The Decline of Biblical Evangelism/Revival in the United States: Here's the hard reality, but it is the truth -- for over 200 years in this nation, and more and more in recent generations, those in the church have had increasingly itching ears, and many have been greedy for "numbers" of souls saved, which is not much different than being greedy for the "gain" of tithes and offerings that comes with getting "souls saved" and keeping them coming to your church. We have had the downgrade, the descent into easy believe-ism and revivalism that can be traced back almost exactly to the year 1800, if you follow Iain Murray's account in Revival and Revivalism . At that time, Calvinism began to increasingly be switched out for Arminianism. Prior to that time, virtually all denominations were Calvinistic. In essence, Calvinism proclaims from Scripture that one must be born again by the power of the Holy Spirit in order to repent and believe in Christ for sa...
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