Sublime

Theologian

for discerning ordained vocations.

In chapter four, we will look briefly at two lives that embody Edwards’s conception of true Christianity.

Fabrications are not suited to the life of faith. They don’t wear well.

b(a)Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of

and thereby sanctifying the ordinary,

I design plain truth for plain people: therefore, of set purpose, I abstain from all nice and philosophical speculations; from all perplexed and intricate reasonings; and, as far as possible, from even the show of learning, unless in sometimes citing the original Scripture. I labour to avoid all words which are not easy to be understood, all which

We now seek to apply the insights and practical experience of Edwards to our modern context. Though this is by no means an exhaustive proposal, it is a call to arms to Christians everywhere to seek true conversion and the vivifying life it creates.

Second,