expressing it in a life of self-denying, cross-bearing service.The Christian Life · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  9. 09The Law in Christ; Or, the Relation Between the Law and the GospelThe law reveals sin by defining righteousness but cannot impart it; the gospel is the righteousness of that same law, wrought out and fulfilled in believers through Christ, who is the law made flesh.The Law and the Gospel · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  10. 10Appendices A & B: Law and Gospel Blended in Ellen White's TestimonyEllen White's statements from 1888 onward confirm and reinforce Prescott's conclusion that the law and the gospel, the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, must always be preached together as a perfect, blended whole for the third angel's message to go with power.The Third Angel's Message · 8 questions · 8 quiz