My Current Reading
The Faith of our Fathers
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The Faiths of Our Fathers, widely acclaimed historian Alf Mapp, Jr. cuts through the historical uncertainty to accurately portray the religious beliefs of eleven of America's founding fathers, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. He discovers men with religious beliefs as diverse as their political opinions. These profiles shed light on the lives and times of the revolutionary generation and the role of religion in public life throughout American history.
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How Would You Define Revival? |
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By Dr. Michael Brown
While teaching classes during the Brownsville Revival, I wrote out a working definition of revival, since in the Bible Belt in particular, the term “revival” often meant a series of special meetings. In fact, it was common to see signs outside of church buildings in Pensacola announcing (in advance), “Revival, September 21-23,” while evangelists would often tell me that they would be “holding a revival” at such-and-such location at such-and-such time.
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What's Creeping into Paradise? |
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By John Lofton
America’s society has become a playground for lukewarm Christians and hot natured unbelievers. Instead of being a land of the free and home of the brave, it has become the land of the feeble and home of the broken.
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By Dan Reiland
Churches are targets for criticism. That seems like one of the grandest of ironies. The God-ordained institution that offers the love, grace and peace of Jesus Christ gets shot at on a regular basis. Maybe it's not so ironic, Jesus was criticized too. The size of your church doesn't matter. Small churches get shot at just as much as mega-churches. The difference is that the criticism of mega-churches ends up in blogs, newspapers and even on TV.
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