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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
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Jonathan Edwards |
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Jonathan Edwards is popularly, if vaguely, remembered for his fire-and-brimstone sermons, especially “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” delivered at a church in Enfield, Massachusetts, in 1741. Here, in part, is what Marsden calls “the infamous passage” of the sermon: 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 looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire. . . ; you are ten thousand times so abominable in His eyes as the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours. Fellow evangelist Isaac Watts called it “a most terrible sermon,” in need of gospel sweetening, but then added, “I think ’tis all true.” Its effectiveness stemmed not from any consciously dramatic devices, for Edwards spoke very softly, but from its frightening precision. The image of the unredeemed sinner kept from falling into hell only by the hand of God was a perfect summary of Calvinist soteriology. The town of Enfield apparently needed a good scare. Unlike neighboring Suffield, which had already been awakened, Enfield still slumbered. Marsden quotes a contemporary observer who claimed that when Edwards entered the meetinghouse, the assembly “hardly conducted themselves with common decency.” This quickly changed. Before Edwards had finished people were crying and moaning so loudly that he “had to ask them to be quiet so that he could be heard.” He never finished the sermon that day, though its success prompted a number of repeat performances. |
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Justification |
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"Accepted in the Beloved" |
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John Charles Ryle (1816-1900) |
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On May 10, 1816, John Charles Ryle was born to John And Susanna Ryle of Macclesfield, Cheshire County, England. He attended Eton and then went on to Oxford, finishing his Oxford studies in 1837. It was at this time in 1837 that Ryle found salvation and faith in Christ. |
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"Peace Through Justification" |
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John M. Brentnall |
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Aug. 29, 2003, Sovereign Grace Union, editor of Peace and Truth magazine. http://www.sgu.org.uk/ |
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"Sheep" |
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"Soaring Like Eagles" |
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Alan Carr |
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Mary Whelchel |
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Jesus, Meek and Mild? Who is Jesus Really? |
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"Gentle Jesus and the Fear of God" |
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Reverend Kenneth W. Collins, B.A., M.Div., pastor of Garfield Memorial Christian Church in McLean, Virginia. |
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"What is Wrong with the Jesus of the Bible?" |
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Rev. Joseph P. Hildebrandt, Sr., director of New Kid Ministries. |
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"Distortion of the Bible" |
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James Anderson, from Swindon, England. |
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Why is There Suffering? |
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"Psalm 73: |
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Bob Deffinbaugh , Th.M. |
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"Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?" |
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J. David Hoke |
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March 21, 1999 |
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The Last Week of Jesus' Life |
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"The Last Week of Jesus' Life" |
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Peter Forbes |
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May 1999 |
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Melchizedek |
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"Who Was Melchizedek" |
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Jim Bowen |
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"Was the Logos Melchizedek?" |
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Bryan T. Huie |
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September 13, 1997 |
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The Second Coming |
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"The Ascension of the Church Militant" |
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William J. Rowlands |
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"A Moment of Anticipation" |
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Ken Gehrels |
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Revelation 7: 9-8, June 29, pm |
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1 Thess 4:16-18: [16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: [17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. [18] Wherefore comfort one another with these words. The word “rapture” comes from the Latin word “rapere” which means to “carry off” or to “catch up”. This word was used in the Latin version of 1 Thessalonians 4:17 to translate the phrase “caught up” The teaching of the Rapture refers to the moment in history when the Church militant (believers alive on the earth) and the church triumphant (all believers who have died in the past) are caught up into the air to greet Christ at his Second Coming. All believers (including the righteous from the Old Testament) will be united with Christ as he returns. The dead in Christ will be raised from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:51f) and the living believers will be raptured with them. At this moment our bodies will be transformed: glorious, immortal and imperishable. |
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