The Enlightenment: A Survey of Church History with W. Robert Godfrey

Summary

The sermon contrasts the Puritan focus on carefully following Christ's word with contemporary European efforts to redefine Christianity based on reason and universal principles, referencing John Locke's "The Reasonableness of Christianity" and John Toland's deistic "Christianity Not Mysterious." The core takeaway is that genuine Christianity is centered on a person, Jesus Christ, not abstract principles derived from reason alone, and de-emphasizing the person risks betraying the faith.