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Three hundred years ago, Jonathan Edwards discovered a personal God at the center of an increasingly impersonal world. We desperately need the same discovery today.
If we were to judge the First Great Awakening by some criteria being used on social media today, we would say it was a failure, because Jonathan Edwards never repented of owning African slaves, and Whitefield never repented of using slaves to build his orphanage in Georgia.
A revival historian looks at four possible lessons from Asbury.
Today we welcome a guest contribution from John T. Lowe, Ph.D.. Lowe teaches American History at the University of Louisville as a Senior Lecturer. His
Jonathan Edwardsâs Religious Affections is a tremendous book. Itâs potentially a devastating book. The question it addresses â what are the distinguishing marks of one who is in favor with God? â is an unavoidable one for a follower of Christ. How do I know that my faith is genuine? How do I know that Iâm a real Christian, and not a hypocrite? The possibility that my faith is false, and the fact that this book might help to reveal the falsity, is why it is potentially devastating. But this sort of devastation is good. If my faith is misguided or lacking or deficien...