08/09/2025
“I studied some of the great men and women of God, and what I saw troubled me. How could John
Alexander Dowie build a great city and be one of the greatest apostles of healing and yet die an invalid, believing he was Elijah?
In 1908, the great Azusa Street Revival waned because of a combination of strife among the brethren and spiritualism.
In 1955, miracle revivalist A. A. Allen was arrested for drunken driving.
In 1960, William Branham, a great prophet of God, began to teach heresy.
In 1987 and 1988, two televangelists (…)—fell in moral scandals.
How could these things happen? Did they love God with all their hearts? I believe the answer is yes. Did God really call them to preach the Gospel? Again, I believe the answer is yes. Then what happened to them that allowed such sin and error to overtake their lives and ministries?
I cried out to the Lord and studied the people of the Bible, and I believe the Lord has shown me one of the reasons these things are possible.”
End of Part 1
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Excerpt From “Run to the Battle” by Roberts Liardon, 1989.
Note: Schambach was in the car when A.A Allen was arrested for drunk driving and denied that he was drunk in several interviews, including one to Roberts Liardon and another researcher who write about tent revivals (cannot remember the name at this time but I have the book).
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