Revival in the Age of Reason

Benjamin Franklin

Season 5, Episode 4

We're back in the Third Space Studio to continue our trip through history and how evangelism has developed. This time we're concentrating on the 1600s to the 1700s, as the Western world departs from Christendom following the Reformation into the new Age of Reason.

The events of that time impact on how we evangelise today. Science and technology became far more influential on people's thoughts as the authority of the church and the Bible are called into question. But as Christianity is put on trial, obedience to God and His Holy Spirit, leads to a number of revivals and a return to the importance of personal faith.

Discussed on this episode

Church History in Plain Language, by Bruce Shelley

Research on evangelism by Barna:
Millennials Oppose Evangelism
Sharing Faith Increasingly Optional to Christians
Is Evangelism Going Out of Style?
The Stats Behind Re-thinking Evangelism

Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
The Thunderstorm that Changed Martin Luther's Life

The Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards
John Wesley
George Whitefield

Bebbington's Quadrilateral
The Spirit of Gen Y

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