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