The Age of Reason and Revival: Waking Up To The Great Awakenings - Church Then & Now E16

Join the conversation about how the Age of Reason led to the need for revival. Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher discuss the impact of "reason", revivalism, and the difference between the two Great Awakenings.

Show Notes:

• Intro
• Church, podcast, & life update
• Brief recap on last episode
  • John Vs. Jake: The Age-Old Debate 
• The Age of Enlightenment (The Age of Reason)
  • The separation of mind & feelings
  • Rationalism (Mind) Vs. Emotionalism (Feelings)
• René Decartes
• John Locke
• Immanuel Kantt
• Gnosticism at play again (just under a different guise)
• The danger of intellectualism is that we can grow in knowledge but forget the source of all knowledge (God)
• Faith & filters
• God gave us the ability to discover & think
• “If you don’t have the Holy Spirit illuminating truth, you will end up being a very smart fool.”
• What was the impact of the Age of Enlightenment on religion/Christianity?
  • Anti-supernaturalism
  • Deism 
    • God, the clockmaker
  • Biblical Criticism
• Why did we need a revival?
  • We needed to come back to the Word of God, which brings the mind of man and the emotions of man together
• The Age of Reason transitions to the Age of Revivalism
  • The First & Second Great Awakenings
• The First Great Awakening
  • A Calvinistic framework
  • Calvinists believe in predestination
  • Sermons were preached and let it rest
• The Second Great Awakening
  • An Arminianism framework
  • Altar calls
  • Arminian’s believe “you’ve got to do the work”
• Asbury Revival
  • Is it the third great awakening?
    • Time will tell
• “Society will reap the benefits of the fruit of repentance.”
• The Age of Reason & the Age of Revival led to the American Revolution
  • John Locke played an influential part in our Founding Father’s thought process and approach to how the United States of America was formed
• Outro

Resources:

• What Was The Enlightenment, And What Impact Did It Have On Christianity? https://www.gotquestions.org/Enlightenment-Christianity.html
• How Should A Christian View Rationalism vs. Empiricism? https://www.gotquestions.org/rationalism-vs-empiricism.html
• What Was The First Great Awakening? What Was The Second Great Awakening? https://www.gotquestions.org/First-Second-Great-Awakening.html

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