This revolution against the beliefs and morals of those in New England sparked what became known as the Great Awakening. He believed that those in New England were becoming “far too concerned with worldly matters” such as wealth and property ownership. These revivals were led by various evangelical Protestant ministers, and were started by Johnathon Edwards in Northampton, Massachusetts. Historian Thomas Kidd argues that there was an increased “interest in corporate commitments to God and the covenant,” and an emphasis was placed on one’s personal relationship with God.
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The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in the British Colonies in the early 1730s and 1740s. While I’m doing this, I studied the madness that surrounded his sermons along with other aspects of his congregation. And then I want to come back and start there.The Great Awakening and George Whitefieldįor my project, I decided I wanted to track the Great Awakening through the preacher George Whitefield.
Character doesn't matter, et cetera, et cetera. That's the difference.īECK: So, Rabbi, let me go here on faith, because I think this is our biggest problem in our country, is we have put our faith in things that are untrue. When we put our faith in the truth, things work out. God is always faithful.Īnd so, when we find ourselves living self-destructive lives, it's because we're putting our faith in a lie. And when you put your faith in fact and see the facts always come through, God - as you said in the beginning - when you pray, you do - it works out. A lot of times, we base our faith on what we see others go through and what we think, versus not what's factual.Īnd so, when I was doing my thing, and when we were all doing our thing, we were basing our faith on things that people told us that weren't factual experiences - feelings, desires, lust - instead of facts. The problem is, faith is based on fact, not feeling. So, we are created as creatures of faith. We take our heart and we say, I'm trusting you with my heart. Matter of fact, the greatest step of faith we take every day is loving somebody. Every time you don't jump of building, you take a step of faith, because you trust there's something that you can't see that will affect your life. Every time you inhale, you take a step of faith. MCPHERSON: You know, faith is a substance of things hopeful of the evidence of things not seen. How do we get out of that? How did you pull yourself out and say, no, there is a purpose for me? It's all of our kids.īut we play the victim card and we - you know, we play it all the time. And I know a ton of parents who will say about their kids, they'll be called by the school and they'll say, "Oh, it's not my kid." Yes, it is. Let me go back to Miles here, because the victim card is played a lot.
If it comes back to me I have a thought for you.īECK: All right. I don't want to talk too long here so I'll stop there. And the damage to my body will not distract from that. One is in heaven and the other is the heart of man. The Bible says there's two places for throne of God.
ROEVER: God established in me his throne. Teach people correct principles and they'll figure it out on their own. I saw it in the paper, "Glenn Beck is talking about a theocracy." No. Follow the instructions and the practical application, what we need to do and the way we need to influence and bring along our friends and neighbors, will flow almost automatically from that.īECK: Dave, my - the founder of my church said one time: Teach people correct principles and let them govern themselves. Let's pay attention to our boss, father in heaven. So, what you were saying on Saturday, Glenn, was precisely to the point, which is that: focus on the things that really count. So, having the right fundamental values flows from their directly into the practical application of the area of politics. And I think one of the greatest cover-ups of the 20th century has been the extent to which people have forgotten and been made to forget the role of religion in sculpting the shape of the society. Culture is the kind of society shaped by its religion.
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