audiobook Founding Fathers: The Fight for Freedom and the Birth of American Liberty by K. M. Kostyal in History

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In the third edition of this top-selling book; John MacArthur challenges the seeker-sensitive; user-friendly; entertainment-oriented pragmatism that permeates the church today.In the late 1800s; Charles Spurgeon warned that the church was drifting away from the purity of the gospel; candy-coating God's Word rather than boldly proclaiming the truths of Scripture. As a result; Christianity's influence in nineteenth-century England was severely weakened. One hundred years later; John MacArthur; troubled by the seeker-sensitive movement and an emphasis on pragmatism within the church; sounded the same alarm with the first edition of Ashamed of the Gospel.In this newly revised and expanded edition; MacArthur gives an overview of developments in the seeker-sensitive movement since his book was first published in 1993. New material traces the line of pragmatic philosophy from the seeker-sensitive movement through the Emergent phenomenon; explaining why the latter is a philosophical heir of the former-and an even greater danger; chronicles the failure of pragmatic approaches to church growth; and emphasizes the importance of evangelicals solidly committed to biblical doctrine rising to positions of leadership.