Jonathan Edwards is a man who strongly believes in his religion. In one of his sermons called,
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses fear to show how hell is a real place to his congregation. Some may believe using fear is a bad way to praise God, and others may not.
Edwards was a man who believed instilling fear was a helpful tactic to use. Although some may believe placing fear in people to praise God is bad, some do not. In
Edwards sermon he believed fear was a good tactic to use, he instilled fear into his congregation by saying how hell is a real place, "it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide bottomless pit," (Edwards 124). Edwards