{"podcast":{"title":"RTTBROS","slug":"rttbros-107316","podcast_index_feed_id":107316,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/3001092/3001092-1652304774197-5e20feeb09c77.jpg","author":"Gene Kissinger","episode_count":1985,"summary":"We need to redeem the time as the passage in Ephesians 5 states BECAUSE the days are evil. It is vital as believers that we learn to discern. We need to acquire wisdom so we can walk in truth. Wisdom is word based and God given. We learn it from the word of God and ultimately from the God who gave us the Word. My brother Norman and I are going to be setting up a ministry and under this ministry umbrella we will establish a YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGuqrDZ3ku7C78qrb4eOyQ Tik-Tok short form video here tiktok.com/@genekissinger_rttbros https://linktr.ee/rttbros","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T02:18:11.359324+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316"},"episode":{"title":"The Awakening Before the Revolution #RTTBROS #America250 #Nation250 #America #NIGHTLIGHT","slug":"the-awakening-before-the-revolution-rttbros-america250-nation250-america-nightlight","published_at":"2026-06-04T12:35:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-awakening-before-the-revolution-rttbros-america250-nation250-america-nightlight","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS/episodes/The-Awakening-Before-the-Revolution-RTTBROS-America250-Nation250-America-NIGHTLIGHT-e3kb55m","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/play/121000566/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-4%2F425502603-44100-2-bd2462159bfee.mp3","summary":"The Awakening Before the Revolution #RTTBROS #America250 #Nation250 #America #NIGHTLIGHT “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh.” — Acts 2:17 THE STORY Before there was a revolution, there was a revival. Between 1730 and 1745, a wave of spiritual awakening swept through the American colonies with a force that no one had anticipated and no human organization had arranged. Historians call it the Great Awakening. Those who lived through it simply called it the work of God. Jonathan Edwards watched it begin in his own congregation in 1734. Without any special promotion or effort, people began to be gripped by an awareness of their sin and their need for Christ. Edwards reported that the town seemed to be full of the presence of God. Hard men were brought to their knees. Families were reconciled. The taverns grew quiet while the meetinghouses overflowed. Then George Whitefield arrived from England, and the fire spread to every colony. He preached in fields and town squares to crowds that sometimes numbered thirty thousand. In a nation of three million people, it is estimated that eighty percent heard Whitefield preach in person at least once. The colonies had never had anything in common before. The Great Awakening gave them a shared experience, and a shared God. THE REFLECTION John Adams said later that the Revolution was complete in the minds and hearts of the people before a single shot was fired. He was right, but he was describing something that had a spiritual root. The Great Awakening did something no political movement could have done: it gave thirteen fractious, independent colonies a common identity. They were not merely British subjects with grievances. They were a people who had encountered God togethe…","meta_description":"The Awakening Before the Revolution #RTTBROS #America250 #Nation250 #America #NIGHTLIGHT “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will po…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":155,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rttbros-107316/episodes/the-awakening-before-the-revolution-rttbros-america250-nation250-america-nightlight/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-awakening-before-the-revolution-rttbros-america250-nation250-america-nightlight.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}