Waking Jonah

[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 29 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: Jonathan Edwards; George Whitefield; What’s going on in North America is fundamentally different; Whitefield takes church out of buildings and puts it in parks, meadows, and lawns; The Great Awakening; Reactions against traditions that lead people away from a real encounter and experience with God; Reformers; Second Great Awakening; Charles Finney; Mourner’s bench/anxious bench… people would come and pray and seek after God; Overtones of what happens in Pentecostal churches–people seeking after something that is demonstrable, life-changing, powerful, and effective in their lives

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Rodney Shaw