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The Slow Fade of Faith

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The Puritans, and especially the separatist Pilgrims, came to the New World to establish a home where they could fully live out their faith in God. Through struggles of every sort they did just that. Alas, their children – the next generation – did not share in their zeal for Holiness. Thus began a slow fade of faith that would lead the colonies into a period of materialism and moral decay.

It’s not unlike our culture today. We face threats to our very existence as the Pilgrims did – remember September 11, 2001? The Pilgrims bound themselves together in a bond of shared faith in God. So did we. But as time passed and the threat faded, so did our commitment to the God Who brought us through that time.

There are many similarities to the moral decadence of late 17th and early 18th Centuries and our 21st Century moral depravity. It was a very self-centered environment much like our own and the leaders of the church spoke out about the sins being committed, and then turned around and offered what today could be called a watered-down faith – a cheap grace if you will. If ever there was a time ripe for a revival of God’s people it was in the early 1700’s. If ever there was a time ripe for a revival of God’s people it IS in the early 2000’s.

This Bible study was presented to the Agape Life Bible Study Class of the First Baptist Church in Brenham, Texas, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. It is part of a series called From Reverence to Revival to Revolution: The Influence of Christianity and the Great Awakening on the Founding of The United States of America. Handouts with class presentation content can be requested at: fromthebackporchintexas@gmail.com .

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The Asbury Connection ~ Revival of God’s People

/ Bob

Throughout history there have been times of revival among God’s people – times when the Spirit of God moved in a way that could only be explained as the work of God. Since the birth of the church there have been numerous times when the Spirit moved His bride, the church, to leave her sin behind and return once again to Him.

In the early to mid-1700’s there was one such movement of God that has since been named The Great Awakening. It began in Europe and in the Colonies of the New world that we now know as the United States. In the Americas it swept through the colonies, uniting them in purpose and in faith. Many great things came about as a result of the Great Awakening in America, but perhaps the most significant is the United States itself.

Skip ahead almost 3 centuries and we find the Spirit moving on the campus of Asbury University. It’s not the first time that Asbury has found itself in a revival experience. In fact, it has happened 9 times since the founding of the college in 1890. And the roots of those revivals go back to the Great Awakening in which John Wesley was awakened by the Spirit of Christ. You can watch the video to see how it all came to pass.

This Bible study was presented to the Agape Life Bible Study Class of the First Baptist Church in Brenham, Texas, on Sunday, February 19, 2023. It is part of a series of Bible study sessions entitled Living the Agape Life – a Bible study curriculum developed by Bob Young with input from the members of the Agape Life Class. Handouts with slide content can be requested at: fromthebackporchintexas@gmail.com .

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