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Jonathan Edwards

George Whitefield Meets Jonathan Edwards

November 14, 2009

Lex has an interesting post today on George Whitefield’s comments on Jonathan Edwards’ Family Life. He shares quotes from Whitefield’s diary, but to get you interested here is his description of these two men of God:
Edwards and Whitefield shared many similarities. They were both highly respected Christian leaders, they both had a reputation as [...]

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Jonathan Edwards on Perseverance of the Saints

February 18, 2009

Jonathan Edwards teaches the doctrine of perseverance in this passage, which is about as far removed from the easy believism most understand when they say “once saved always saved” as you can get.
” . . .as soon as ever a soul has put forth one act of faith towards Jesus, it becomes interested in his [...]

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Jonathan Edwards on Irresistible Grace

February 16, 2009

The shocking nature of the doctrine that God’s grace is irresistible was hammered home to me by this quote. If this notion does not make you grateful to God that YOU should be so blessed by him, I don’t know what will.
. . .the Calvinistical notion of sovereign and arbitrary grace, whereby some, [...]

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Jonathan Edwards on Limited Atonement

February 13, 2009

There is none of the five points of calvinism that are associated with more confusion than the one commonly called Limited Atonment or particular atonement. The problem comes because we do not tend to understand exactly what Calvinists have historically meant by this point, nor do we understand the alternatives on either side. [...]

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Jonathan Edwards on Unconditional Election

February 11, 2009

Jonathan Edwards masterfully argues that it is necessary that God determined that at least one individual would be saved, or else there would have been the risk that Jesus work would have been done in vain. The implication of this argument is of course that once you have accepted that at least one person [...]

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Jonathan Edwards on Total Depravity

February 9, 2009

I am planning on sharing some short quotes from Jonathan Edwards on the five points of Calvinism. Here is the first on the “T” of the so-called “TULIP”. He simply defines Total depravity:
. . . the Calvinistic doctrine of the total depravity and corruption of man’s nature, whereby his heart is wholly under the [...]

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Everything Jonathan Edwards Ever Wrote FREE Online

December 11, 2008

I have only recently discovered what is surely one of the most helpful websites I’ve found in a long time. Most people are aware that Jonathan Edwards is a towering colossus who many consider to be the best American theologian of all time; however, almost no one I know has read more than one of [...]

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SERMON – Living to Know Jesus (Philippians 3)

July 21, 2008

Yesterday I preached at Jubilee and thought, as usual, that I would share my notes and the audio here. But before I get to that, since it’s Monday and my habit in “normal” times is to share a quote with you from Doctor Martyn Lloyd-Jones, this quote is a good one to begin with as, [...]

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12th Most Read Post – The Toronto Blessing – When The Church Seemed To Be Going Mad

January 26, 2008

No 12 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on May 15, 2005, and examined the events surrounding and subsequent to what came to be known as “The Toronto Blessing.”
I published this post from an article I had written many years prior to May of 2005. In some ways it was this [...]

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BOOK – Sam Storms Interprets Edwards’ Classic on the Spirit

December 4, 2007

My buddy, Jesse, has recently completed a nine-part series of posts on Signs of the Spirit, in which Sam Storms interprets Jonathan Edwards’ classic work on experiential Christianity, The Religious Affections. Here are the links:
1. True spirituality is a hunger for God
2. Public gathering, prayer, preaching, and singing
3. You’re not a Christian just because you…
4. [...]

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Jonathan Edwards on the Resurrection

June 17, 2007

Today, I thought I would share with you the following quote on the resurrection from Jonathan Edwards.
So Christ, our second surety (in whose justification all whose surety he is, are virtually justified), was not justified till he had done the work the Father had appointed him, and kept the Father’s commandments through all trials, and [...]

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QUOTE – Jonathan Edwards on Hungering After More of God

October 28, 2006

I thought this would be a great quote for us to contemplate as we prepare to gather with God’s people today. May our coming together cause an increase in our yearning for God!

Jonathan Edwards said “Persons need not and ought not to set any bounds to their spiritual and gracious appetites . . . [instead [...]

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Jonathan Edwards Resolutions

April 17, 2003

The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards
As I was reading the Jonathan Edwards Resolutions, I discovered something else which is intreging for a new blogger. “that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God’ s glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure” and the second is “to be continually endeavoring to find [...]

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