The Enlightenment

Summary

This sermon discusses the historical debate surrounding reason and revelation, tracing it from John Locke's "The Reasonableness of Christianity" to John Toland's deistic "Christianity Not Mysterious." The core tension explored is whether Christianity's tenets are accessible through human reason alone, as opposed to requiring divine revelation, a discourse that fueled the Enlightenment. The takeaway is a caution against prioritizing human reason over biblical truth, which can lead to a humanistic worldview where humanity becomes the ultimate measure.