Waking Jonah

[Part 39 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: The Pentecostal Movement
Date: 4/28/10
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Topics: Azusa Street; William Seymour; Started in 1906 and lasted until 1909; Services every single day; Mixed congregation; Holiness churches; People from all around the world heard about the Azusa Street Revival; Missionaries came, received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and took the message back to their countries; The Pentecostal message spread around the world from Azusa Street; Charles Parham was arguably the “father” of the Pentecostal movement, but the work at Azusa Street under William Seymour propelled it into a global, world-wide movement; The baptism of the Spirit became the normal, accepted experience of those who came seeking it–it became normalized; “Saved/Sanctified/Filled with the Spirit” message about to change; First controversy in the Pentecostal movement; Trying to get back to what the Bible says; Jesus’ name baptism

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Rodney Shaw

[Part 33 of an ongoing series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: Early American Christianity to the Holiness Movement
Date: 4/21/10
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Topics: Early Pentecostal movement emerged from the Holiness movement; Charles Finney; Baptism in the Spirit; Holiness preachers; Charles Parham; Attempt to get back to Scripture and away from tradition; What is the New Testament evidence that someone has been filled/baptized with the Holy Spirit?… speaking with other tongues; They began seeking after (and receiving) the baptism of the Spirit; Baptism in the name of Jesus Christ; Strong cry that began at the Reformation of getting back to Scripture, back to the Word of God; Claims of orthodoxy: Who is right?; Authentic, genuine Christianity has to start and end with the New Testament; Pushing back against tradition and history, and getting back to what the Apostles preached; Severe and harsh reaction by the established churches against people who are simply trying to ask, “What does the Bible teach?”

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Rodney Shaw

[Part 18 of an ongoing series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: The Protestant Reformation
Date: 4/14/10
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Topics: Anabaptists – people that “baptize again”; More restorationist than either Luther or Zwingli; Trying to restore the church without regard to history or traditions; Believer’s baptism; Even Luther retained the belief of infant baptism; Anabaptists found in Scripture that people must believe, repent, and have faith–they began to re-baptize adults; Free will vs. Predestination; Hyper view of justification by faith; Calvin’s views on faith and works of grace; Anabaptists say you have a choice–you can either accept or reject the gospel; Distinct conversion experience; Views on baptism

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Rodney Shaw

[Part 5 of an ongoing series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: Claims of Orthodoxy: Who Is Right?
Date: 4/7/10
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Topics: Baptism changes–baptizing babies who can’t repent or make confessions of faith; Sacraments; Confirmation; Baptism of water and Spirit; Tradition; Penance; The Eucharist–Lord’s Supper; Marriage and ordination; Extreme Unction–last rites

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Rodney Shaw

[Part 4 of an ongoing series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: Claims of Orthodoxy: Who Is Right?
Date: 4/7/10
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Topics: Significant split in Christianity in 1054 (Orthodox and Catholic Churches); When struggles occur, the views that prevail out of those struggles are not always consistent with the New Testament; Doctrine begins to change; Catholic Church (Western Church); Baptism; The earliest forms of baptism were invoking the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and full submersion in water; Baptizing invoking the name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is the consequence of the theological councils; Sprinkling and pouring also became the preferred method of baptism; Gradual migration away from submersion

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