2013 is almost upon us. Our world is in deep trouble morally, spiritually and economically.. But there is hope. We can learn from history. England, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, was in a moral quagmire and a spiritual cesspool. Thomas Carlyle, historian and teacher during the Victorian era described the country’s condition as “Stomach well alive, soul extinct.” Drunkenness was rampant; gambling was so extensive that one historian described England as “one vast casino.” Then George Whitefield and John Wesley began to preach the gospel to the masses. The result was a great revival that cut across denominational lines, touching every class of society. Historians believe the revival probably saved England from the kind of revolution that took place in France. And if we turn back to the Bible, to Godly principles, the simple unvarnished gospel, we can make a difference, one person at a time, in 2013.