Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Subject "Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758"
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Jonathan Edwards and Sanctification: The Pursuit of Happiness Found in Union and Obedience
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)This research endeavors to answer the question of why the believer should obey, specifically considering the issues of motive and ability. The thesis of this study is that Jonathan Edwards provides the critical missing ... -
"Promoting Pure and Undefiled Religion": John Ryland, Jr. (1753–1825) and Edwardsean Evangelical Biography
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2017-12-12)In the preface to the 1749 publication of The Life of David Brainerd, Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) explains the benefit of recounting exemplary lives: “There are two ways of representing and recommending true religion and ... -
A Reappraisal of Religious Experience in Expository Preaching in Light of Jonathan Edwards's Sense of the Heart
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-30)The primary aim of this dissertation is to demonstrate that Jonathan Edwards's "sense of the heart" as a principle of a new kind of perception or spiritual sensation given by the Spirit of God in regeneration, in which a ... -
"Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart": The Centrality of Faith in Christ to the Restoration of Human Functioning
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-12)This dissertation first examines how Scripture describes the internal workings of the human person, which can be referred to as the heart. The heart is shown to function cognitively, affectively, and volitionally, all ... -
The voice of faith: Jonathan Edwards's theology of prayer
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007-10-23)Jonathan Edwards has been described as the "theologian of the will," the "theologian of the heart," and the "theologian of revival." This dissertation seeks to prove that Edwards should rightly be called the "theologian ...