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Comment on Interdenominational Dialogue: Jonathan Edwards as a Proto-Baptist (abstract) - Submission for JES 2011 by Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:35:53 +0000

This looks very interesting. Can you please post a reply comment here when you have an update on the paper or its presentation? I’d love to read it.
Thanks

Comment on The Theology of Jonathan Edwards by Rob Boss

Rob Boss — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:57:20 +0000

Thanks, Eric! Hope you can make it to the conference. It’s going to be great!

Comment on The Theology of Jonathan Edwards by Eric Redmond

Eric Redmond — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:48:43 +0000

Rob, thanks for the note! Hope all is well in Ft. Worth. Blessings! ECR

Comment on Jonathan Edwards and the Ministry of the Word - A Review by Stephen Lammas

Stephen Lammas — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:22:45 +0000

Hello Reita,
You lived with our family while in NewZealand, do you remember me? Sorry to use this website to contact you but we have lost your email and my parents would like to contact you!
If you read this, it would be wonderfull if you could get in touch, their email is: cecjohn@clear.net.nz
Thankyou very much! :) Hope you are doing well
–Steve

Comment on Jonathan Edwards: A Life - A Review by Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:54:44 +0000

One of the true classics in Edwards’ history, I did a review of the book as well (http://www.scottfillmer.com/about/writing/). Anyone interested in Edwards’ life at all this is a must read.

Comment on Jonathan Edwards: the missionary? by Dr. James Willingham

Dr. James Willingham — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:40:00 +0000

Dr. Haykin’s brief assessment of Jonathan Edwards’ influence in the launching of the Great Century of Missions, as Kenneth Scott Latourette termed it, along with his own missionary labors among the Stockbridge Indians is an admittedly limited tour de force with enormous implications for the calvinistic theology that lies at the heart of the Great Awakenings, the missionary movement, and the birth of the United States of America or what Dr. George Bancroft called a “calvinistic republic.” A more thorough and thoughtful assessment of that theology in conjunction with an in-depth understanding of how paradoxical interventions work linked with a properly written summation of the same might well be the means for ministers, evangelists, missionaies, and awakeners to labor for a Third Great Awakening, the one that wins the whole earth in one generation and then for a thosand more generations in order to literally fulfill the promises to Abraham of a seed as numerous as the stars of heaven, the sand of the seashore, and the dust of the earth. And by winning, I mean, literally, the persuasion of a theology, a presence, and a humility that is transformational. Since God is not noted for wasting words, just think of His remark in I Chrons.16:15 commanding His word of covenant to a thousand generations. Allowing 20 years to a generation that would sugges 20,000 years and the spread of mankind to the stars, and the implications are staggering as to the greatness and the goodness of the Triune God.

Comment on Edwards Brings Them Together: Or, John Piper, Rick Warren, and the Powdered Wig by Saturday Links — DashHouse.com

Saturday Links — DashHouse.com — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:02:21 +0000

[…] Edwards brings people together – an interesting take on the Piper/Warren controversy […]

Comment on Edwards Brings Them Together: Or, John Piper, Rick Warren, and the Powdered Wig by Os Guinness in Chicago, Jonathan Edwards, and Baptist21 Events « owen strachan

Os Guinness in Chicago, Jonathan Edwards, and Baptist21 Events « owen strachan — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:59:12 +0000

[…] Nichols on the strange unitive power of Jonathan Edwards. It’s pretty remarkable when you actually think about the diverse patrons of the Edwardsean […]

Comment on Remembering Esther Edwards Burr by The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies » Remembering Esther Edwards Burr

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:27:43 +0000

[…] Michael Haykin recently contributed a guest post on the blog of The Jonathan Edwards Society. The subject of the post is Jonathan Edwards’ […]

Comment on Meditating on Scripture by The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies » Meditating on Scripture

The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies » Meditating on Scripture — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:27:21 +0000

[…] Michael Haykin recently contributed a guest post on the blog of The Jonathan Edwards Society. The subject of the post is Jonathan Edwards’ […]

Comment on Remembering Esther Edwards Burr by Reita Yazawa

Reita Yazawa — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:17:50 +0000

Thank you Dr. Haykin for this article.
As I was not familiar with Edwards’s family members, this article was helpful.
One of the things about Edwards that draw our attention is the spiritual, devotional life of the people around him: Sarah Pierpont, Esther, etc. Marsden indicates that devotional, spiritual writings were circulating in the New England society at that time, such as Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, Robert Boyle’s The Martyrdom of Theodora and Didymus (1687), etc. (Jonathan Edwards: A Life, 245–246).
I just learned that Esther’s diary is available through Yale University Press since 1984 (Journal of Esther Edwards Burr, 1754–1757). I think this journal would be helpful for us to understand the spiritual ethos of the era as well as how one daughter perceived her father (Edwards) in his later life.

