The crusades helped stimulate the revival of____?

Answer 1

Christianity and exploration. Before the crusades, the villagers traveled less then 10 miles in their lifetime, now they are going to the middle east. When they weren't fighting the Muslims, they were trading spices and inventions such as mathematics and astronomy. The crusades also demonstrated the power of the papacy and the pope was a great ruler. This power dwindled when the Great Schism happened and there were two popes.

Answer 2

Learning and culture. The Crusades were one of the main reasons for the renaissance. The interactions between the Crusaders and the Muslims allowed for the Christian west to be introduced to spices, silks, and other luxuries of the east along with a reintroduction to classical (Roman & Greek) learning. This drove them to desire more which led to an increased trade and interaction and eventually the Renaissance. Remember besides trade and migration cultural diffusion also occurs because of war.
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Answer 3

Trade and education. The Crusaders picked up silks and spices in the Middle East that had come on China's Silk Road and it gave them an appetite for more.

With the desire for more luxuries came increased interest in education and exploration.

Answer 4

Learning.

The Crusades helped forge the way from the Dark/Middle Ages into the Renaissance, where learning and scholarly pursuits gained ground once again.

Answer 5

Other than merciless slaughter, the Crusades stimulated links between Christendom and the Muslim world, probably imporving both, after they'd finished killing each other in the Holy Land, and started killing each other everywhere else.

Answer 6

classical studies of ancient Rome and Greece due to contact with Arab societies which had copies of classical texts long lost to the West

Answer 7

Title
THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS
by Derek Joseph Levendusky

Content

A few years ago, I was praying for revival, and the Holy Spirit spoke to me, “If you’re going to see a revival of souls, first you need to see a revival of laborers.”

So my prayer changed. “Lord,” I cried, “send a revival of laborers who will fulfill the Great Commission!”

The Holy Spirit spoke to me again. “If you’re going to see a revival of laborers, first you need to see a revival of worshippers. If my children will love Me with all their heart, they’ll love the lost with all their heart.”

So my prayer changed again. Now I’m trusting God to fan the flames of a worship movement that will become a missions movement in this generation. Daniel 11:32 says, “They that know their God shall be strong and do great exploits.” Knowing God is the prerequisite for doing anything great for Him. Acts 4:13 says, “Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”

It is a great tragedy when men and women seek to fulfill the Great Commission to “go into all the world” (Matthew 28:19) without first fulfilling the Great Commandment to “love the Lord with all your heart” (Matthew 22:37). Paul said that even if we surrender our body to be burned, but have not love , we gain nothing! Oh, may we be moved by the love of God to reach the nations!

I believe God is raising up a generation that will be moved by His heart, and like Paul the Apostle, cry out before a lost world, “The love of Christ compels me!” (2 Corinthians 5:14) John Piper dedicated a whole book to this topic, which he titled Let the Nations Be Glad . He wrote, “Where passion for God is weak, zeal for missions will be weak. Churches that are not centered on the exaltation of the majesty and beauty of God will scarcely kindle a fervent desire to ‘declare his glory among the nations’ (Psalm 96:3).”

He also wrote, “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t.”

I have traveled all over the world ministering to youth, and have seen God birthing a worship movement among the nations. I believe the worship movement sweeping across the earth today will transform into a great missions movement. This is what God is doing in our day! As this young generation draws close to God, it is impossible for them not to be moved by what moves God. This movement will affect our own schools, our own campuses, our own cities, our own country, and will affect the foreign fields of the world.

For years my band Isaiah 6 and I would be invited to two different kinds of events: 1) worship events for youth, and 2) missions events. I would notice several things at these events. At worship events, I noticed that the average age is very young. The worship movement is very young, hip, and cool. It is full of life, but also potentially ingrown. At missions events, I would notice that the average age is very old, and I would find myself asking, “Where are the young people that are answering the call to go?”

Our prayer is that the worship movement and missions movement will collide at Beyond the Song. Imagine with me thousands of young men and women getting away from the world for three days, gathering together to worship God and listen to His heart. Imagine those young men and women crying out, like Isaiah, “Here am I. Send me!” Imagine them actually going to the nations of the world, full of the love, the Word, and the power of God. What would happen?

I believe that God is raising up this generation that has been with Jesus to reach this world for Christ. Prophet-musician Keith Green once said, “This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth.”

By the grace of God and love of God, we will go and finish the job.


Derek Joseph Levendusky is the founder and director of Isaiah 6 Ministries and Beyond the Song.
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A Time for Revival
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Scripture:
“The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables.” – 2 Timothy 4:3 4 NKJV


Paul prophesied that the time would come when people would not be willing to “endure sound doctrine.” They would have “itching ears.” They would refuse to recognize God’s messengers or believe that His Word is true. Instead of living according to God’s time tested, eternally true standards, they would live according to their own rules and find teachers to reinforce their own desires. Instead of accepting the Bible as God’s Word, they would reinterpret it to satisfy their own subjective opinions. They would set themselves up as gods and reject anything they don’t agree with or understand.




Today, the world is filled with people with “itching ears.” Christians are often accused of having foolish beliefs and being hopelessly out of date, and there can be great pressure to conform. But we cannot give in to worldly perspectives or concede defeat.




God calls each of us to a renewed commitment to His truth. He calls us to base our lives, our decisions, our thoughts, and our plans on His Word. He calls us to submit ourselves wholeheartedly to Him and seek His will. He calls us to listen to His voice and the leading of His Spirit. He calls us to obedience, trusting that He is God and that His Word is true!




Today, commit yourself anew to pleasing God and living according to His Word. Don’t compromise. Pray for a move of God’s Spirit around the world and a return to Godly standards. Pray for revival in our time.


Prayer:
Father, help me to resist the pressure to conform. I believe that Your Word is true, and I will base my life upon it. Bring revival to my nation and the world. In Jesus’ name. Amen.