In 1741, one of America’s greatest intellectuals, Jonathan Edwards, preached a sermon entitled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” It was so effective, people ran down the church aisle to be saved ...

From the American pulpit today one might easily conclude that the wrath of God is a fiction. No longer are churches of the land aflame with a lively sense of God’s anger against sin and sinners. Some ...

2021-05-27T20:45:05-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/d4d/20210527204923003_hd.jpgDiscussion of Jonathan Edwards and "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ...

Zahnd (Water to Wine), pastor and founder of the Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Miss., thoughtfully probes the fearful view of God and the idea that fearing God is somehow an expected behavior. He ...

This was the scene when Jonathan Edwards delivered his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” at the First Church of Christ on July 8, 1741. An engraved boulder by the side of Route 5 marks the ...

The release of Edwards’ work comes at a moment of renewed interest in the preacher. But can a message that focuses on the damnation of sinners and torments of hell awaken the modern masses like it did ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) The release of Edwards’ work comes amid renewed interest in the preacher, especially among conservative evangelicals and “New Calvinists,” mostly evangelicals who are acolytes ...

Two hundred years ago at Princeton, the ministry of Jonathan Edwards ended (March 22, 1758) in untimely death. He was and is considered to be one of the outstanding minds of American history. He ...

“The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire; he ...