Rev. Jonathan Edwards delivered the hellfire and brimstone “spider” sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” in Enfield, Connecticut on July 8, 1741. This topical sermon is a bitter jeremiad ...

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" combines vivid imagery of Hell with observations of the world and citations of the scripture. It is Edwards most famous written work, is a fitting representation ...

This was the scene when Jonathan Edwards delivered his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” at the First Church of Christ on July 8, 1741. An engraved boulder by the side of Route 5 marks the ...

In a famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathan Edwards once warned his fellow Americans: "The wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present; they increase ...

Zahnd (Water to Wine), pastor and founder of the Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Miss., thoughtfully probes the fearful view of God and the idea that fearing God is somehow an expected behavior. He ...

Are we sinners in the hands of an angry God as the famous sermon by Early American Protestant preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards would have it? Or are we children of a loving God? This week’s ...

Are atheists angry? Rabbi Marc Gellman thinks so, and he wants to use his superpowers of compassion to bring light to the godless: I don't know many religious folk who wake up thinking of new ways to ...