Few believers have inspired me as much as George Whitefield. This is not surprising in light of C.H. Spurgeon's description of the man who led the Great Awakening in the 18th century:
"There is no end to the interest which attaches to such a man as George Whitefield. Often as I have read his life, I am conscious of distinct quickening whenever I turn to it. He lived. Other men seem to be only half alive; but Whitefield was all life, fire, wing, force. My own model, if I may have such a thing in due subordination to my Lord, is George Whitefield; but with unequal footsteps must I follow in his glorious track."
What follows are some reasons why I have been so encouraged by, in the words of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, the greatest preacher that England has ever produced, or as David Hume stated, "the most ingenious preacher I ever heard; it is worth going twenty miles to hear him."