1. Think about it... Speaker: characterize the speaker
Audience: Who are they speaking to? How do you know?
Purpose: Why did they say this? How does he/she think about the world?
Think about it...
“There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!”

2. “You have reason to wonder why you are not already in hell.”
Speaker: characterize the speaker
Audience: Who are they speaking to? How do you know?
Purpose: Why did they say this? How does he/she think about the world?
Think about it...
“You have reason to wonder why you are not already in hell.”

3. How are the authors of these two quotes similar?
STOP
How are the authors of these two quotes different?
talk

5. Read “Early Life” Highlight influences Underline beliefs
** how it differs from others

6. STOP talk With your shoulder partner:
What kinds of things interested him?
What did he believe about himself & his relationship with God?
STOP
talk

7. Read “Beliefs & Preaching”
Highlight influences
Underline beliefs
** how it differs from others

8. STOP talk Find someone that has the same color on their shirt:
Explain why his preaching was so effective.
STOP
talk

9. Read “The Great Awakening & End”
Highlight influences
Underline beliefs
** how it differs from others

10. STOP talk Find someone that you have talked to the least this year:
How was Edwards different from his peers?
STOP
talk

11. Their beliefs... His beliefs...
I can be good on my own.
I don’t need a way to heaven; I can be good enough
Sin (breaking God’s moral law) is bad, but it’s okay -- he’ll forgive you.
God gives us free will; choose to use it.
Man is inherently good, therefore religion is just about being good enough for God’s standards.
True virtue comes from: self-love and caring for others (family, nation, mankind).
Any good that is in man comes directly from God.
The only means of salvation is realizing God provided the only way (through Jesus).
Man is inherently corrupt; he is born that way.
Our acts of good should be in reply to God’s act of forgiveness of our sin.
True virtue comes from: realizing the highest regards goes to God alone...THEN we are called to love others.