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pastors were working to increase this number and convert more and more people. One of these pastors was Jonathan Edwards, who gave outstandingly intense persuasive sermons. In one of Mr. Edwards’s most famous sermons "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” he utilizes rhetorical devices pathos, logos, and ethos numerous times throughout the sermon to persuade the congregation to be “born again”. Through his fire and brimstone teachings Edwards evokes an immense amount of fear in his listeners.…

In the “The Minister’s Black Veil” Nathaniel Hawthorne changes an ordinary black veil into a powerful symbol representative of the intangible barrier that exists between individuals. The veil is worn by the minister, Mr. Hooper, as a physical display of the psychological barrier. The black veil stands for fear and mistrust, that every person deals with while dealing with their own veiled sins. There are four main ways in which the meaning of the veil can stand for: the assumptions of the…

In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales religious authority is challenged when the Wife of Bath appropriates male language in the form of a mock sermon to argue against the typical religious ideologies outlined by 14th century anti-feminist literature. The Wife of Bath challenges the Bible by using scripture and employing the genre of a mock sermon - a satirical form that uses scripture to add weight to an argument that has a didactic lesson - to advocate “a message opposite to the kind that preachers…

beginning of his sermon, Pastor Randy used a story of a little kid in Sunday School to get the audience’s attention. He told of the story that the young kid was being asked questions on the days of creation. When the teacher asked about the third day, the kid answered: “on the third day God created the open tomb”. This story of a kid getting mixed up in his Bible accounts was used very effectively to get the audience’s…

sermon. This conception was derived from Aristotle and Luther’s influence it again began to be used both in preaching and in the interpretation of the scripture. His textual exposition is an exemplary model to the evangelical preachers. He has connected the homiletical explanation of scripture to scripture’s own central message. And he addressed it sharply to mankind. The contribution of John Calvin: Calvin was influenced by humanists. Calvin’s doctrine of preaching was not matching with…

Hands of an Angry God" On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards persuadably preached a sermon to the members of the congregation to instill fear in those sinners by informing them that if they don't change their ways, they will endure the "wrath of God." Edwards used his creditability as a pastor to give legitimacy to his message and long sentence structures to describe hell and eternal damnation. To begin his sermon, Edwards used complex sentence structure which created a scary and petrifying…

from salve to freeman while Edwards creates a religious sermon meant to scare the congregation into repenting. The most drastic difference between the two of writers is their use of imagery. Equiano uses imagery sparingly, whereas every line of Edwards’ sermon is filled with horrifying depictions of Hell. In the days of the colonies,…

The book Transitions: Leading Churches through Change, editor David Mosser compiles a collection of writings, be it academic essays or sermons, focused on assisting leaders of congregations experiencing change. This is a rare read for me, as in my thirteen years of ministry and Church leadership I have mostly encountered literature regarding change within organizations from a business perspective rather than a church point of view. To my delight, the contributors of this book offer an…

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God “You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.” Jonathan Edwards stated this quote in his famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. On July 8th, 1741, in Enfield, Connecticut, Edwards expressed his beliefs to his audience: people who were not saved by God will go to Hell; these “people” were also known as “Unconverted Men”. Edwards was known for the uprising theology of the Great Awakening. Henceforth upon…

preacher and Anne Bradstreet was a poet. In Edwards’s and Bradstreet’s works of literature they show their religious views, use different forms of imagery and use many details in their poems and sermons. Bradstreet and Edwards were both religious and their religious views are very prominent in their poems and sermons. Bradstreet believes that God owns everything…