Broken Churches, Broken Nation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Broken Churches, Broken Nation write by C. C. Goen. This book was released on 1985. Broken Churches, Broken Nation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the first comprehensive treatment of the role of churches in the processes that led to the American Civil War, C.C. Goen suggests that when Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist churches divided along lines of North and South in the antebellum controversy over slavery, they severed an important bond of national union. The forebodings of church leaders and other contemporary observers about the probability of disastrous political consequences were well-founded. The denominational schisms, as irreversible steps along the nation's tortuous course to violence, were both portent and catalyst to the imminent national tragedy. Caught in a quagmire of conflicting purposes, church leadership failed and Christian community broke down, presaging in a scenario of secession and conflict the impending crisis of the Union. As the churches chose sides over the supremely transcendent moral issue of slavery, so did the nation. Professor Goen, an eminent historian of American religion, does not seek in these pages the "causes" of the Civil War. Rather, he establishes evangelical Christianity as "a major bond of national unity" in antebellum America. His careful analysis and critical interpretation demonstrate that antebellum American churches -- committed to institutional growth, swayed by sectional interests, and silent about racial prejudice -- could neither contain nor redirect the awesome forces of national dissension. Their failure sealed the nation's fate. - Publisher.
Broken Church - Broken Nation
Broken Church - Broken Nation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Broken Church - Broken Nation write by Michael Cordner. This book was released on 2021-03-22. Broken Church - Broken Nation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The American Church has not seen a true spiritual awakening in over 150 years and we see our county rapidly declining before our eyes. The Church has been asleep and ineffective in society. Christians in American now seek comfort and ease, and treat God as if He is only there to hand out blessings upon our request. Consequently, we have seen the discarding of spiritual reality absolute truth and Christina morality. In Broken Church, Broken Nation Mr. Cordner will show * How our founding fathers brought forth this country to honor and live for God, and the sacrifice and suffering that ensued in standing for Him * What it takes to have a true spiritual awakening * What is takes to return to God in the way that our Founding Fathers followed *What it takes to return to absolute truth, biblical accountability and full consecration Despite the dire consequences of our choices, God is still waiting to hear from a humble and repentant church.
Broken Church, Nation Divided
Broken Church, Nation Divided - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Broken Church, Nation Divided write by Stan Rogers. This book was released on 2021-10-20. Broken Church, Nation Divided available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. America is a nation divided to the extent that some are comparing it to the pre-Civil War era of the 1860s. That Civil War was violent, bloody, and hateful; and yet when it ended, America was almost immediately restored as one nation under God. It ended not without deep and enduring scars, but as a nation reunited well enough to become the industrialized leader of the free world for decades to come. We have always been divided socially, economically, and politically; but we have always been a nation united by our faith in the Christian God, the Creator of the universe and all that is within. The source of America's current divisiveness is ideological, propagated by those who embrace a globalist, pluralist code that carries a vision of one world apart from God. This doctrine has permeated our media, academia, sciences, and now even our churches. It is based purely on the premise that we can bring harmony and social equality to planet earth through humanist methods and that the human intellect has progressed beyond the need for mythical belief in a metaphysical god--specifically, the Christian God, the Creator of the physical universe. This is the same lie that deceived Eve in the garden of Eden, which led to the fall of man. The purpose of this writing is to restore a biblical worldview that has been lost within the twenty-first-century American Christian church. As our culture crumbles around us, 350,000 churches stand by seemingly disengaged from the darkness that has engulfed our nation. America used to be a beacon of light for the world. This was the vision that our Founding Fathers carried with them to America, and its source was from their faith in the Christian God. So what is happening to America, and why isn't the church having any effect upon the state of our union? This is a call for members of the body of Christ to reignite, reunite, and reestablish the light that can only be kindled within our individual commitment to remain in Christ; to commit an hour or so each day to be alone with our Creator in the Most Holy place--feeding, cleansing, and renewing our souls. Just you and God. The current grace-based doctrine of the modern Christian church has dumbed down the intricacies and treasures found within the contents of the Holy Bible to having little more significance than a bumper sticker. We read books written by other humans that tell us about the Bible; we read daily devotionals that cherry-pick scripture to make us feel good. However, few--if any of us--are actually committing to daily holy communion with God through his Word, the Holy Bible (all of it), and spending time in prayer in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
No Peace for the Wicked
No Peace for the Wicked - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook No Peace for the Wicked write by David Rolfs. This book was released on 2009. No Peace for the Wicked available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first comprehensive work of its kind, David Rolfs' No Peace for the Wicked sheds new light on the Northern Protestant soldiers' religious worldview and the various ways they used it to justify and interpret their wartime experiences. Drawing extensively from the letters, diaries and published collections of hundreds of religious soldiers, Rolfs effectively resurrects both these soldiers' religious ideals and their most profound spiritual doubts and conflicts. No Peace for the Wicked also explores the importance of "just war" theory in the formulation of Union military strategy and tactics, and examines why the most religious generation in U.S. history fought America's bloodiest war. --from publisher description.
The Politics of Faith During the Civil War
The Politics of Faith During the Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Faith During the Civil War write by Timothy L. Wesley. This book was released on 2013-05-13. The Politics of Faith During the Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In The Politics of Faith during the Civil War, Timothy L. Wesley examines the engagement of both northern and southern preachers in politics during the American Civil War, revealing an era of denominational, governmental, and public scrutiny of religious leaders. Controversial ministers risked ostracism within the local community, censure from church leaders, and arrests by provost marshals or local police. In contested areas of the Upper Confederacy and Border Union, ministers occasionally faced deadly violence for what they said or would not say from their pulpits. Even silence on political issues did not guarantee a preacher's security, as both sides arrested clergymen who defied the dictates of civil and military authorities by refusing to declare their loyalty in sermons or to pray for the designated nation, army, or president. The generation that fought the Civil War lived in arguably the most sacralized culture in the history of the United States. The participation of church members in the public arena meant that ministers wielded great authority. Wesley outlines the scope of that influence and considers, conversely, the feared outcomes of its abuse. By treating ministers as both individual men of conscience and leaders of religious communities, Wesley reveals that the reticence of otherwise loyal ministers to bring politics into the pulpit often grew not out of partisan concerns but out of doctrinal, historical, and local factors. The Politics of Faith during the Civil War sheds new light on the political motivations of homefront clergymen during wartime, revealing how and why the Civil War stands as the nation's first concerted campaign to check the ministry's freedom of religious expression.
