Comments on: Redemption and lift

By: Emmanuel D. Macapagal

Emmanuel D. Macapagal — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:59:24 +0000

Redemption and Lift is a principle that may refer to a person who undergoes a true Spiritual Recognition of the fact that He needs Jesus Christ in his life no matter how talented, how acomplished this person is. When this person is saved his whole mind-set is changed for the better.If he was a former drunk, then when he turns to Jesus Christ, he doesn’t indulge in the drink because he has believed that there is nothing in his life that ever necessitates a mad rush or dependency for alcohol.It is not that it is forbidden to drink but that the habit of getting a kick out of becoming drunk has been replaced with astonished wonder of Jesus Christ.Lift in this sense should not be misappropriated to reformation of the outward, but of the inward tendencies of the person.
I am not a Sociologist so I stay away from the vagaries of their jargon.I speak from personal experience of the Grace of God that has caused very visible and Realistic changes in my life ever since I accepted Jesus Christ for all He is Worth in my Life.I have been born-again(Moral comparability/(Redemption) and the renunciation of drunkenness as one of the chief visible result(Lift).

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» Redemption and lift, reconsidered Tantalizing If True » Blog Archive — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:10:54 +0000

[...] reading my post Redemption and lift, Tim McIntosh asked: Has there ever been any empirical evidence that “redemption and [...]

By: Tim McIntosh

Tim McIntosh — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:43:01 +0000

Has there ever been any empirical evidence that “redemption and lift” is a reality. There are many examples of poor sectors of countries that have had genuine revivals but no lift. The redemption and lift philosophy has been used to reject the idea of getting involved in holistic ministry.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:41:47 +0000

True, Donald McGavran, who coined the term "redemption and lift," was not trained as a social scientist, but as an educator. But his work as a leader of the Church Growth Movement was largely applied sociology, based on his original field research.

By: Doug Priest

Doug Priest — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:43:51 +0000

Please elaborate on your final sentence. Which social scientists, and
when? I have the phrase as early as 1970, but not from a social scientist.
Thank you.