The Weekly Update – May 19, 2025
I’m always pleased when a Christian publisher decides to print a biography of a man or woman of God that very few know about. Instead of publishing the same well-known biographies , they go looking for a hero of the faith in the lost treasures of Church history.
This is what French publishers Foi et Victoire did many years ago when it came out with “Jean-Christophe Blumhardt, a ministry of deliverance in the 19th century”).
Born in Germany in 1805, this baker’s son became a Lutheran pastor. His parish experienced a powerful revival. Believers and non-believers came from far and wide to his church.
His ministry took a decisive turn in Möttlingen, where a possessed young girl named Gottliebin was completely set free. So many sick people were being healed that the humble pastor became strongly opposed by doctors and religious leaders.
While the German evangelist preached to the crowds, he particularly enjoyed talking one-on-one with those who were seeking the Lord.
Here are a few quotes from Blumhardt that I gleaned from the book:
“What our Christianity lacks, indeed, to be what it should be, is the Spirit, the Spirit of God poured out on the Church at the first Pentecost; without him, nothing lasting can be built here below.”
“The Holy Spirit enables anyone with faith to perform today exactly the same miracles as Christ did in the past.”
“I know the sins of others only in the light of redemption: I do not have to judge, but only to forgive. My Lord came to earth only to save.”
While it is often said that Pentecostalism was born in 1906 in Los Angeles (Azuza Street Revival), this pastor’s remarkable story shows us that the power of the Holy Spirit has never ceased to move with power down the centuries.
Timothée and Yukki