Introduction I. Attention-Getter: I am sure that most of you have heard of the sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Although it was delivered by Jonathan Edwards in 1741‚ it is considered the most famous religious speech in all of history. II. Establish Credibility: I become familiar with this speech in my 10th grade American Literature class‚ but my interpretation is very different when I study this speech from a theological perspective. III. Thesis/Preview Statement: I will
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sermon‚ “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God‚” Jonathan Edwards persuades to his audience that all the sinners deserve to be dropped into hell. He does this by using literary devices to emphasize that God is disappointed at the sinners but he still has mercy for the sinners. Edwards uses alliteration‚ imagery‚ and a combination of repetition and parallelism. In the beginning of the sermon‚ Edward uses alliteration to describe the dangers of Gods Floods. “If God should only withdraw his hand from the
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like. Rather your view of hell is eternal detonation or a place consisting of deathly flames and Satan’s head down in a bucket of ice‚ most people do not wish to be summoned into the depths of hell. However; Jonathon Edward’s sermon‚ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚” portrays briefly the vivid imagery of how hell was represented during the Second Great Awakening. In addition‚ Edwards aim was to teach his listeners about the horror of hell. Thus‚ Edwards’s dramatic interpretation of hell frightened
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“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Writing Response For over two and a half centuries‚ the passionate sermons given by Jonathan Edwards at the dawn of the Great Awakening have captivated the hearts and minds of thousands of people‚ drawing them back to the heart of biblical Christianity and righteous living. Out of all of his sermons‚ however‚ the most well-known and broadly studied is “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ which paints a vivid portrait of life’s brevity and the indescribable
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Jonathon Edwards‚ in his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ influences his congregation through rhetoric that contains a strong pathos appeal. First off‚ Edwards compares man and his righteousness to insects to demonstrate the unworthiness and insignificance of man and to make the audience feel helpless. For example‚ Edwards writes‚ “The God that holds you over the pits of Hell‚ much as one holds a spider‚ or some loathsome insect over a fire‚ abhors you‚ and is dreadfully provoked:” (Edwards
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In the sermon "Sinner’s in the Hand of an Angry God" by Johnathan Edwards‚ he author describes how God can easily condem sinners into the pit the fiery pit of hell in any given moment. Edwards clearly informs his audience that God has an omnipotent force and won’t delay on sending you into hell. He incorporates alliteration‚ imagery‚ and simile into his sermon to convey his message. First Edward applies examples of alliteration to emphasize the idea that God is omnipotent. In various paragraphs
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Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God depicts an illustration when he vividly expresses that "there is dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God; there is hell’s wide gaping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon‚ nor anything to take hold of; there
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entitled Sinners in the hands of an angry God. This would become Edward’s most recognizable sermon and draw its reverence from the reaction it produces in the congregation at Enfield. Edwards provokes cries for salvation and repentance with his words using Aristotle’s three modes of persuasion ethos‚ land pathos. Jonathan Edwards believes in fear as motivation for conformance and uses these three modes of persuasion effectively in his most famous sermon‚ Sinners in the hands of an Angry God. Edwards
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Fort 1 Jacy Fort Period 7 Lee AP English 11 1/18/11 Drag Me Down To Hell It is obvious that the role of preachers is to convert the unconverted and teach his congregation the ways of righteousness; however some preachers use tactics of using fear as a means to scare their congregation into conversion. One such Preacher who used fear to his advantage was Jonathan Edwards. Edward’s most famous sermon which he delivered on a trip to the congregation at Enfield‚ Connecticut was a perfect example
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10/10/12 Test Period 3 The assessment was created to measure your ability to analyze how the author’s use of words created an angry and vengeful tone with an intense‚ scary and eerie mood. With his use of words he was able to make an angry tone which put a scary mood or feeling when a person reads the author’s abhor words. The author uses metaphors to show the tones and moods shown in his writing. A metaphor that shows mood is “The bow of God’s wrath is bent‚ and the
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