The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity! - Benjamin Disraeli
People separated from their history are easily persuaded - Karl Marx
Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
France: Enlightenment and Religion (Chapter 17)
I. The Roots and Fruits of the Enlightenment
A. Age of Enlightenment (1715-
1. Find truth through science and disregard faith; humanism
2. Paradigm Shift
3. John Locke
a. tabula Rosa
b. Man is a blank slate, without sin
4. Voltaire
a. Rationalism
b. Belief on religion;
1. “Chance, not God rules the universe”
2. “Man’s mind is the sole criterion for truth”
3. “Christians are a beings exceedingly injurious, fanatics, thieves, dupes,
imposters…
5. Rousseau
a. Romanticism
b. Advocated for no books until 14
c. Started the idea of mother nature
d. Believed that Indians were man at his best
6. Denis Diderot
a. He was editor of The Encyclopedia
b. His goal was to describe all of history without God
II. The Enlightenment and the French Revolution
A. Age of Enlightenment
B. The French Revolution
1. Louis XIV’s weak successors (“I am the state”)
a. Louis XV
b. Louis XVI
2. Enlightenment + Romanism = Fire in the Minds of Men
a. James Billington
Points to Ponder: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
getting get understanding-Proverbs 4:7
III. Religion and the Churches
A. The Institutional Church
, 1. Chuch/State Relations
2. Louis XIV’s revocation of the Edict of Nantes—hurt the cause (Huguenots)
B. 18th Century Religious Revivals
1. Pietist Movement—Germany
a. Philip Spener
b. Count Zinzendorf
1. Harnhute?
2. Moravians
2. Great Awakening—1730-1760
a. Events leading up to the Great Awakening
1. Halfway Covenant
b. Jonathan Edwards
1. America’s Greatest Theologian
2. Saved while in college
3. Was from Massachusetts
4. Preached Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
5. Taught at Princeton college in New Jersey
c. Secular view to the Great Awakening
1. Frank Lambert
a. Inventing the Great Awakening
d. George White eld
1. “Apostle of Two Continents”
2. Saved while in college
3. Joined the Methodists
4. Banned from many churches
5. Had a burden for orphans
6. Preached to the coal miners
7. Patrick Henry heard him speak
8. Benjamin Franklin calculated that White eld could speak to 20,000 people
at a time
e. Results of the Great Awakening
1. Churches/Missions
2. Education
3. Religious Liberty
4. Political Liberty
3. Wesleyan Revival—England
a. John Wesley
1. Led his own mom to the Lord
2. Before he was saved he pretended he was
3. He was saved on Altar’s Gate Street
b. William Wilberforce
1. “Conscience of a Nation”
2. Tried to abolish slavery every year
3. England abolished slavery a year after his death
Every revolution patterns itself after the French Revolution
War, Trade, Empire (Chapter 18)
I. The European State
fi fi
, A. Enlightened Absolutism
1. Jean Baptist Colbert
2. Louis XIV (Sun King)
3.
II. Wars and Diplomacy
A. War of Austrian Succession
B. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763)
1. Con ict in Europe
2. War in India
3. French and Indian War
a. Mercantilism
1. One nation’s loss is another’s gain
b. George Washington
1. Colonel in the militia
2. Advised the British
3. God’s providence in his life
a. Lost two horses in a battle
b. Had several bullet holes in his jacket
c. Combed bullet fragments from his hair
I. The American Bid for Independence
A. The United States: a new kind of nation
1. May ower Compact
2. National Monument to the Forefathers
3. The First Continental Congress
a. “Shot heard round the world"
1. April 19, 1775
b. Buckman Tavern
4. Olive Branch Petition
a. Colonies attempt at peace
b. England’s response
1. Prohibitory Act
c. Declaration of Independence
1. July 4, 1776
2. There was much prayer before it was announced
3. Samuel Adams
d. John Adams and Thomas Je erson died on the same day
1. July 4, 1826
e. The 1619 Project Rebutted
1. Last grievance
a. This piratical warfare, the
5. Battle of Brooklyn Heights
a. The men who rowed the boats knew how to row quietly
b. A fog covered the continental army as they attacked the British
6. Peter Muhlenberg
7. Battle of Saratoga
a. Noah Webster aided in the battle