Comment on The Jonathan Edwards Center - An Update by Reita Yazawa

Reita Yazawa — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:12:08 +0000

Thank you Dr. Mikema for this update. Particularly I was very impressed that international Edwards Centers are spreading global network of research and education. I hope to see in future that not only Edwards Center in New Haven but also other international centers worldwide regularly offer intensive courses for students and researchers.

Comment on Heaven is a World of Beauty: Part 1 - Societal Beauty: the Divine Excellency Reflected in Heaven’s Hierarchy by Reita Yazawa

Reita Yazawa — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:17:45 +0000

Thank you Dr. Caldwell for this insightful article. I think the heaven as the world of love (eschatology) is where Edwards’s theme of the glory of God manifests itself in a prominent way. Two questions came up in my mind while I was reading this article.

One is that it might be difficult for preachers to preach on the heaven as a social hierarchy because, I think, many Christians believe that heaven is where all the ranks, prejudices, hierarchies, privileges, or aristocracies would disappear. They may frown if they hear that social ranks still exist even in heaven. We would explain that ranks in heaven are not like something we have on earth. Saints in heaven will not envy or compete with each other because they would all be a part of a perfect harmony and proportion. Yet still it is a challenge as a preacher to communicate this idea to the congregation. I think it natural that, when Edwards’s schema of beings is transposed into the heaven, it will be like this. But I’m interested in what kind of Bible passages Edwards uses to develop this idea. Are Heb. 1:14; Eph. 3:10; 1 Cor. 6:3 are major passages he uses?

Another issue is panentheism. I appreciate that you are addressing the issue of panentheism in your book Communion in the Spirit. The main point is that although when saints become partakers of the divine essence, they incessantly come close to God, but they never fully achieve the deity itself — Creator and creature distinction is firm. Yet in his book Panentheism: The Other God of Philosophers (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006), John Cooper defines panentheism as the idea that “although God and the world are ontologically distinct and God transcends the world, the world is ‘in’ God ontologically” (p.18). Hence even if the distinction between God and the world (creatures) is maintained, if the ontologically inclusive relationship is established, the allegation of panentheism may persist.

These are a few of the questions lingering in my mind.
Thank you again for this thought-provoking article.
Reita Yazawa

Comment on Whither Edwards Studies? by Reita Yazawa

Reita Yazawa — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:27:46 +0000

Dear Dr. McDermott:
Thank you so much for your response.
I am Reita Yazawa, a Ph. D. student in systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will broaden the scope as I work on Mastricht.
Reita Yazawa

Comment on Whither Edwards Studies? by Gerald R. McDermott

Gerald R. McDermott — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:16:46 +0000

I am thrilled to hear this! I have been waiting for years for someone to do this. But I would encourage you to broaden your scope, beyond the Holy Spirit, to report on vM’s global influence (i.e., in all the ways he might have influenced) on Edwards.

Praytell, who are you and where are you doing your PhD?

Gerald McDermott

Comment on Whither Edwards Studies? by Reita Yazawa

Reita Yazawa — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:42:32 +0000

And this would indicate an intersection between the seventeenth century European Reformed scholastics and the eighteenth century American theology: their continuity and also the American departure from its European context.
Reita Yazawa

Comment on Whither Edwards Studies? by ryazawa2

ryazawa2 — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:13:36 +0000

Thank you very much Dr. McDermott for your comments and suggestions for future Edwards study. I am planning to work on Petrus van Mastricht and his influence on Edwards as my Ph. D. dissertation project, especially in the field of pneumatology. Although Holifield points out the practicality of theology as a prominent feature of theology in America, Edwards seems to inherit the legacy of faith and theology as practice of “living unto God” from this Dutch theologian Van Mastricht. It would be interesting, if possible, to trace how this practicality of theology was accepted and developed in theology in America in its own way.