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They were integral. He knew there would be no ministry success if the Native Americans were not able to be educated and read and study the Scriptures. He cared for them pastorally, and took his role as their shepherd seriously. To him, they were not prey to be exploited, but the congregation he was ...

It shows he’s not lazy as some would have him be (lol)! Or preoccupied with his writings to such a degree he ignored his Native American audience. He was purposeful in his sermon composition. He cared deeply about the holy task of preaching His Word. And he understood the need to craft sermons that ...

For me, it was about technique, and about how Edwards’s ministerial philosophy was practiced in his preaching. While Edwards viewed his Native audience as naturally ignorant of the Bible and its truths, his theology of the Imago Dei was seen practiced in helping them to understand God’s Word, and ...

I think it shaped my view of his colonial preaching, and then by extension his approach to preaching among Native Americans. The quote I have of Edwards towards the end of my second chapter, where Edwards describes the colonial view of the Bible as “insipid” or “despised” manna was something that ...

While taking a Jonathan Edwards class during my Master of Divinity degree (with Owen Strachan), the topic of Edwards’s preaching was broached. It was there while debating whether he was a biblical expositor that the idea to think about and look into his audience and their knowledge of the Bible ...