b. Benedict Arnold
1. Saved the battle
fl ff
People separated from their history are easily persuaded - Karl Marx
Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
France: Enlightenment and Religion (Chapter 17)
I. The Roots and Fruits of the Enlightenment
A. Age of Enlightenment (1715-
1. Find truth through science and disregard faith; humanism
2. Paradigm Shift
3. John Locke
a. tabula Rosa
b. Man is a blank slate, without sin
4. Voltaire
a. Rationalism
b. Belief on religion;
1. “Chance, not God rules the universe”
2. “Man’s mind is the sole criterion for truth”
3. “Christians are a beings exceedingly injurious, fanatics, thieves, dupes,
imposters…
5. Rousseau
a. Romanticism
b. Advocated for no books until 14
c. Started the idea of mother nature
d. Believed that Indians were man at his best
6. Denis Diderot
a. He was editor of The Encyclopedia
b. His goal was to describe all of history without God
II. The Enlightenment and the French Revolution
A. Age of Enlightenment
B. The French Revolution
1. Louis XIV’s weak successors (“I am the state”)
a. Louis XV
b. Louis XVI
2. Enlightenment + Romanism = Fire in the Minds of Men
a. James Billington
Points to Ponder: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
getting get understanding-Proverbs 4:7
III. Religion and the Churches
A. The Institutional Church
, 1. Chuch/State Relations
2. Louis XIV’s revocation of the Edict of Nantes—hurt the cause (Huguenots)
B. 18th Century Religious Revivals
1. Pietist Movement—Germany
a. Philip Spener
b. Count Zinzendorf
1. Harnhute?
2. Moravians
2. Great Awakening—1730-1760
a. Events leading up to the Great Awakening
1. Halfway Covenant
b. Jonathan Edwards
1. America’s Greatest Theologian
2. Saved while in college
3. Was from Massachusetts
4. Preached Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
5. Taught at Princeton college in New Jersey
c. Secular view to the Great Awakening
1. Frank Lambert
a. Inventing the Great Awakening
d. George White eld
1. “Apostle of Two Continents”
2. Saved while in college
3. Joined the Methodists
4. Banned from many churches
5. Had a burden for orphans
6. Preached to the coal miners
7. Patrick Henry heard him speak
8. Benjamin Franklin calculated that White eld could speak to 20,000 people
at a time
e. Results of the Great Awakening
1. Churches/Missions
2. Education
3. Religious Liberty
4. Political Liberty
3. Wesleyan Revival—England
a. John Wesley
1. Led his own mom to the Lord
2. Before he was saved he pretended he was
3. He was saved on Altar’s Gate Street
b. William Wilberforce
1. “Conscience of a Nation”
2. Tried to abolish slavery every year
3. England abolished slavery a year after his death
Every revolution patterns itself after the French Revolution
War, Trade, Empire (Chapter 18)
I. The European State
fi fi
, A. Enlightened Absolutism
1. Jean Baptist Colbert
2. Louis XIV (Sun King)
3.
II. Wars and Diplomacy
A. War of Austrian Succession
B. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763)
1. Con ict in Europe
2. War in India
3. French and Indian War
a. Mercantilism
1. One nation’s loss is another’s gain
b. George Washington
1. Colonel in the militia
2. Advised the British
3. God’s providence in his life
a. Lost two horses in a battle
b. Had several bullet holes in his jacket
c. Combed bullet fragments from his hair
I. The American Bid for Independence
A. The United States: a new kind of nation
1. May ower Compact
2. National Monument to the Forefathers
3. The First Continental Congress
a. “Shot heard round the world"
1. April 19, 1775
b. Buckman Tavern
4. Olive Branch Petition
a. Colonies attempt at peace
b. England’s response
1. Prohibitory Act
c. Declaration of Independence
1. July 4, 1776
2. There was much prayer before it was announced
3. Samuel Adams
d. John Adams and Thomas Je erson died on the same day
1. July 4, 1826
e. The 1619 Project Rebutted
1. Last grievance
a. This piratical warfare, the
5. Battle of Brooklyn Heights
a. The men who rowed the boats knew how to row quietly
b. A fog covered the continental army as they attacked the British
6. Peter Muhlenberg
7. Battle of Saratoga
a. Noah Webster aided in the battle
b. Benedict Arnold
1. Saved the battle
fl ff
