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| Titre : | The Puritan Hope : Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy |
| Auteurs : | Iain H. Murray, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Londres [GB] : Banner of Truth Trust, 1971 |
| Format : | xxv + 301 p. / 5 planches photos N&B; index |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | HB/A (Les Puritains, Puritanisme) |
| Résumé : |
Views on the future prospects of the Christian Church in history have differed drastically during the various periods of her life since Pentecost. In certain eras of darkness and chaos Christians have anticipated no future save that to be ushered in by the imminent Second Advent of Christ, while at other times conviction has gripped the Church that the gospel in which she believes is yet to be a world-transforming power. It was owing to the Puritans that the latter outlook became dominant in British Christianity for over two hundred years. How this occurred and how widespread was the influence of their hope is the subject of this volume.
After tracing some of the salient features of the Puritan revival age, the author goes on to show how their witness reverberated through the succeeding centuries. As late as 1874 John Richard Green could write : 'The whole history of English progress since the Restoration, on its moral and spiritual sides, has been the history of Puritanism'. And beyond Britain, first in North America, then in India and Africa, the confidence which stemmed from the theology of the Puritan school inspired the greatest missionary advance since the apostolic era. Today the Church's hope in respect to her mission of discipling all nations is again in eclipse. The world gives Christianity no future and evangelicals themselves doubt whether the cause of Christ can ever attain to a greater triumph before his Second Advent. Must the prospects for succeeding generations be darker than those of today ? Can we even expect any period of history to intervene before the Advent of Christ? How can readiness for Christ's coming be consistent with the belief that revivals are yet to be given to the Church ? Such questions are brought to the fore in this book and the author, employing both exposition of Scripture and much historical and biographical material, sets out the case for believing that it is not 'orthodox' to indulge in gloom over the prospect for Christianity in the world. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Introduction
- I. Revival Christianity: England - II. Revival Christianity: Scotland - III. Unfulfilled Prophecy: The Development of the Hope - IV. Apostolic Testimony: The Basis of the Hope - V. The Hope and Puritan Piety - VI. The Eighteenth-Century Awakening: The Hope Revived - VII. World Missions: The Hope Spreading - VIII. The Hope and Scotland's Missionaries - IX. The Eclipse of the Hope - X. Christ's Second Coming: The Best Hope - XI. The Prospect in History: Christ our Hope - Appendices: John Howe ont "The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit" / C. H. Spurgeon's "View on Prophecy" - Notes - Index / Index to Scripture References |
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| HB/A 011 | HB/A 011 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
