Divided Christianity: What Went Wrong

Liberalism denies the deity of Christ at all. They know that Christ ever exist as a real man in this world, but only as a good moral teacher. According to the modern liberal Church Jesus differs from the rest of men only in degree and not in kind, He can be divine only if all men are divine (Machen, 2009). There is no supernatural miracle done by Jesus Christ at all, because for them everything can accept if it is able to be proved. First, they reject the virgin birth of Christ and consider is as a mythological false teaching, because there is no same case happen in human life (contradict with Luke 2). Second, Jesus did not rise again from the grave in bodily form because in they argued that no one can rise again from the death (contradict

Evangelicalism came out of various movements that came in the Protestant church the second Great Awakening” of the 1820s-1840s, resulted in the “Christianization” of young America and the dominance of evangelicalism over the American religious climate ”.The Second Great Awakening marked a fundamental transition in American religious life. Many early American religious groups in the CALVINIST tradition had emphasized the deep depravity of human beings and believed they could only be saved through the grace of God. The new evangelical movement, however, placed greater emphasis on humans' ability to change their situation for the better. By stressing that individuals could assert their "FREE WILL" in choosing to be saved and by suggesting that

The main thing that the classical liberals focus on is people’s freedoms which they didn’t have under feudalism. In the classical liberal tradition they also begin to focus more on using science to explain things rather than only using religion and god.

In the thirty year span between 1830 and 1860, the Second Great Awakening did much to change the modern American mind by sparking the abolitionist movement, empowering women (in their domestic sphere) and forming the cult of domesticity, partially fixing the corrupt government through the temperance movement, and in the creation of many utopian societies by radical religious populations. Puritanism was kicked to the side when Evangelicalism took root. This religious renaissance was absolutely more optimistic than worship from the past; sin was no longer an inevitable part of your being. Rather, you could find salvation through yourself, so long as

The main message in Christianity & Liberalism is what the only object of faith is Christ. Machen composes his book into doctrine, God and man, the Bible, Christ, Salvation, and the Church; he shows all of this doctrine should be directly connected with the faith in Christ. If not, he declares that that should not be Christianity. In chapter 1 and 2, Machen emphasizes that how maintaining traditional doctrine is important. The reason for that is classical conservatives tried to keep the doctrine upon the Bible; however, classical liberalism attacked the traditional doctrine because Machen points out that liberal theologians and preachers want to interpret the truth from the point of a human. Machen even warns that the liberalism is shaking the faith in Christianity. In other words, it could be proper understanding that the liberalism rebelled against the truth and God’s word.

The protestant Christianity was divided into two parts in America. They were Mainline and Evangelical. The Mainline were the liberal mainstream and the Evangelical were the conservative evangelical. The Evangelical was the most powerful Religious force in American society during the 20s of the last century. The status of the protestant evangelical as the mainstream had greatly declined once. This change was caused by the impact of the modernization

The second Great Awakening, Immigration, and Christian Fundamentalism all played large parts in the shaping of American religious, political, and social life. However, the revivals of the second Great Awakening were the major event the allowed for the assimilation of immigrants and the rise of the Fundamentalist through its democratizing of religion and inclusive of all Americans. The revivals of the second great awakening reaching out to the ordinary people rather than the elite of society, and ministers preached on the salvation of the heart. However the individual was to be willing to change their situation for the better rather than by predestination as was the case in the revivals of the first awakening.

The early nineteenth century is a part of one of the greatest ages, the Age of Reform and Revolution. It was a time of many people having new ideas of what an ideal society should have. This led to the creation of many new movements to try to create this new ideal society. Of the many movements that occurred, three of the most important ones were “manifest destiny,” the Industrial Revolution and the Anti-Slavery Movement.

Most Christians would assert that the Bible has importance for their faith and understanding in how to live out their beliefs. However, there is great diversity in how exactly this takes shape. At issue is one’s perspective on how to read the Bible and the authority that is granted to Scripture. Differing viewpoints can be placed along a continuum ranging from conservative to liberal perspectives on the role of Scripture. Sparks (n.d.) highlights the hallmarks of different traditions based on a number of factors such as how the Bible is read, views of inerrancy, and the authority of tradition. Both Protestant Fundamentalists and Conservative Evangelicals hold to biblical inerrancy as a hallmark of their faith. However, the two diverge regarding

Evangelicalism played a crucial role in the spread of Christianity among the colonies, as well as the development of America, although the methods have shifted dramatically. The Great Awakenings were large-scale revivals, moving people from churched to unchurched. It led to Evangelicalism becoming one of the dominant denominations in American religion. By the late 1800s, it emerged as a kind of national church and seemed to be the main theme of American religious life. Their focus was on those not in the church, trying to instill a sense of personal salvation. Afterwards, with the Third Great Awakening, there was a spread of postmillennial theology that taught Christ would come after man reformed the world. So, Americans began focusing their

Which were all major issues at the time. Rationalism is a theory that actions should not be based on religious beliefs, but based on reason and knowledge. People however should base their actions on what they believe in religiously, rather than other things. Liberalism is where people are open to new options and willing to discard what they believe in. So this would mean that people would discard their religious view for something else.

In the grand scheme of things politically and socially speaking, the 19th century was a time where the world was working to come together and I believe it still is today. Leaders all over the world were still coming to conclusions about political matters and due to powerful political groups having conflicts of interest, there were disagreements that led to wars, and most of all there were constant reforms and a steady stream of colonization still happening. In the midst of all of these events, there was change to the everyday economic, social, and political aspects of life. During the 19th century, there were many significant events that occurred during that time that added to the political atmospheric change but in this essay I will write about three; the Kingdom of Britain and Ireland merging to the United Kingdom, the British Parliament passing the Great Reform Act, and the Seneca Fall Convention. These three significant events

Throughout the year Christians have strived to do the will of God. From to converting people into Christians to making a society pleasing to God. Christians in America have been present since the colonial times. In the late 19th century, they were still thriving in the United States. In the early 20th century they were still involved in the broader American culture, committed to shaping public policy and welcome in political life. But as time continued, evangelicals started to create their own subculture, no longer involving themselves in politics and the rest of the American culture. By mid to late 20th century, evangelicals saw that the nation was becoming further way from God and it was affecting them. They sought to partly reinsert themselves in the American culture and politics and found they were not as welcome as before. Even though they are not welcome, Christians must try to do the will of God by turn peoples eyes back to Him in everyday life and politics.

Your forum is a very good read and I really enjoyed the sequential analysis given. I agree with you that the Great Schism is the separation of Christianity and the result of a dispute of authority. According to Walton (2005), the American Baptist tree is a child-like example (chart 119) of what the Prophet Hose 4:6 says “the priest who rejected knowledge, the people will be destroyed and their children will not be remembered because of the forsaking of the order of God.” We find from chart 119 that beginning from1639- to the present, the Great Schisms. For example, Roger Williams was ordained in the Anglican Church but moved towards Separatism because he seeks liberty of conscience. Meaning he was opposed to the American Revolution because of the oath of loyalty to King sacred according to scripture” (Walton, 2005, chart 101). Similar, to both the Latins and Greeks implying each should submit to the adopting of the others belief.

Another issue that the early Christian community had was straying from the "Church Manual" that was talked about in The Didache.