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Biographical Introduction
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is infamous for his extreme Calvinist theology in general (according to the Oxford dictionary) and his doctrine of double predestination in particular exemplified by The Freedom of the Will (1754). Edwards famous fire and brimstone sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741) we tremendously influential during the Great […]
Related: Aaron Burr, An Humble Inquiry, An Humble Inquiry into the Rules of the Word of God, Concerning the End for which God Created the World, David Brainerd, Discourse on the Trinity, freedom of the will, George Marsden, Great Awakening, infant baptism, infant communion, John Locke, Jonathan Edwards, misrepresentations corrected, Mohican Indians, narrative of communion controversy, Oliver Crisp, paedobaptism, paedocommunion, Panentheism, pantheism, postmillennialism, Sarah Pierpont, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Slavery, Slaves, Solomon Stoddard, Spider Letter, The Life of David Brainerd, Timothy Edwards, Unpublished Essay on the Trinity
Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards (Review) (June 16, 2009)
Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards is a masterpiece. Jonathan Edwards is the greatest theologian America has ever known, and this book is a testimony to that fact. Following the Second Great Awakening many people abandoned the Christian faith whi...
Jonathan Edwards Biography (July 25, 2008)
I'm currently reading Jonathan Edwards : A Life by George M. Marsden. I'm rarely interested in biographies, but if you're like me, then you should make this one exception and read this book! The book begins by describing New England in the 1700's -- an...