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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Lesson Plan

About the Author

Born in Connecticut in 1703, Jonathan Edwards is widely considered to be one of the most significant theologians and philosophers of colonial America. Over the course of his 55 years, Edwards had many roles—teacher, pastor, revivalist, missionary, college president—but he was always, and above all else, a profound thinker, widely learned, and a serious literary artist whose genres of choice were theology, philosophy, and, occasionally, the natural sciences. Though today, regrettably to some scholars, many associate Edwards primarily with his scorched-earth sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” he also produced works such as Religious Affections (1746) and Freedom of the Will...

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