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too proud of her possesions. In short words, God burnt her house down to teach Bradstreet that she needs to be happy about her life not about her prizes possessions, Bradstreet obtains the message and praises God for it. 3. This quote is from the sermon "Sinners in the hand of an…

Enlightenment emerged and drew people away from the church, causing a religious revival known as the Great Awakening. During this time, impassioned preachers gave fiery sermons like, Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God,” in attempt to reinforce piety and scare people back into the church. Throughout his sermon, Jonathan Edwards uses three main persuasive techniques to urge his audience to return to the church, the first being figurative language. Edwards offers numerous…

Sermon that can change lives A sermon in a powerful thing. Jonathan Edwards and Martin Luther King there sermons are very different, but they are both powerful. Edwards talks about hell. King talks about loving your enemies. As humans we can learn a lot from both of these men. We are a stubborn group of people, but they are trying to get us to get out of our own head and learn and change. Martin Luther King fought against what people said and did. He was fighting for equal rights and standing…

imagery and strong diction and language, Edwards plan is to persuade all sinners to repent for their sins and ask God for forgiveness. Throughout the sermon he expresses in much detail what Hell and suffering looks and feels like and the ways to avoid hell and have eternal happiness in Heaven. Through imagery, on the eleventh line of the sermon he describes what hell looks like by saying, “The wrath of God burns against them; the pit is prepared and fire made ready for them; and the furnace…

convince the listeners of the how serious their sin are. Not only that, Edwards kept repeating the word wrath throughout the sermon. Edwards sees men as a race which hangs from the threads of God’s will facing directly the fire of Hell and if you were judged by god then that judgement will be more fearful and painful then they can comprehend. While he is preaching the sermon he says all these frightening things to turn…

The Drum Major Instinct is a sermon by Martin Luther King Jr. which explains how everyone wants to become a leader, but no one wants to become a leader for justice, peace, and righteousness. This Sermon is to inform and persuade the reader about the beliefs Martin Luther king had. Martin Luther king Jr. gave his speech on February 4, 1968 and was assassinated 2 months later in April 4, 1968. The target audience were African Americans, protesters, and the people attending in the Ebenezer Baptism…

people compared to any other witchcraft trial in New England. Religion and gender both played a huge role during the Salem Witch Trials in the seventeenth century, as religion was one of the major driving forces behind the trials as Samuel Parris’ sermons about the devil made people paranoid and helped spreading the accusations. The majority of the accusers were females. This showed that they had some sort of power in the community, and that they were not completely dominated by males. The…

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Quote #3 This quotation is written byJonathan Edwards in, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". This sermon was written during the time of The Great Awakening where many people where converting or "awakening" to convert to be Christians. Puritans beleived in the concept of predestination, where God already has a plan and everything that happens is for a reason, good or bad. Edwards wrote this sermon because he wanted people recognize their sins and to repent for the bad things that they have…

create a colony, his ideals for the new nation were expressed in his “A Model of Christian Charity” sermon. These ideals, deeply rooted in his religious conviction, were to make the colony a beacon for other nations to look up to. Since then, the idea that America is a beacon for other nations has been ingrained in our countries sentiments. Politicians throughout America’s history call upon Winthrop’s sermon to evoke patriotism. One example is John F. Kennedy’s “Address to the General Court of…