Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Often in sermans ministers pastors persuade their audience to behave in a spiritual or moral fashion. Such is the case in “sinner in the hands of an angry god” by Jonathon Edwards where he illustrated that the moral of the story is “if sinners repent, they won’t face the wrath of god” Edward using an convincing tone and wanted to have an impact on his audience by appealing to their fears, pity and Varity. Edward had an impact on his puritan’s audience because of convincing tone, clear imagery…

In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards went back to get sinners and also just people in general to get back into the church so that they could continue to be with God. The intended audience for this passage is people who are doubting God and are going against his wishes. Jonathan wants to persuade the sinners to go back and reconnect with God. He uses the fear that they have to convince them to go back to church. By doing this he wants the sinners to know that they are only…

Jonathan “Edwards’ sermon, “Sinners in the hands of an angry God” Edwards continually talks about serving an absolute God that controls everything and owes human beings nothing but punishment. Edwards also speaks on how being a Christian is life changing. Even though a conformed Christian believes in God, they are still humans first and dealing with their own personal issues. Edwards dealing with his own personal issues, which causes Edwards to give himself completely to God. Edwards says “but…

you will try to resolve that problem in order to not get punished. Fear can be used as a great motivator to push people to make the right decisions. Fear can be used against people to identify the importance of things. In the sermon Sinners in the Hands of Angry Gods by Jonathan Edwards, he uses fear to direct his audience in the right direction. Edwards says to the men who have not been “reborn”, “The devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them.”. Showing how bad the situation is,…

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Christians were constantly reminded of the consequences of sinning during the Great Awakening. However one church in Enfield, Connecticut was largely unaffected. So they invited Johnathan Edwards, one of the most dynamic pastors of the time to speak. His mission was to convert, and convince the congregation of their sins. He accomplished this by delivering a compelling sermon that helped the congregation realize that they are going to be judged by God, and…

in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is more effective than Hawthorne's. His theme is telling us about how man is sinning all the time and how God is being provoked about that. He’s saying this with a very fearful and aggressive style. In both “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Edwards and “The Minister's Black Veil” by Hawthorne has sinners in it. They’re both similar because everyone is always sinning. It doesn’t matter if they have on a Black Veil or they are in the hands of…

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. “Half-Hanged Mary”, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, and The Crucible…

man’s innate character and relationship with God. Edwards obviously believes in an intense relationship with God relating to his strong Puritan beliefs, but the text of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God shows to what extent his God is omnipotent and inarguably angry. The carefully chosen rhetoric of the sermon depicts almost graphic images of the sheer revulsion of humanity and the ultimate power God holds over such contemptuous and weak beings. “The God that holds you over the pit of hell,…

to control and that is exactly how Taylor Edward uses fear in his now infamous sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. The Sermon was given to a large congregation in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1741. The sermon lasted six whole hours non stop and was very well received. This eventually leads the sermon to be published and reread multiple times throughout history. The sermon speaks about the life of sinners,…

In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathon Edwards incorporates personification, analogy, and repetition to persuade the listeners to repent for their sins they committed against God. Edwards includes personification in his sermon to better convince the listeners to repent for their actions. Edwards states that the arrow of justice is a "moment from being drunk from [their] blood." Because people enjoy drinking to the point of being drunk , Edwards is suggestion that the…