Category Archives: Billy Sunday

Surprise! Guess who’s Presbyterian…

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

It seems to me common knowledge that Charles Finney was ordained as a Presbyterian minister, but I had never heard that Billy Sunday was as well. Apparently Sunday was ordained in 1903. He died this day in 1935. Read more … Continue reading →

Posted in Billy Sunday, Charles Finney, evangelicals, History, Irony, Outhouse Quick Hits, Prohibition, Revivalism, under-confessionalism | 4 Comments

Sunday Friday: The Need of Revivals

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Billy Sunday (1862-1935) preached before perhaps 80 million people during what is popularly known as the Second Great Awakening. An itinerant revivalist, he was a driving force behind the Prohibition movement. Whether he was a shaping influence on conservative American … Continue reading →

Posted in Billy Sunday, Evangelism, Revivalism, Second Great Awakening, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Sunday Friday: The Booze Sermon

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Billy Sunday (1862-1935) preached before perhaps eighty million people during what is popularly known as the Second Great Awakening. An itinerant revivalist, he was a driving force behind the Prohibition movement.  We’ll use “Sunday Fridays” to let him speak for himself as … Continue reading →

Posted in Billy Sunday, evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Liberty of Conscience, Prohibition | 45 Comments