Robert Philip

The Life and Times of George Whitefield Robert Philip Reprint edition

For those who want a work of quiet scholarship, Philip is not their man. But where there is a desire for the evangelical flame - for words that burn, and reach heart and soul - this volume will clearly show why the gospel can turn the world upside down. Philip is not an uncritical biographer, and he is ready to note weaknesses and failures that admirers of Whitefield have sometimes passed over. But the outstanding feature of his work is the way in which he allows his subject to speak for himself. He seems to have absorbed all that Whitefield ever said and wrote, and his selection brings us into direct contact with the man.