The first lecture is about the historic great-reversal of evangelicalism and its rise from the rock bottom. Dr. Kenneth S. Kantzer (1917-2002) talks about the last educational institution, Princeton Seminary gave away to liberalism which is the beginning of Neo-darkages of American Christianity and the bright dawning of the age of evangelicalism.
He served as the president of the Evangelical Theological Society (1968), editor of Christianity Today (1977-1982) and president of Trinity College (now Trinity International University) (1982-1984), later helped the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School to found its PH.D. Program.
In the second Lecture Dr. Carl F. H. Henry (1913-2003) investigate the theological scrutiny behind the historical theological development and how it impacted the evangelicalism. He talks about the secular humanism which had engulf the Christianity and the resurgence of evangelicalism in para-church organizations like prison fellowship, world vision etc. Dr. Carl Henry is the first editor of Christianity Today (1956-1968) and also took part in launching the National Association of Evangelicals in 1942. He was considered as the prominent evangelical by most of the mass Media.
Lastly two Q & A segments leads by D. A. Carson, which talks about the definition and characteristics of the evangelicalism. The fourth segment is about the future of evangelicalism.
Listen to the lectures:
Lecture I: Definitions and turning points by Dr. Kenneth S. Kantzer (28 minutes)
Lecture II: Modernism & Evangelicalism by Dr. Carl F. H. Henry (28 Minutes)
Lecture IV: Q & A-The Future (28 minutes)
Koinonia writer says, "One observation, for what it's worth, is that many of the questions posed in the videos are the very same people are asking 20 years later. What does this say about evangelicalism?." I listen to them all and found very informative.
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