Resumen de Sermones selectos de Jonathan Edwards

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Readers who enjoy carefully argued sermons, vivid imagery and heartfelt appeals will love this collection. It suits students of Puritan thought and those curious about how a preacher moved a New England congregation.

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What would you do if a preacher told you that nothing but a hand you cannot see keeps you from a pit? In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards says exactly that.

This book gathers seven sermons by Edwards, the New England minister and theologian who died in 1758. He preached them to ordinary congregations, and he meant them to change lives. Each takes a verse, draws a doctrine from it, argues it step by step, and then speaks straight to the listener. Begin with the first idea, that everything good comes from God alone.

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What is Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards about?

It collects seven sermons by Edwards on God's glory in salvation, divine light, Ruth's loyalty, heaven's many rooms, sin and judgment, the loss of a ruler, and a farewell to his church. Each applies a Bible verse to daily life.

What is Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God about?

It argues that unconverted people are kept from hell only by God's will. Edwards uses images of a bent bow, rising floods and a thread over a fire, then urges listeners to flee to Christ while mercy is open.

What does Edwards mean by a divine and supernatural light?

He means a real sense of the beauty and excellence of God and the gospel, not only belief in doctrines. He compares it to tasting honey rather than being told it is sweet. It comes directly from the Spirit.

Who was Ruth in the sermon Ruth's Resolution?

Ruth was a Moabite woman who left her homeland to stay with her mother-in-law Naomi and to serve the God of Israel. Edwards presents her as a picture of a sincere convert, in contrast to Orpah, who turned back.

What is the main message of these sermons?

The main message is that all good comes from God, that the soul needs his light and grace, and that each person should turn to Christ without delay. Edwards joins careful argument with direct appeals to the listener.