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On Revival: Igniting Spiritual Awakening
"On Igniting Spiritual Awakening" by Jonathan Edwards explores the profound concept of revival and its transformative impact on the spiritual landscape. In this enlightening work, Edwards delves into the nature, signs, and means of revival, drawing from his deep understanding of Scripture and personal experiences. He emphasizes the vital role of divine grace and the Holy Spirit in bringing about genuine spiritual awakening and renewal.
Edwards inspires readers to seek an outpouring of God's power and invites them to participate actively in the work of revival through fervent prayer, repentance, and a deepening commitment to holiness. This book serves as a timeless call to pursue revival and to fervently seek God's presence in a world longing for spiritual awakening and transformation.
Edwards inspires readers to seek an outpouring of God's power and invites them to participate actively in the work of revival through fervent prayer, repentance, and a deepening commitment to holiness. This book serves as a timeless call to pursue revival and to fervently seek God's presence in a world longing for spiritual awakening and transformation.
181 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 24, 2023
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Jonathan Edwards
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Jonathan Edwards was the most eminent American philosopher-theologian of his time, and a key figure in what has come to be called the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s.
The only son in a family of eleven children, he entered Yale in September, 1716 when he was not yet thirteen and graduated four years later (1720) as valedictorian. He received his Masters three years later. As a youth, Edwards was unable to accept the Calvinist sovereignty of God. However, in 1721 he came to what he called a "delightful conviction" though meditation on 1 Timothy 1:17. From that point on, Edwards delighted in the sovereignty of God. Edwards later recognized this as his conversion to Christ.
In 1727 he was ordained minister at Northampton and assistant to his maternal grandfather, Solomon Stoddard. He was a student minister, not a visiting pastor, his rule being thirteen hours of study a day. In the same year, he married Sarah Pierpont, then age seventeen, daughter of Yale founder James Pierpont (1659–1714). In total, Jonathan and Sarah had eleven children.
Stoddard died on February 11th, 1729, leaving to his grandson the difficult task of the sole ministerial charge of one of the largest and wealthiest congregations in the colony. Throughout his time in Northampton his preaching brought remarkable religious revivals.
Yet, tensions flamed as Edwards would not continue his grandfather's practice of open communion. Stoddard believed that communion was a "converting ordinance." Surrounding congregations had been convinced of this, and as Edwards became more convinced that this was harmful, his public disagreement with the idea caused his dismissal in 1750.
Edwards then moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, then a frontier settlement, where he ministered to a small congregation and served as missionary to the Housatonic Indians. There, having more time for study and writing, he completed his celebrated work, The Freedom of the Will (1754).
Edwards was elected president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in early 1758. He was a popular choice, for he had been a friend of the College since its inception. He died of fever at the age of fifty-four following experimental inoculation for smallpox and was buried in the President's Lot in the Princeton cemetery beside his son-in-law, Aaron Burr.
Jonathan Edwards was the most eminent American philosopher-theologian of his time, and a key figure in what has come to be called the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s.
The only son in a family of eleven children, he entered Yale in September, 1716 when he was not yet thirteen and graduated four years later (1720) as valedictorian. He received his Masters three years later. As a youth, Edwards was unable to accept the Calvinist sovereignty of God. However, in 1721 he came to what he called a "delightful conviction" though meditation on 1 Timothy 1:17. From that point on, Edwards delighted in the sovereignty of God. Edwards later recognized this as his conversion to Christ.
In 1727 he was ordained minister at Northampton and assistant to his maternal grandfather, Solomon Stoddard. He was a student minister, not a visiting pastor, his rule being thirteen hours of study a day. In the same year, he married Sarah Pierpont, then age seventeen, daughter of Yale founder James Pierpont (1659–1714). In total, Jonathan and Sarah had eleven children.
Stoddard died on February 11th, 1729, leaving to his grandson the difficult task of the sole ministerial charge of one of the largest and wealthiest congregations in the colony. Throughout his time in Northampton his preaching brought remarkable religious revivals.
Yet, tensions flamed as Edwards would not continue his grandfather's practice of open communion. Stoddard believed that communion was a "converting ordinance." Surrounding congregations had been convinced of this, and as Edwards became more convinced that this was harmful, his public disagreement with the idea caused his dismissal in 1750.
Edwards then moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, then a frontier settlement, where he ministered to a small congregation and served as missionary to the Housatonic Indians. There, having more time for study and writing, he completed his celebrated work, The Freedom of the Will (1754).
Edwards was elected president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in early 1758. He was a popular choice, for he had been a friend of the College since its inception. He died of fever at the age of fifty-four following experimental inoculation for smallpox and was buried in the President's Lot in the Princeton cemetery beside his son-in-law, Aaron Burr.
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June 21, 2025
This was a Great Read on Revival and Awakening.
Jonathan Edward's relates his experiences from revivals he was involved in as a Pastor in Northampton. He discusses the different experiences of people and discussing whether the are true experiences and whether they are truly a part of Revival. One particular example was that of Abigail Hutchinson. This is a remarkable experience. She was a young woman at her conversion.
He related how she was totally overwhelmed with love for her Brothers and Sisters in Christ. She spoke of the Glory of Christ. She saw these things. At the end of her life she endured terrible suffering.
She could not swallow any food but was still resting in the Lord. She was anxious to die and be with Christ. When asked about this she replied "that she was quite willing either to live or die; she was willing to be in pain; she was willing to be always as she was in this suffering if God so willed. This story was worth reading this book on its own.
We need Revival today. And we need to be able to know what is true in revival. I am going to read this again later this year God willing.
Jonathan Edward's relates his experiences from revivals he was involved in as a Pastor in Northampton. He discusses the different experiences of people and discussing whether the are true experiences and whether they are truly a part of Revival. One particular example was that of Abigail Hutchinson. This is a remarkable experience. She was a young woman at her conversion.
He related how she was totally overwhelmed with love for her Brothers and Sisters in Christ. She spoke of the Glory of Christ. She saw these things. At the end of her life she endured terrible suffering.
She could not swallow any food but was still resting in the Lord. She was anxious to die and be with Christ. When asked about this she replied "that she was quite willing either to live or die; she was willing to be in pain; she was willing to be always as she was in this suffering if God so willed. This story was worth reading this book on its own.
We need Revival today. And we need to be able to know what is true in revival. I am going to read this again later this year God willing.
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