Rev. Jonathan Edwards delivered the hellfire and brimstone “spider” sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” in Enfield, Connecticut on July 8, 1741. This topical sermon is a bitter jeremiad ...

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" combines vivid imagery of Hell with observations of the world and citations of the scripture. It is Edwards most famous written work, is a fitting representation ...

The release of Edwards’ work comes at a moment of renewed interest in the preacher. But can a message that focuses on the damnation of sinners and torments of hell awaken the modern masses like it did ...

Born 300 years ago this Sunday, the Rev. Jonathan Edwards is little known to many Americans except, perhaps, as the answer to a trivia question: Who wrote the nation's most famous sermon, "Sinners in ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) The release of Edwards’ work comes amid renewed interest in the preacher, especially among conservative evangelicals and “New Calvinists,” mostly evangelicals who are acolytes ...

In 1716, a 13-year-old Connecticut native named Jonathan Edwards entered Yale College, where he passionately studied contemporary issues in theology and philosophy, wrote about the natural world and ...

Two hundred years ago at Princeton, the ministry of Jonathan Edwards ended (March 22, 1758) in untimely death. He was and is considered to be one of the outstanding minds of American history. He ...

In 1741, one of America’s greatest intellectuals, Jonathan Edwards, preached a sermon entitled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” It was so effective, people ran down the church aisle to be saved ...