The revivalists wanted to get back to basics, to recover the centrality of a personal relationship with Jesus.

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What he believed in was a living God of compassion and love and the possibility of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through whom this love was enacted in human time.

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Shea always performed a peaceful hymn just before the famed evangelist preached his message and asked people to make Jesus their personal savior.

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Furthermore, she believes there are many similarities between Christianity's Jesus and Islam's Mohammed: They were both open-minded, helped the weak, overcame personal struggles and far more besides.

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