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Edwards the Calvinist: Total Depravity
A month and a half ago I posted the introduction to a paper on Jonathan Edwards’ theology I was in the process of writing. Well the paper is done, it has been for a few weeks, and as promised here it is for download. Diving into Edwards’ thought is not easy and thus I am [...]
Resolutions for a Young Calvinist: 1. The Glory of God
Every week this summer I plan to write a resolution in the likes of Edwards that I am resolved to do and pray over it each day that the Lord might empower me to be that resolved to be.
Resolution One.
Resolved, to live every moment for the glory of God, never compromising for selfish motives, less [...]
Edwards the Calvinist: An Introduction
I am currently writing a paper for a class on Jonathan Edwards’ Theology and figured I would share my introduction. The soon to be 20-page paper is titled: Jonathan Edwards the Calvinist: The Centrality of Total Depravity to Edwards’ Theology.
Jonathan Edwards is becoming a celebrity. Or, more accurately, Edwards is a dead rock star amongst [...]
Jonathan Edwards on Penal Substitution
Jonathan Edwards from his work Of Satisfaction for Sin:
Justice requires that sin be punished, because sin deserves punishment. What the demerit of sin calls for, justice calls for; for it is only the same thing in different words. For the notion of a desert of punishment, is the very same as a just connexion with [...]
The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners
In his lectures on the theology of Jonathan Edwards, John H. Gerstner states that Edwards did not exaggerate the wrath of God in his sermons, nor could Edwards ever have exaggerated His wrath, pointing out that the sermon titled The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners was considered by Edwards to be the [...]