Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

If you were like me, you had to read this sermon in English literature.  Now I get to read it anytime I want.  If you have some time this is worth your while.  An incredible sermon that is rare in our day.  Often times this popular sermon is used as a wrong caricature for Edwards preaching and the New England Puritanism he emerged from, but nothing could be further from the truth.  Using this sermon to characterize all of Edwards preaching and ministry is like using “Jesus wept” to characterize the entire scope of our Lord’s time on earth.
The sermon itself has some interesting folklore.  Edwards originally preached the sermon a few months before it became famous in his own congregation where apparently it “bombed”.  He was traveling to Connecticut to listen to a sermon, and had “Sinners” in his satchel to edit it.  When he arrived at the church to listen to preaching, the scheduled preacher became ill.  Edwards was asked on the fly to preach a sermon, and the only one he had available was this unedited, ‘B’ sided sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”.  He preached it and the rest is history.
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