Jonathan Edwards Reflections on a Year With Edwards 6 Jan 2014 To spend a year studying Jonathan Edwards is to basically spend a year learning that you need more time to really understand the man. A year is simply not enough…
Jonathan Edwards A Glorious Vision: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Part 9) 17 Dec 2013 He has a reputation of being a jerk. He is known as a Puritan of the worst kind: a cold-hearted intellectual, fascinated by hell and wrath. His sermon “Sinners in…
Books… A Review of “The Theology of Jonathan Edwards” by Michael J. McClymond and Gerald McDermott 16 Dec 2013 You need at least 700 pages to even remotely unpack the theology of Jonathan Edwards. The man and his thought are so complex anything less than this couldn’t even approach…
Jonathan Edwards A Glorious Vision: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Part 8) 10 Dec 2013 I don't claim to be an expert on Jonathan Edwards' doctrine of the Trinity any more than I claim to be an expert on the doctrine itself. Edwards' writing on…
Jonathan Edwards A Glorious Vision: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Part 7) 3 Dec 20133 Dec 2013 The first time I met Jonathan Edwards was over a bacon cheeseburger at Wendy's. He was blowing my mind that day. I had never in my life heard of a…
Jonathan Edwards A Glorious Vision: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Part 6) 26 Nov 201326 Nov 2013 The terms theology and beauty can seem like a bit of an odd pairing in many minds. They are more likely to be the odd couple of a television sitcom, than…
Books… A Review of “Charity and Its Fruits” by Jonathan Edwards 18 Nov 2013 What does it mean to be a Christian? There are lots of ways people tend to answer that question. Jonathan Edwards answered it by looking to love. “All that is…
Jonathan Edwards A Glorious Vision: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Part 5) 12 Nov 2013 In a world created by God, all things are related to God. We don't always recognize this, but theology is not merely the analysis of the traditional subject matter. Theological…
Jonathan Edwards A Glorious Vision: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Part 4) 5 Nov 2013 "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). The Apostle Paul picks two very mundane things to set…
Jonathan Edwards A Glorious Vision: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Part 3) 29 Oct 2013 What is the relationship between faith and reason? That relationship has not always been clearly understood, even by those of us in the church. Often we end up emphasizing one…