Jonathan Edwards

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  • 2013
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Meet Jonathan Edwards, perhaps America's greatest theologian. Throughout his life, Edwards marveled at the beauty of God's work in creation and among His people, and no hardship could stop him from expounding it. In this series, popular church historian and author Stephen Nichols opens up the life of Jonathan Edwards, a man who never failed to trust God's redemptive purposes for His people.

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The Missionary
6. The Missionary
June 10, 2013
Jonathan Edwards died at the age of fifty-five. What might his mind have produced if he possessed even a few more years on this earth? In the final part of this series, Stephen Nichols demonstrates that Edwards understood that God's providence never fails to accomplish its task perfectly and to completion.
The Conflict at Northampton
5. The Conflict at Northampton
June 10, 2013
Jonathan Edwards is often portrayed as a disgruntled, unhappy figure concerned only about judgment and doom. However, in the fourth part of this series, Stephen Nichols explains that we would be hard pressed to find another theologian so full of joy and so delighted in the goodness and bountiful provision of His Lord.
His Big Idea
4. His Big Idea
June 10, 2013
Jonathan Edwards is often portrayed as a disgruntled, unhappy figure concerned only about judgment and doom. However, in the fourth part of this series, Stephen Nichols explains that we would be hard pressed to find another theologian so full of joy and so delighted in the goodness and bountiful provision of His Lord.
The Great Awakening
3. The Great Awakening
June 10, 2013
The modern-day caricatures of strict dourness applied to Jonathan Edwards and the Puritans is sadly inaccurate and captures only a small part of the gospel they preached. In the third part of this series, Stephen Nichols explains that Edwards wrote more about the joy, pleasure, and happiness of salvation than anything else.
A Minister of the Gospel
2. A Minister of the Gospel
June 10, 2013
At the young age of nineteen Jonathan Edwards wrote his seventy resolutions. In the second part of this series, Stephen Nichols explains that what is unique about these resolutions is Edwards' understanding of his own sinful nature and need for the goodness of His Creator in order to accomplish them.
His Early Life
1. His Early Life
June 10, 2013
A full understanding of Jonathan Edwards' theology and life demands a detailed examination. In the first part of this series, Stephen Nichols takes us through the life of Edwards, illuminating the good and the bad, so that we might better understand how God cultivated and crafted Edwards into His servant.
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Meet Jonathan Edwards, perhaps America's greatest theologian. Throughout his life, Edwards marveled at the beauty of God's work in creation and among His people, and no hardship could stop him from expounding it. In this series, popular church historian and author Stephen Nichols opens up the life of Jonathan Edwards, a man who never failed to trust God's redemptive purposes for His people.

  • Premiere Date
    June 10, 2013