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Was I right to say, in a previous blog , that the question of whether there is such a thing as ‘revival’ should not divide Christians who are experiencing the ‘extraordinary ordinariness’ of the Spirit’s presence and power? I hope that the rest of that blog, my expressed hesitancy, and sympathy for those who have sincere reservations, as well as my personal belief in revival, were enough to show that I intended that statement to be qualified. Let’s explore it a bit more. The strong, clear undercurrent in Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ (MLJ) exposition of the work of the Holy Spirit, was a concern to maintain the Reformed doctrine of regeneration as the only solution to the problem of sin and the state of fallen humanity as completely dead in trespasses and sins. When MLJ speaks about revival he assumes Calvinistic doctrines about the continual presence of the Holy Spirit in the church, and the Spirit’s work in overseeing the preaching of the gospel in terms of both general and effectual calls...