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biblical references to craft a great picture of the glory of God. According to Edwards, the light of God is “obtained wholly natural or of no superior kind” through the daily actions of man (Miller). Edwards brings forth a critical point, throughout the sermon emphasizing that every aspect of nature influences the spirit of God. Additionally, the Holy Spirit functions in the minds of humans and inanimate objects by exerting its nature and living within its natural host (Miller). Throughout the piece, Edwards

greatest preachers in America. He was best known for ministering during the first Great Awakening. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was an emotional sermon given by Jonathon Edwards in 1741 to a congregation in Enfield, Connecticut. The eye opening sermon left the congregation with a life changing experience. Edwards’s purpose of the sermon was to convince nonbelievers to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. Edwards used rhetorical appeals such as ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade members

Tone Jonathan Edwards write a famous sermon titles “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. In this sermon, sinners all over the world are targeted. They are being warned that god will stand sternly judging their actions. It is also seen in the sermon that the sinners’ punishments will be much harsher than they would think. In order to deliver these messages, Edwards uses three different tones; threatening, cautionary, and unsympathetic. These tones are formed when he uses specific words and phrases

throughout the seventeenth-century, was a time determined to purify the sinners of the world. The Puritans believed that advising people about hell and God’s punishment for sins would frighten them into being pure. People of this era wrote books and sermons about God and sin. These writings were determined to terrify people into thinking about the consequence of sinning, which was going to hell for eternity. The literature in this era was outstandingly influential towards how the people understood and

Worship Analysis #2 For my second analysis, I went to a church in my hometown of Paris, Texas called Freedom Church. This church is a new non-denominational church that is trying to reach to the “de-churched and unchurched” as their tag line says. They have only been operational now for less than a year, so they are still trying to get new people to join their church. For this reason, this past Friday they put on a huge Easter event for kids and adults that had games, dinner, and a worship service

sole minister of the Northampton congregation. However, after many years of converting the lost and participation in the Great Awakening as a key preacher, his congregation began to weary of his intense sermons and his habit of calling out sinner by name from the pulpit. However, his most famous sermon was first delivered in Enfield, Connecticut on July 8th, 1741 and was entitled, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. Edwards’ use of rhetoric in this message has been admired

because of the research I did to answer question number one. I also know this because in the first sentence, he describes how these kinds of people deserve to be in hell. Also, in the fourth paragraph he gives a description of why the audience of his sermon is lucky to be alive and not in hell still. The reason he gives for this is that they are sinners and lustful people. His primary audience is those who are not already members of the Puritan church, as he wants to convince them that

In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards, there is a usage of rhetorical devices including imagery, alliteration, and personification to create an impacting scene for the audience to obey and follow the path of Christ. He engages with his audience through rhetorical devices and lists consequences of being doomed to hell. In the sermon, Edwards applies an imagery into his speech. For example, he claims that "Their case is past all hope, thay are crying in extreme

when the religious services suddenly focused on husband Josh, and his sins. The first attack happened during Sunday church services at Cross Church while Anna and her in-laws sat in attendance. The sermon for the day, delivered by Pastor Jeff Crawford delivered a sermon on pornography. Anna handled the sermon with grace. After the service,

In the bible, there are plenty of scriptures that make an impression on peoples minds. Some of those scriptures are Psalm 23 and Matthews 6:24-30 (The Sermon on the Mount). Furthermore, in Psalm 23, this section of the bible is well-known to be describing the Lord as the shepherd of the people. The central idea that pertains to this portion of Psalm 23 is God's provision, protection, and preservation of humanity. "He maketh me to lie down in the green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still water