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Jonathan Edwards: Did You Know?
Interesting and unusual facts about Jonathan Edwards
Steven Gertz and Chris Armstrong
Jonathan Edwards: From the Editor - Papa Edwards
Chris Armstrong
A Modern Puritan
Edwards bestowed the riches of Puritanism on a world shaped by the Enlightenment.
The Editors
A Mind on Fire
Throughtout his eventful life, America's theologian was driven by a vision of the beauty in God's sovereignty.
Stephen R. Holmes
Devoted Disciplinarian
Pastor Edwards spared neither loving care nor the rod.
Richard A. Bailey
The Trouble with George
Edwards worried that the strong emotions raised by George Whitefield's preaching would produce not steady Christians by religious hypocrites.
Chris Armstrong
Jonathan Edwards: A Gallery - The Mind Shapers
Edwards modeled himself as theologian, philosopher, and pastor after outstanding figures in each field.
Stephen J. Nichols
Those Exceptional Edwards Women
Jonathan spent his life surrounded by beautiful women, and it showed.
Heidi L. Nichols
Jonathan Edwards: Christian History Timeline - Passing the Torch
The claimers and reclaimers of Jonathan Edwards
Mark Noll
Archive: Pilgrim's Paradise
Heaven's bliss was among Edwards's favorite preaching themes.
An excerpt from his sermon, "The Christian Pilgrim."
Testing the Spirits
The heart stirring revivalism of the Great Awakening led Edwars to develop a new religious psychology.
David W. Kling
The Book of James
The famed William James drew on Edwards's psychology but not his theology.
David W. Kling
Language of Ecstasy
Edwards's interest in religious psychology arose from his own almost mystical encounters with God.
David W. Kling
The Northampton Eviction
When a pastor's irresistible ideals met his congregation's immovable status-consciousness.
Allen Guelzo
Holy Pagans
Could a person be saved without knowing Christ? Among the Indians, Edwards began to wonder.
Gerald R. McDermott
Thunderstorms & Flying Spiders
Edwards saw the Exuberant Goodness of the Creater in every detail of nature.
Thunderstorms & Flying Spiders is adapted from Jonathan Edwards: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought, Stephen J. Nichols, (P&R Publishing), "Spiders & Rainbows: the Invisible God in the Visible World," 159-171. Used by permission.
Expect Joy!
Edwards found the Christian life sweet and said so often.
Douglas A. Sweeney
Jonathan Edwards: Christian History Interview - On His Own Terms
Jonathan Edwards has much to say to us today, if we can get past his peculiar accent.
A conversation with George Marsden
Jonathan Edwards: Recommended Resources
Chris Armstrong
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