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A Reader’s Guide to the Major Writings of Jonathan Edwards is unavailable, but you can change that!

Jonathan Edwards—widely considered one the most important theologians in American history—has influenced generation after generation with his transcendent vision of our great and glorious God. But reading his writings for the first time can be a daunting task. Here to be your trustworthy guides are some of the very best interpreters of Edwards, who walk you through his most important works with...

since they are merely weak preferences—such as preferring blueberry to strawberry jam. Such preferences raise “us little above a state of indifference.” But religious affections involve “a fervent, vigorous engagement of the heart in religion,” and they display themselves in love for God with all the heart and soul. Edwards compares “the business of religion,” which is moved by affections, to “running, wrestling or agonizing for a great prize or crown, and fighting with strong enemies that seek our
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