Comments on: Book Review: Heaven on Earth by Stephen J. Nichols

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:24:38 +0000

Thanks for the reply. High school lit. classes are surveys, so we can't hang out very long w/ Edwards. Sinners is the sole representative sample of his corpus (though I have to admit our lit. book is not antagonistic to it, as my university professor was: what a rant we got that night!). We must move on to Ben Franklin's Deism. But I am aware of my ignorance of Edwards' larger work, and the Great Awakening in general, so I'll note the Piper & Taylor title. Thank-you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:57:04 +0000

Hey Mr. Coulter!
If you're specifically only looking at “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, I'm not sure this would be the book to turn to. Though I haven't read it, A God Entranced Vision of All Things edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor would probably help you more with understanding Edwards and his vision (Nichols has a biographical chapter in that book).
Thanks for the encouragement regarding the radio show!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 02:26:50 +0000

Roger,
I have to teach “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” to my juniors, and though last year I did a decent job of presenting Edwards' plea to the unregenerate in his congregation, and the Puritan outlook on general, I'm looking to improve my game this year.
Do you think this book can be helpful? Would it be more useful as a resourse to deepen my own understanding/appreciation of this foundational American thinker, or is there any material between those covers that might help supplement my lesson more directly?
Jeff Coulter
P.S.— caught you on Apol.com. With Snyder, you gotta drive through and make your points, and not let him wax so philosophical. He forgets he's the host and that he's there to set you up for your delivery. You were too polite. But an enjoyable show. Keep up the good work.