Biography of charles grandison finney
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Charles Grandison Finney
American minister and writer (–)
For the American fantasy novelist, see Charles G. Finney.
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| Preceded by | Asa Mahan |
| Succeeded by | James Fairchild |
| Born | ()August 29, Warren, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | August 16, () (aged&#;82) Oberlin, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Profession | Presbyterian minister, evangelist, revivalist, author |
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Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, – August 16, ) was a controversial American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called the "Father of Old Revivalism".[1] Finney rejected much of traditional Reformed theology.
Finney was best known as a passionate revivalis
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The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney: The Life Story of America's Greatest Evangelist--In His Own Words
William Gurnall () in Puritan Theology, pg
Finney contradicts this at every point of his ministry, and by his own account.
Finney was against hyper-Calvinism, that only God can regenerate the heart. (This was and is standard Calvinism, not an aberrant hyper-version of Calvin.) WE should decide to obey Christ, and that will change heart. We can make a new heart for ourselves, since we do not have a sinful nature, according to Finney. “The foundation of the error of which I speak, is the dogma that human nature fryst vatten sinful in itself; and that, therefore, sinners are entirely unable to become Christians” (). “The peculiarities of hyper-Calvinism have been a great stumbling block, both of the church and of the world. A nature sinful in itself, a total inabili
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Charles G. Finney
American fantasy writer ()
For the American Christian minister, see Charles Grandison Finney.
Charles G. Finney | |
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| Born | Charles Grandison Finney ()December 1, Sedalia, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | April 16, () (aged&#;78) Pima, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Fantasy |
Charles Grandison Finney (December 1, &#;– April 16, ) was an American news editor and fantasy novelist, the great-grandson of evangelistCharles Grandison Finney.[1] His first novel and most famous work, The Circus of Dr. Lao, won one of the inaugural National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of [2][3]
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[edit]Finney was born in Sedalia, Missouri, and served in Tientsin, China, with the U.S. Army 15th Infantry Regiment (E Company) from to [4]
In his memoirs, he notes that The Circus of Dr. Lao was conceived in Tientsin during After the Army, he worked as an editor for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona from