Jonathan Edwards' Resolutions: And Advice to Young Converts

by Jonathan Edwards; Dr. Stephen J. Nichols

Publisher:

P&R

, 2001

Overview

While completing his preparation for the ministry, Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) wrote seventy resolutions that guided him throughout his life. About twenty years later, he wrote a letter to young Deborah Hatheway, a new convert in a nearby town, advising her concerning the Christian life. These two writings, often reprinted during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, overflow with straightforward and biblically sound advice. This advice is as current today as it was in the 1700s, and it far surpasses the how-to books now overrunning bookstores.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The Resolutions also reveal Edwards’ utmost determination to bring every area of his life under subjection of the Lordship of Christ and to rest in the sovereignty of God.” (Pages 10–11)

“The highest good that anyone can do—or to use the catechism’s language, our chief end—is ‘to glorify God and enjoy him forever.” (Page 11)

“Edwards, however, realizes his absolute dependence on God, and this becomes the key ingredient to the Resolutions. Far from an advocate for self-help, Edwards realizes that anything he might do that pleases God or anything that amounts to something of significance is only the result of God working through him. Nevertheless, Edwards also acknowledges his need for self-discipline.” (Page 10)

“Edwards prefaces his Resolutions with an exhortation to ‘remember to read over these resolutions once a week.’” (Page 12)

“Paul’s injunction in Philippians 3:12–14, reminds us to strive earnestly after Christ’s work in our lives. Perhaps one of the letter’s most poignant moments comes in Edwards’ eighteenth point, where he observes that Christ takes us as helpless children, cleanses us through his blood, and covers us in his righteousness.” (Page 14)

Product Details

• Title: Jonathan Edwards’ Resolutions: And Advice to Young Converts
• Authors: Jonathan Edwards, Dr. Stephen J. Nichols
• Publisher: P&R
• Print Publication Date: 2001
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christian life › Early works to 1800; Young adults › Religious life--Early works to 1800
• ISBNs: 0875521894, 9780875521893
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_8126B789CCED41D09DE14E4BEF38DD8E
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-12-20T00:33:39Z