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The Crucible
The philosopher George Moore describes basing "ought" statements on "is" statements as a "naturalistic fallacy." In other words, although one can judge the feasibility of ideal and whether a system...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Edwards uses many rhetorical devices in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to convince his listeners to repent and join the Great Awakening. For example, he uses several figures of speech,...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Edwards believes that some of his congregation do not fear Hell because they are confident in their ability to avoid spiritual damnation. According to Edwards, some in his congregation are relying...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
A speaker's credibility, or ethos, is important when the aim of the speech or sermon is to persuade. Edwards delivered the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to a congregation in...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards' goal was to awaken people to what, to him, was the very real danger of continuing in their sin, to get them to repent and call on God for mercy. Though he intended to scare and...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
In order to understand how Jonathan Edwards uses parallelism, one must first understand the context of the piece. First, this text is a sermon, an oral piece meant to be heard, not read. So...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
According to Jonathan Edwards in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” the only reason that unsaved men (or anyone else) have not been cast down into hell to burn eternally is God’s mercy....
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards speaks at length about God's wrath for sinners and what Hell will be like for those who fail to actively seek salvation. For those complacent folks who assume themselves to be...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards was a theologian in mid- to late-18th century in New England. In 1741, he preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (the published pamphlet of the sermon described this as...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
In the discipline of rhetoric, repetition and restatement are staples, and Jonathan Edwards makes great use of both in this iconic sermon from 1741. Accomplished orators and students of rhetoric...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Edwards uses threatening, emotionally-charged language to convince the congregation that they "hang by a slender Thread, with the Flames of divine Wrath" waiting beneath to consume them. Recorded...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The Reverend Edwards hopes his fire-and-brimstone sermon will frighten and inspire his congregation to become more obedient to the teachings of their Christian faith. In "Sinners in the Hands of an...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Though he delivered the sermon twice, not much is known about the first time with his own congregation in Northampton, MA. When Edwards delivered it as a visiting minister in 1741 in Enfield, CT,...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Johnathan Edwards, author of the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, had the great fortune of living during the Great Awakening in America, when many people turned to religion for a...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
In Edwards’ view, the members of the congregation he’s addressing believe that they will be saved from Hell by their own actions rather than by the grace of God. More specifically, they believe...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards' famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is an excellent example of the revivalist movement in churches during the Great Awakening. Grounded in the dominant theology...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Accounts of the reception of Edwards's sermon that day in 1741 maintain that some in the congregation cried out, some fainted, and some wept. In the short term, it is plausible to assume it shook...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The bulk of Edwards's 1741 sermon proclaims that God is entirely disgusted with sinners and stands ready to damn them to hell. He uses the personal pronoun "you" copiously to speak directly to...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards’s main goal in writing and delivering his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was to persuade people to love God and give their hearts to him. If they do this,...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The way Edwards concludes his sermon strengthens his overall argument. Edwards's primary concern is to galvanize people to change their sinful ways. He believes people need to be aware that their...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathan Edwards asserts that damnation "does not slumber; it will come swiftly, and, in all probability, very suddenly" upon those who least expect it....
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards's sermon was delivered in Enfield, Connecticut in 1741 during the religious revival movement known as the (First) Great Awakening. His aim was to bring as many people as he could...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
It may seem a bit obvious, but one way to describe God in Edwards's sermon is "angry." Edwards was preaching to a congregation who he considered insufficiently committed to their faith, and this...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
God’s wrath is a central focus of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” The word is used about fifty times in the sermon. In a nutshell, the sermon is about how God is really angry at the...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
"Sinners in the Hands of Angry God" is a sermon that was written and delivered by Jonathan Edwards. The sermon was originally preached in July of 1741. It is Jonathan Edwards's most famous piece....
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
From what I can see, the words "sinners" and "angry" suggest the emotional focus of Edward's message. Edwards is focused on drawing attention to the inevitability of divine wrath and the fate that...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Puritan theologian Jonathan Edwards delivered the "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon as a visiting minister to a congregation in Enfield, Connecticut in 1741 during the religious revival...
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History
Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” typifies the spirit of the Great Awakening because it argues that people should have a personal and emotional relationship...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards gave his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon because he felt a great burden to see unsaved persons turn to Christ, which he believed was the only way to God and eternal...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The majority of Edwards's sermon details the depth of God's disgust with sinners. The eternal repercussions of God's wrath are made exquisitely clear: "'Tis everlasting Wrath. It would be...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Edwards believes sinners can escape God's condemnation by repenting for their sins and accepting Jesus Christ as their ultimate savior. Edwards's sermon argues the only way to escape God's anger is...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The vast majority of Edwards's 1741 sermon emphasizes God's formidable anger with sinners and his readiness to subject them to the eternal tortures of hell. The sermon does, however, take a...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
This question is a reference to the following line from Edwards's sermon: Were it not that so is the sovereign pleasure of God, the earth would not bear you one moment; for you are a burden to it;...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Edwards is remembered for his choice of details, particularly in this classic sermon. His goal was not to tell people about his beliefs; he knew they already were aware of what Christianity had to...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
In his sermon, Edwards makes it clear that the will of God keeps sinners from falling into hell. The opening paragraph of the sermon argues that divine judgment determines whether an individual...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Throughout this sermon, one of the major points that Jonathan Edwards makes over and over again is that God is angry at all people and that all people deserve for God to be angry at them. Edwards...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon in which Edwards instills fear into his congregation to persuade them to experience a conversion of faith. The premise of his sermon lies in one...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The only thing that keeps God's arrow from striking into the unfaithful and "being made drunk" with their blood is "nothing but the pleasure of God." Throughout the fire and brimstone sermon of the...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
In my opinion, Edwards's sermon has more religious emphasis than Miller's The Crucible. Religion plays an important role in both works. However, The Crucible has other subtexts that play an...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Like the Puritans of his time, Jonathan Edwards believed that all sinners were destined to damnation and that the only way toward salvation was a true conversion to the church. The title, "Sinners...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
In Edwards's "Application" section of the sermon, he gives the following image of the spider: if God should let you go, you would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plunge into the...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards's address to his congregation stands as a quintessential example of a "fire and brimstone" sermon that sought to correct a growing secularism in the Puritan community, as well as a...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The dominant image in the opening paragraph of the Reverend Jonathan Edwards's sermon to his congregation is the idea that, like the "wicked, unbelieving Israelites" mentioned in Deuteronomy 2:35,...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The highly-charged fire and brimstone sermon of Reverend Edwards strikes such fear into his audience that many of the women cried and screamed; also, there were a number of terrified listeners who...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
A fire and brimstone preacher, the Reverend Jonathan Edwards employs fear to motivate his congregation. He creates images to make his listeners feel the horror of the sinful condition in which...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
What Edwards is talking about when he uses these words in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." (he actually says that he is speaking to people who “may keep up a form of religion in your...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Edwards's imagery is magnificent and moving. It contrasts the sinners who have accepted God and those who are unrepentant so powerfully that members of Edwards's congregation were asking throughout...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards spends most of this classic sermon detailing exactly how powerful and incensed God is and how anxious he is to drop us human worms into the maw of hell to suffer the torment we've...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
This sermon, and others like it, was designed to be a wake up call intended to make people take religion more seriously. Full membership in the puritan church required a conversion experience....
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards was adamant about convincing his congregation to turn from their wicked ways, so much so that I've considered calling this classic sermon "Parishioners in the Hands of an Angry...