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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Social Gospel, Public Education, and the Fourth Great Awakening

Social Gospel As stated in the Wikipedia, In the late 19th century, many Americans were disgusted by the poverty level and the low quality of living in the slums. The social gospel movement provided a religious rationale for action to … Continue reading

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Social Gospel, Sunday School, and the Third Great Awakening

I never heard of the social gospel growing up or in college, even though I graduated from David Lipscomb College, where I had a daily Bible class and daily chapel. In fact, the first time I heard the term was … Continue reading

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Source Material

I’ve had a number of requests for source material on the Restoration Movement. The two best books — by far — are  by James Deforest Murch, Christians Only: A History of the Restoration Movement and Leroy Garrett’s The Stone-Campbell Movement: … Continue reading

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Manufacturing a Christian Protest

This is from Phil Cooke’s “The Change Revolution” — On June 2nd, a protest march was staged outside the Los Angeles Convention Center. It was Christians protesting the release of the new video game by Electronic Arts called Dante’s Inferno … Continue reading

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Second Great Awakening, Part 2

Effects The effects of the Second Great Awakening were arguably more profound than the First. The impact of the Second Great Awakening was not limited to a realignment among the denominations. Among its other consequences were: 1) An incipient ecumenicity. … Continue reading

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Second Great Awakening, Part 1

After the American Revolution, morals and religion were in severe decline. War with England destroyed the allegiance of many Americans to the Church of England, headed by the King of England. And war brought with it immorality. The French Revolution … Continue reading

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Methodism and the Great Awakening

The Great Awakening occurred in the years preceding the American Revolution and coincided with the Methodist Revival in England. Both events had a huge impact on American Christianity, but to understand them, we have to talk a little about 18th … Continue reading

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Romans 1 and the State of the World

I’m having increasing difficulty fitting these lessons into the mold of “backgrounds of the Restoration Movement,” but I have to look at an issue that came up in class on Sunday — because it fills in an important blank in … Continue reading

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Lisbon Earthquake, The Prosperity Gospel, and Some Other Stuff, Part 4

We need to spend a little time mulling this phenomenon called Post-modernism. Now, “Post-modernism” is nearly undefinable. The word can refer to a school of philosophy, or of linguistics, or of hermeneutics, or of architecture, or of art. It can … Continue reading

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Lisbon Earthquake, The Prosperity Gospel, and Some Other Stuff, Part 3

There are a lot of false gospels out there. One is the notion that Christians will live happy, stress-free, burdenless lives. This gospel is manifested in calendars and wall plaques that quote just the happy, uplifting verses. And those verses … Continue reading

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