In our modern world, we can’t imagine what it meant to move away from home 200 years ago. Moving from England to America most likely meant that you would never see your loved ones again. Even moving to another state, in Johnathan Edwards’ day, might mean that you would only see your parents a few more [...]
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From a Godly Parent
Posted in Family Life, Monthly Edwards, tagged children, colonial america, death, eternity, jonathan edwards, reformed on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pressing into the Kingdom
Posted in Monthly Edwards, tagged discipleship, discipline, jonathan edwards, reformed, striving on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In his sermon “Pressing into the Kingdom of God,” Jonathan Edwards describes what motivations are required for us to work for something. According to Edwards, men strive for something if they believe that it is a) worth striving for and b) attainable. If either of these motivations is missing, we easily give up or walk [...]
Praise, One of the Chief Employments of Heaven
Posted in Monthly Edwards, tagged anglican, episcopal, heaven, jonathan edwards, joy, praise, reformed, sermons, worship on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Come Lord Jesus.” Christians have been praying that prayer for two thousand years. I pray that prayer too. Mostly, I pray it when i wake up at 6:00 in the morning. Or when I know that I’m gonna be out of the house every night of the week with work. Or when I’m tired and [...]
A Divine and Supernatural Light…
Posted in Monthly Edwards, tagged anglican, assurance, episcopal, jonathan edwards, reformed, sermons on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most serious concerns I see in the hearts of people in the church is whether they have made a genuine profession of faith. In churches where free will is overemphasized, people fear that they have not been earnest enough in their commitment and come forward again and again to “make a decision [...]
Monthly Edwards
Posted in Monthly Edwards, tagged anglican, episcopal, jonathan edwards, monthly sermons, reformed, sermons, summaries, theology on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Does the name Jonathan Edwards ring a bell? If you’re response is “Isn’t he the guy who preached ‘Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” you don’t know the man! You might as well describe George Washington as “that guy who killed all those English people,” or “the guy who built that big house in [...]
