Jonathan Edwards: “That justification that believers have at their conversion is as partaking of the justification that Christ had in his resurrection; and so all the benefits that believers [have], their comfort and hope and joy here, and their eternal life hereafter, is as partaking with a risen Savior.” Quoted in Warnock, Raised with Christ, 140. Once again the idea of “union with Christ” is seen to be prominent how the resurrection saves us.
Category: Edwards
Finished Marsden (finally!)
About twenty minutes ago I finished George Marsden’s Jonathan Edwards: A Life. It was well worth the effort, though at times I wondered if I would ever make it through (I started it in early June, originally intending to finish it over the summer, and read continuously till today). I learned a ton from it, not only about Edwards, but also about the historical context in which he lived, early 18th century Connecticut River Valley Puritan New England. (Note to self: I need to read biographies more often – they are usually not as boring as you think, and you…
Reflections on the Trinity (4)
Some fascinating quotes from Edwards on the Trinity, all of which I have drawn from Amy Plantinga Pauw’s The Supreme Harmony of All: The Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards. “God has appeared glorious to me, on account of the Trinity. It has made me have exalting thoughts of God that he subsists of three persons; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” (Personal Narrative) “I am not afraid to say twenty things about the Trinity which the Scripture never said.” (Miscellanies #94) “One alone cannot be excellent, inasmuch as, in such case, there can be no consent. Therefore, there must be a…