Jonathan Edwards A Glorious Vision: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Part 2) 22 Oct 2013 Whitney Oates once identified Augustine's theological method as one of an "open system" approach (The Basic Writings of St. Augustine). According to McClymond and McDermott the same can be said…
Books… A Review of “The End for Which God Created the World” by Jonathan Edwards 21 Oct 201321 Oct 2013 Why did God create the world? Many have attempted to answer this question over the years. Early on Jonathan Edwards had established that God created the world for the happiness…
Jonathan Edwards A Glorious Vision: An Introduction to the Theology of Jonathan Edwards 15 Oct 2013 The most important thing I've learned from spending this year studying Jonathan Edwards is that it is impossible to spend a year studying Jonathan Edwards. Edwards' writings are both prolific…
Jonathan Edwards Edwardsian Anxieties: Should We Still Learn from Edwards? 24 Sep 2013 I don't really drink tea, so if I say that rap music isn't really my cup of coffee you can get the point. But when the artist known as Propaganda…
Jonathan Edwards Edwardsian Anxieties: Racism 17 Sep 201317 Sep 2013 It is both very hard and very easy to believe that Jonathan Edwards once wrote a defense of slavery. In 1741 the townspeople of Northfield, Massachusetts were attempting to remove…
Jonathan Edwards Edwardsian Anxieties: Lust? 10 Sep 2013 Did Edwards struggle with lust? Even without any conclusive evidence we could probably still suggest yes. After all, he was a man. Some scholars, however, have suggested that perhaps his struggle with…
Jonathan Edwards Edwardsian Anxieties: Fear and Perfectionism (Part 2) 3 Sep 2013 For all his gospel love, Jonathan Edwards tended towards legalism. It may be that legalism resides within the heart of all of us, so that we tend at varying stages…
Jonathan Edwards Edwardsian Anxieties: Fear and Perfectionism 20 Aug 201320 Aug 2013 A Puritan’s greatest spiritual fear was that of self-deception. Jonathan Edwards struggled repeatedly throughout his life with the terrifying thought that he was not truly converted, but had only deluded…
Jonathan Edwards Edwardsian Anxieties: Pride and Arrogance 13 Aug 2013 Excellence and arrogance walk a fine line together. It is not a sin to excel at certain things, nor even to know that you excel at them. Arrogance is, however,…
Jonathan Edwards Edwardsian Anxieties: The Fall (Part 2) 6 Aug 20136 Aug 2013 It is said that a man knows his own sin best. There is a great deal of truth to that statement, and yet we must all concede that often men…
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