East of Eden

East of Eden considers Jonathan Edwards’s sermon, “Blessed Struggle,” which was delivered in 1735. Participants: David Filson, Jeff Waddington, Nick Batzig

East of Eden considers Jonathan Edwards’s sermon “The Sorrows of the Bereaved Spread before Jesus,” which was delivered in 1741. Participants: David Filson, Jeff Waddington, Nick […]

East of Eden considers the Theology and experiential application of Jonathan Edwards&#8217;s sermon &#8220;Self-Examination and the Lord&#8217;s Supper&#8221; from 1 Corinthians 11:28–29 and delivered first March 21, 1731. Participants: David Filson, <a href="https://reformedforum.org/people/jeff-waddington/" [&#8230;]

The panel discusses Jonathan Edwards&#8217;s sermon, &#8220;A Divine and Supernatural Light&#8221; delivered at Northampton and subsequently published in 1734. &#160; Participants: David Filson, Jeff Waddington, <a [&#8230;]

Nick Batzig, Jeff Waddington, and David Filson discuss a sermon by Jonathan Edwards circa 1747. Participants: David Filson, Jeff Waddington, Nick Batzig

In this episode, Nick, Jeff and Dave sit down to discuss Jonathan Edwards&#8217;s sermon, &#8220;Joseph&#8217;s Great Temptation and Glorious Deliverance&#8221; based on Genesis 39:12. In this sermon Edwards unpacks the theology [&#8230;]

Reformed Forum contributor Nick Batzig speaks about Jonathan Edwards: &#8220;Preaching Christ in the Song of Songs.&#8221; This talk was given at the 2014 Jonathan Edwards for the Church conference. <span style="color: [&#8230;]

Dr. William Schweitzer speaks about Jonathan Edwards: &#8220;Faithful Ministers are Conduits of the Means of Grace.&#8221; This talk was given at the 2014 &#8220;Jonathan Edwards for the Church [&#8230;]

Dr. Douglas Sweeney speaks about Jonathan Edwards on the Divinity, Necessity, and Power of the Word of God in the World, from the 2014 &#8220;Jonathan Edwards for the Church Conference.&#8221; [&#8230;]

In &#8220;The Peace Which Christ Gives His True Followers,&#8221; Edwards calls us to listen in on the most affectionate and affecting discourse Christ gave (Jn 14:27), in which he promised [&#8230;]

Jonathan Edwards preached &#8220;What Is Believing in Christ?&#8221; to his congregation of three hundred Native Americans in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The sermon on Mark 16:15-16 is characteristic of Edwards&#8217; pastoral sensitivity [&#8230;]

East of Eden continues a discussion of the life and ministry of Jonathan Edwards. See here for part 1 of [&#8230;]

East of Eden discusses the life and ministry of Jonathan Edwards, including a survey of biographies of Jonathan Edwards. Follow up in a couple weeks for Part 2. Biographies of [&#8230;]

An interview with Kyle Strobel regarding his recently released Jonathan Edwards&#8217;s Theology: A Reinterpretation. Participants: Jeff Waddington, Kyle Strobel, Nick Batzig

Jonathan Edwards preached &#8220;Christ the Spiritual Sun&#8221; in May 1739. It was based on Malachi 4:1-2. The doctrine of the sermon was &#8220;that the same spiritual Sun, whose beams are [&#8230;]

Originally preached in April 1738, Jonathan Edwards&#8217; sermon &#8220;Jesus Christ: The Same Yesterday, To-day, and Forever&#8221; expounds Hebrews 13:6. Edwards draws out the doctrine that Jesus Christ is the same [&#8230;]

This week the East of Eden crew examine Jonathan Edwards&#8217; sermon &#8220;Safety, Fullness, and Sweet Refreshment, to be Found in Christ&#8221; based upon Isaiah 32:2. In this sermon Edwards unpacks the types [&#8230;]

In this episode of East of Eden, Dr. Sean Michael Lucas discusses his helpful new volume on the theological vision of Jonathan Edwards. In God&#8217;s Grand Design: The Theological Vision [&#8230;]

In 1730 Jonathan Edward preached a sermon on Matthew 5:8 in which he gave consideration to the redemptive blessing which God bestows upon the pure in heart, namely, an all [&#8230;]

In February 1740, at the heat of the first Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards preached The Character of Paul an Example to Christians. In this sermon on Philippians 3:11 Edwards unpacked Paul&#8217;s [&#8230;]

In 1739, at the brink of the Great Awakening in Northampton, Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon in which he challenged his congregation with regard to their own commitment to a careful and [&#8230;]

Preached as a sacrament service sermon in August 1736 and later included as the fifth and final sermon in Discourses on Various Important Subjects, &#8220;The Excellency of Christ&#8221; is based [&#8230;]

Originally preached sometime in 1739, Jonathan Edwards&#8217; sermon Christ&#8217;s Agony provides a deep analysis of Luke 22:44 and Christ&#8217;s agonizing prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Edwards notes that Christ [&#8230;]

In this episode we interview Dr. Ken Minkema, the executive editor at the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University, with regard to the formation of the Center and [&#8230;]

Originally preached in Northampton in 1735, and then preached again in 1752, The Most High, a Prayer Hearing God was preached on a fast appointed on the account of epidemical sickness at [&#8230;]

Originally preached in Northampton in the fall of 1730, and later preached at Boston for the Harvard convocation week Thursday lecture on 8 July 1731, God Glorified in Man&#8217;s Dependence [&#8230;]

The podcast East of Eden: The Biblical and Systematic Theology of Jonathan Edwards inaugurates the series with a close reading of the sermon &#8220;East of Eden&#8221; which Edwards preached in [&#8230;]