Jonathan Edwards: A Brief Storied Life

A pastor, someone who is in charge and leads a church. A theologian, someone who is an expert in theologies focusing on God and religious beliefs. A missionary, someone who is sent out on missions to promote their religion to others all over the world in various ways. A college president, someone who is the head of a specific campus and makes final decisions. All of these describe Jonathan Edwards and all of the positions and titles he held throughout his life (Jonathan Edwards: A Brief, Storied Life). While all of those things are quite impressive, they do not compare to his early life events and ministry ways. On October 5th of 1703, Jonathan was born in East Windsor, Connecticut to his father, Reverend Timothy Edwards and his mother, Esther Stoddard Edwards. He was the only boy born in the family. Jonathan had ten sisters (Jonathan Edwards. Christian History). While there was a lot of influence on Jonathan from females, he was an apprentice to his grandfather, Soloman …show more content…
Throughout this sermon he was hoping to encourage other people to embrace the teachings and ways of Jesus Christ unless they wanted to be known as nonbelievers and sent to hell ("Jonathan Edwards." Bio.com). Jonathan was seen as emotional and as a judgmental revivalist even though he preached about hell in dispassionate ways (“Jonathan Edwards." Christian History). Jonathan preached just as much about the joys to come in heaven than the fear lingering behind the idea of hell, if not more frequently. Jonathan’s goal was not to scare his listeners, rather just warn them about the dangers associated with hell ("Jonathan Edwards: A Brief, Storied Life.") Jonathan never stopped believing that religion is rooted in affection not in reason. He continued to defend himself throughout all of the emotional outbursts during the Great Awakening (“Jonathan Edwards." Christian