“The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to Heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows; but God is the substance. These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These are but streams, but God is the ocean.”
Jonathan Edwards 1703-1758
Online Resources:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Jonathan Edwards
Links to his major works and sermons and information about his life and ministry.
Princeton Biography of Edwards
A brief biography by Princeton seminary on their third president.
Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University - The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University came into being in October 2003, on the three-hundredth anniversary of Jonathan Edwards’ birth. The JEC grew naturally out of the offices of the Works of Jonathan Edwards, the contemporary critical print edition of selections from the Edwards papers. The JEC is directed by Professor Harry Stout, and is housed at the Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT.
Various Links to the writings, sermons and biographical information provided by Monergism.com
The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards
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Reading List:
About Edwards
Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography by Iain Murray
God’s Passion for His Glory by John Piper
Jonathan Edwards: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought, Stephen Nichols & Samuel Logan
Jonathan and Sarah: An Uncommon Union by Edna Gerstner
Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George Marsden
The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards: American Religion and the Evangelical Tradition, Craig Larson, D.G. Hart, Stephen Nichols, eds.
God Entranced Vision of All Things: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards, John Piper and Justin Taylor, eds.
By Edwards
Works of Jonathan Edwards, 2 vol. set
A Just and Righteous God: 18 Sermons
Thoughts on the New England Revival: Vindicating the Great Awakening
A History of the Work of Redemption
To the Rising Generation: Addresses Given to Children and Young Adults
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Audio Download about Edwards Life and Ministry:
The Pastor as Theologian: The Life and Ministry of Jonathan Edwards by John Piper
Sarah Edwards: Jonathan’s Home and Haven by Noel Piper
A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later by John Piper
Jonathan Edwards: The Life, the Man, and the Legacy by Iain Murray
The Glory of God and the Reviving of Religion by J.I. Packer
Pursuing a Passion for God Through Spiritual Disciplines: Learning from Jonathan Edwards by Don Whitney
Joy’s Eternal Increase: Edwards on the Beauty of Heaven by Sam Storms
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2 responses so far ↓
Lindsay // Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Oh, Edwards! Is that picture of his blank Bible (and that small paper the Biblical text)? Is the page of text a scrap, covered in writing on the back and stuck amidst some kind of notebook?… (I don’t know you. I just found you when researching friendship at CBMW.org, followed a link to the actual post, and thought I should check out “Edwards Corner”)
Incidentally, I marked the quote you list above in my Edwards volumes. I believe Piper also quotes part of it in _The Pleasures of God_.
Dustin Benge // Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Lindsay,
Thanks for visiting Pastor and People and your interest in Edwards. Yes, the picture above is the Blank Bible. The Bible pages are interwoven with blank pages for easy writing. Thanks for the visit.
Dustin
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