Book & Chapter Summaries

The Greatest Story Never Told

Revive Us Again

by Leonard I. Sweet · Abingdon Press · 2012

Book summary

A Wesleyan and Methodist call to recover the movement's neglected song of holiness, passion, connection, and mission.

Chapter & section guide

  1. Introduction: The Song of the People Called Methodist

    Methodism is interpreted as a living musical and narrative tradition.

  2. Chapter 1: The Song of Water

    Holiness is practical, cleansing, and life-giving.

  3. Chapter 2: The Song of Fire

    Hearts strangely warmed symbolize passion and spiritual power.

  4. Chapter 3: The Song of Wind

    The Spirit creates connection, movement, and shared life.

  5. Chapter 4: The Song of Earth

    'The world is my parish' becomes a harmonics of hope and public mission.

  6. Interactives

    Reflection and practice invite readers to participate in revival rather than merely study it.

Editorial note: these are original thematic summaries prepared as a research and reading aid, not quotations from the book itself.