Jonathan Edwards


The Religious Affections
Jonathan Edwards:  A Life
The Works of Jonathan Edwards, 2 Volumes
Freedom of the Will
God's Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards (with the Complete Text of the End for Which God Created the World)
Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography
Charity and Its Fruits: Christian Love as Manifested in the Heart and Life
Jonathan Edwards on Heaven and Hell (Volume 5) (The Essential Edwards Collection)
Jonathan Edwards on Beauty (Volume 2) (The Essential Edwards Collection)
The Theology of Jonathan Edwards
The Unwavering Resolve of Jonathan Edwards (A Long Line of Godly Men Profile)
A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards (Library of Religious Biography (LRB))
Jonathan Edwards on True Christianity (Volume 4) (The Essential Edwards Collection)
Jonathan Edwards Lover of God (Volume 1) (The Essential Edwards Collection)
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Free to Shine by Robert E.  ColwellGod's Forever Family by Larry EskridgeCharles G. Finney by Charles Grandison FinneyVisions by William BoothThe Latter Rain Covenant by D. Wesley Myland
Best Books on Christian Revival
12 books — 6 voters

Robert G. Ingersoll
Jonathan Edwards, the dear old soul, who, if his doctrine is true, is now in heaven rubbing his holy hands with glee, as he hears the cries of the damned, preached this doctrine; and he said: 'Can the believing husband in heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in hell? Can the believing father in heaven be happy with his unbelieving children in hell? Can the loving wife in heaven be happy with her unbelieving husband in hell?' And he replies: 'I tell you, yea. Such will be their sense of just ...more
Robert G. Ingersoll, The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child

George M. Marsden
Why would a perfect being, such as God, need to create any less perfect beings? The answer, said Edwards, is that God is perfectly loving and so wishes to share that love with creatures capable of love. Edwards's starting point was that a loving God stands at the heart of the universe. So for Edwards the universe is most essentially personal; it is the creative expression of a person. Edwards's emphasis on personality at the center of reality presents a sharp contrast to most modern views. Since ...more
George M. Marsden, A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards (Library of Religious Biography

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