This is one Edwards book that I have wanted to read for quite a while but never quite gotten around to. I am beginning a sermon series on 1 Corinthians 13 this coming Sunday (I plan to preach maybe 15 sermons on the chapter) and decided that it would be wise to turn to Edwards as I prepare. FYI, I rank Edwards in the top 5 of people who have most influenced me in my life and theology. I couldn’t imagine what I would be like had I never picked up a book by Jonathan Edwards.
Charity and Its Fruits is Edwards’ 13 sermon exposition of 1 Corinthians 13 (the great New Testament chapter on ‘love’). I have been reading a sermon a day for the past three days and have already found it extremely helpful. I will continue posting about Technopoly for the next couple of weeks, but will also begin posting quotes and thoughts from Charity and Its Fruits.
It is interesting that studying Edwards alongside modern ideas of technology, science, and culture can be quite illuminating. For a fascinating demonstration of this, watch George Marsden’s presentation of how Edwards’ Christianity intersects with, and speaks to, modern culture HERE.
