Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully... ...which angels desire to look into. ~ 1 Pet 1:10-12
1. The Second Great Awakening was neither great, nor an awakening.2. It resulted in the opposite of what it was claimed to be--burned-over districts and the rise of various heretical cults.3. Charles Grandison Finney was a heretic who, along with others, replaced sacraments and catechizing with emotional manipulation and coercive techniques.4. The adoption of those techniques by orthodox Christian denominations has borne bad fruit everywhere it has been tried. They continue to have the same results they had in Finney's day.5. They therefore ought not be used in the Churches.6. The liturgy (whether formal or informal) is to be oriented towards God's desires and feelings, not ours. God's response should be the one we care about. And He cannot be manipulated.7. God-honoring worship through Word and Sacrament is the only means of true national awakening.
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