New Year’s resolutions are a funny business. Around the time when the old year is ending and the new one is beginning, we start to examine our performance of the previous year. We start thinking, “Did I lose enough weight? Did I read the Word every day? Did I spend more time with kids and/or […]
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The most famous sermon in American history Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. It’s the most famous sermon in American history. Just ask your high school student. The sermon is included in most English or History curriculum. In this famous homily, Jonathan Edwards sought to eradicate all false views of hell and leave […]
David Brainerd: Longing for Holiness
“When I really enjoy God, I feel my desires of him the more insatiable” David Brainerd (1718-1747), the early American missionary to American Indians, recorded the following in his journal: Thursday, Nov. 4. (At Lebanon) Saw much of my nothingness most of this day: but felt concerned that I had no more sense of my […]