Thomas Chalmers and the Disruption of the Church of Scotland

It is highly recommended that you turn your captions/subtitles on. Biography and analysis of the theology of Thomas Chalmers.
The speaker is Donald Macleod who was professor of systematic theology at the Free Church College - now Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS).
The lecture was from the 1999-2000 series of the Lectures in the Faith from Falkirk Free Church. This was the fifth of a set of five lectures on historical topics, the others being on John Knox, Robert Bruce, Samuel Rutherford and Thomas Boston.

0:00:00 1. historical context
0:02:19 2. Chalmers' temperament
0:03:28 3. outline of Chalmers' career
0:04:39 4. Kilmany, Fife
0:07:17 5. pluralities
0:09:31 6. converted
0:12:33 7. changed doctrinally
0:15:41 8. sense of insignificance
0:18:10 9. summary of changes
0:18:31 10. pragmatist
0:20:30 11. church extension project
0:23:58 12. Bible missionary movements
0:25:29 13. voluntary controversy
0:31:09 14. summary of involvements
0:31:42 15. non-intrusion controversy
0:35:15 16. veto act
0:39:16 17. introduction to gifts
0:39:32 18. organiser
0:41:57 19. organiser (continued)
0:45:23 20. motivator
0:49:02 21. theologian
0:51:05 22. scientific issues
0:56:57 23. Biblical criticism
0:57:57 24. the extent of the atonement
0:59:58 25. preacher
1:03:09 26. aside on the home
1:04:03 27. the expulsive power of a new affection
1:05:12 28. the power of littles
1:07:07 29. Chalmers and the highlanders
1:07:52 30. the Christian good of Scotland
1:10:20 31. closing remarks

"The closest we ever had to an Evangelical Golden Age was in the brief period between 1820 and 1860, when the church was re-energised by Thomas Chalmers, a force of nature, and led into new forms of social ministry by such men as Thomas Guthrie, founder of the 'ragged schools'."

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Edinburgh Conference https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzqI2edT8iWS06BEdUEsn6My&si=uUFCQHFMqfzI3NCR

1991-92 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3Wrzq6iDnNRliGcYv21zXnbTC6

1992-93 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzoambhfnVoiVC3aPnwiDna2

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1995-96 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzobglGI1s0hhBaU7zlcvTd6

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1997-98 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzrYch7S_TiYm5mEjcpepbid

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