Sermons

Primarily, “Young Goodman Brown” is an allegorical narrative concerning a protagonist’s personal experience with the devil and evil sorcery in his village. On the other hand, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is a sermon in which Edwards is blatantly accusing his parishioners of succumbing to sin and is passionately informing them of the possible consequences of their decisions. Overall, the difference lies between the direct address of Jonathan Edwards to his church…

When I first came to Dordt as a church shopping freshman, I became excited when I found out about the Church of Christ. Its website made it sound like its theology was the closest to the nondenominational church I grew up in, so I had it in my mind that this was the church I wanted to become a regular member of. One autumn Sunday morning, a friend and I put the address on the website into my GPS and set out. I was convinced that my GPS was malfunctioning when we ended up in the parking lot of a…

Bradstreet Vs Edwards Puritanism - The beliefs or principles of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. (Puritanism) Puritans did everything in their lives in the name of God, so there was seldom a need to do anything that wasn’t absolutely necessary such as writing. Because Puritanism limited the amount of Purist authors, our knowledge of…

steadfast faith. The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller that tells a horrific tale pertaining to the witch trials. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is a short poem that describes God’s desire to extinguish the human race. This kind of sermon was commonplace in the Puritan era, and it was used as a scare tactic to prompt community members to come to church. The Puritan era strongly urged a “good, little Christian” life. People who did not model that lifestyle were looked down upon.…

all different churches, generations and denominations to sing praises to God together. This night of worship is held twice a year. The minister was invited by her laOn March 13th, Burlington Agape Community Church (P) offered Sunday Service with a sermon titled "I am the vine; you are the branches" from John 14:16-15:15. Jesus the son manifested the God the Father through his whole life, and he especially manifested his love on the cross. However, he promised the disciples the coming of the…

Winthrop, the leader of the Puritans, delivered a sermon to his followers describing the importance of standing together: “We must be knit together in this work as one man” (256). He challenged the idea of individualism by describing the importance of sticking together in order to achieve the Puritan Errand. Individualism is defined as how much power one individual has relative to the group, which was unthought of during the Puritan era. This sermon influenced the Puritan’s…

having faith in God and following God’s word will help cease conflict and wars between nations. Firstly, I will discuss Thomas Paine’s views based off of the reference to Common Sense. Afterwards, I will then discuss John Winthrop’s views from his two sermons “Model…

It starts off by him warning us of the horrors of hell. He describes it as a terrible place and does not forget to mention all of the fire and flames. This sermon was very much an effort to tell people what hell was like and how God is the only thing holding them from the wrath of hell. He states that it is natural that God is holding us in his hand over the pit of hell, because it is what we deserve. I found…

the town of Milford, also the main character of the story, was a very famous and venerable preacher who always delivered meaningful and inspirational sermons. The Puritan society always looked up to him as a “godly-like” figure who was always dressed neatly and never disappointed anyone. However, one day, Hooper suddenly showed up to give a sermon with a black veil covering his face. Many were wondering why he was hiding his face from the crowd, and whenever he was asked to take it off, he would…

“relocate the role of books” (8) from the central factor of change to just a part of a larger group of modes of persuasion. Pettegree’s point is that, contrary to popular opinion, books were not the main factor in the paradigm shift of the Reformation. Sermons, songs, dramas, and pictures as well as books were all a part of the change. Pettegree wishes to clearly…