Lecture 27—“Revivals & Revivalism”: The Second Great Awakening in America (ch. 25, pp. 238-50)
Lecture 28—“The Last Command”: Missions in “the Great Century” (ch. 30)
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I found several points made by Professor Calhoun on the Second Great Awakening was interesting and new to me. I did not know that the Second Great Awakening had such a great impact on the country. It is also interesting to know that the Second Great Awakening happened at many college campuses.
ReplyDelete"We know that just after the Revolutionary War the percentage of people who were church members in America was very, very low—perhaps 10% or 15%, which is astoundingly low, even compared to figures today."
"The fact that America became a “Christian” nation was due to the Second Great Awakening, not to the Puritan founders or even the First Great Awakening, which was limited in scope to New England and the eastern seaboard."
These two lessons have shown the importance and impact of college campus ministry.
ReplyDeleteCollege students and graduates participated in the Second Great Awakening as well as worldwide missions.
I am also amazed at how much of our biblical interpretation was influenced by the environment that we are in. I have never heard that early Christians, even some reformers, does not believe that the Great Commission was given to all Christians. They thought that the Great Commission was given only to the Apostles. I guess if everyone says the same thing, we believe it. Many things we take it for granted may not be the case historically. It is good to learn historical perspectives.
How we see revival or our worship format may be another one.
May God grant us a discerning heart.