Why Revival Tarries

Why Revival Tarries connects the desire for spiritual renewal with the foundations of family life. Its subtitle, Love, Lies & Restoring the Foundations of Biblical Marriage, describes the book's focus on the beliefs that shape relationships. The author asks what happens when people pray for revival while treating marriage, purity, fatherhood, and responsibility as secondary concerns. The discussion begins close to home, with the ways faith is lived around the kitchen table.

The first section considers the Church's witness, spiritual identity, John the Baptist's confrontation of a king, and the reasons marriage comes under pressure. The next presents sexual purity as a gift to give. From there the book examines assumptions about love: that it is simply a feeling, that a spouse will complete us, that marriage is a contract, or that marriage itself will solve a struggle with lust. It also includes a chapter on the harm that can be hidden behind holy-sounding words.

Covenant marriage is explored as a relationship involving commitment, truth, endurance, and responsibility. Chapters address impatience, reward, the belief that someone married the wrong person, and the shape of a marriage-centered home. The treatment of love and lies brings these ideas into conversation with biblical marriage rather than leaving them as abstract principles. The author includes an acknowledgment of more than 23 years of marriage as of 2026 and the lessons learned through shared commitment and correction.

Written by The Boy Who Pushes the Plow, this book belongs to the series' exploration of Revival while recognizing that spiritual seasons overlap. Readers can work through its arguments in order or use the chapter list to locate a particular question. The full free PDF is available to read or download with no email required, alongside related books on purity, adoption, and the renewal of the Church.