Considered by many to be the greatest book by enormously influential American preacher and theologian JONATHAN EDWARDS (1703-1758), this provocativ...
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Jan 08, 2009
Rhonda
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Jonathan Edwards is America's most precise and careful writer of theology. One can do worse than to spend the time plodding through his stodgy yet careful language in order to get to his points: they are very well made indeed.
I often find it a shame that readers of philosophy, especially those college sophomores who have read a short treatise from cheeky David Hume, do not go further and examine Edwards. It is true that Edwards isn't that much about tearing down the world, somethin More...
I often find it a shame that readers of philosophy, especially those college sophomores who have read a short treatise from cheeky David Hume, do not go further and examine Edwards. It is true that Edwards isn't that much about tearing down the world, somethin More...
May 14, 2009
Mike
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Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) polemical work "Freedom of the Will" was written to refute the dangers of Arminianism in colonial America and the world. The central issue was the nature of man’s will. According to Arminianism, and Edwards primary opponents, Daniel Whitby and Thomas Chubb, the will of every human was free, that is, each individual has his own self determining power, completely free from any antecedent cause and lacks any internal nature that is inclined to sway any motiv
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Jun 30, 2010
Oh, Jonathan Edwards...probably the greatest preacher and thinker the American church has ever produced (in my unbiased opinion). Edwards writes like Edwards and may be hard to follow.
Oct 24, 2011
Daniel
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Edwards is astonishing in this work and I will spend my life thinking and reading on these arguements. I am not sure they are even answerable. He so radiates the truth of scripture in such a profound way that you can't say much of anything. It feels as if no stone has been left unturned in the giant of a work. Everyone should read this volume and Luther's volume on the will as well.
Feb 27, 2010
Jen
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Great book! Jonatan Edwards was clearly an intellectual. I do, however, think the reader should remember that he is using one extreme (Calvinism) to argue against another extreme (Arminianism) neither of which I completely agree with. In parties of two different extremes arguing against each other, important info usually gets lost in the middle. Look at Congress!
Nov 11, 2011
Bryce
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A little hard to drag through, I find myself only reading a few pages at a time. Still, no one addresses the logical impossibility of a truly self-determining will better than John Edwards. Required reading for all . . . well . . . Christians!
Nov 08, 2010
Mike
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It was a dense, philosophical read, but in the end was an incredible argument for God's sovereignty. I will probably have to read it again someday for a fuller understanding, but the 40% I digested was great.
Nov 14, 2008
Eric
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Very good book but very hard to read and I had to read it very slowly. Don't let this be your first Jonathan Edwards book.
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