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Archives for August 2017

August 30, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 8): Uncertain Sign Four: That Affections Seem to Be from an External Supernatural Source

Gleaning from The Religious Affections (Part 8): Uncertain Sign Four: That Affections Seem to Be from an External Supernatural Source - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - light coming into old church

Many experiencing intense religious affections during the Great Awakening traced their experience to “some extrinsic and supernatural power upon their minds.” [1] Supposing the source to be outside themselves and produced by other than natural means, they concluded it must be from God. Others took an opposite view, believing the “manner of the Spirit of […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: emotions, God's power displayed, human limitations, human responsibility, supernatural sources

August 23, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 7): Uncertain Sign Three: Fluent, Fervent, and Abundant Religious Talk

Gleaning from The Religious Affections (Part 7): Uncertain Sign Three: Fluent Fervent Abundant Religious Talk - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - dog with megaphone

The sound and fury of the Great Awakening involved a grand display of lively affections and their affects, including an extraordinary measure of talk about Christ, the Gospel, and divine things. But, as with the great bodily effects and the other phenomena of the Awakening, abundant religious talk appeared to some as more of the […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: listen in wisdom, religious talk, speech about Christ

August 16, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 6): Uncertain Sign Two: Great Bodily Effects

Gleaning from The Religious Affections (Part 6): Uncertain Sign Two: Great Bodily Effects - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - man sprawled on floor

The high and intense affections of the Great Awakening often came with an assortment of bodily effects, including fainting, shaking, sweating, crying, and exhaustion (among others). Some found the displays unsettling and refused to accept any of them as works of God. Others welcomed them all as evidence of God’s work. Here again, Edwards took […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: "natural" affections, bodily effects, evidence of God’s work, intense religious affections, work of the Holy Spirit

August 9, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 5): Uncertain Sign One: High and Intense Religious Affections

Gleaning from The Religious Affections (Part 5): Uncertain Sign One: High and Intense Religious Affections - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - crowd with hands lifted

The greatest revival in American history burst onto the scene with lively displays of religious affections and their extraordinary effects, leading some to conclude that people subject to them were “delusional.” Others assumed by their energy and impact that the Holy Spirit produced them all. Edwards, however, acknowledged a mixture of good and bad and […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: affections from God, intense religious affections, love of God, religious affections, zealous for the Gospel

August 2, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 4): The Importance of Religious Affections to the Christian Life

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 4): The Importance of Religious Affections to the Christian Life - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - sepia people in from of cross

Some who rejected the entire Great Awakening as a work of God also denied religious affections as necessary to the Christian life. For them, faith involved reason and the intellect only, not the affections. For Edwards, however, this was a serious error with enormous negative consequences—new life in Christ does not exist where religious affections […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: actions vs words, affections for God, christian life, love to God, true religion

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