Because there’s so much discussion among Christians that there will be Another Great Awakening that will push back the powers of darkness so that we can reclaim this land in the cultural and societal realms, I thought it might be helpful to look back at the first three Great Awakenings.
Posts Tagged: The Fourth Turning
Ecclesiastes 3:11 – He Has Put Eternity Into Man’s Heart
King Solomon – the Preacher in Ecclesiastes – had an astounding gift from God. Because at the time of his ascension to the throne, he was humble and asked nothing for himself, God gave him the wisdom of the ages. No one, before or since, has had the wisdom of Solomon. It’s a strange thing,…
America’s Fate: A Mashup of Ideas – Part 4 of 4
The final essay of this 4-part series attempts to bring together the ideas presented in the first three parts. The elements in the mashup about America’s fate come from the books The Fourth Turning, The Unseen Realm, and This Present Darkness. They derive from secular, Biblical non-fiction, and Christian fiction concepts. Is it any wonder…
America’s Fate: A Mashup of Ideas – Part 3 of 4
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series of essays titled America’s Fate: A Mashup of Ideas, we started bringing together some very disparate sources and ideas to try to understand how our country has gotten to the place in history that it currently stands. We briefly discussed the secular book by Strauss and Howe…
America’s Fate: A Mashup of Ideas – Part 2 of 4
In Part 1 of these essays, we considered the book The Fourth Turning, a secular work that examines the cyclical periods of history, thus providing a framework for projecting the next era that America faces. From every indication, based on this worldview, we have entered that period known as the Fourth Turning, one characterized by…
America’s Fate: A Mashup of Ideas – Part 1 of 4
It’s an interesting exercise to connect dots. Those dots may come from completely different places. They may come from secular sources as well as from religious origins. In fact, some may come from a non-fictional wellspring while others, surprisingly, may be birthed in the realm of fiction. All this to say that the shape we…