Resolutions and Advice to Young Converts

Name: Resolutions and Advice to Young Converts
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Jonathan Edwards
ISBN: 9781518915697

Author: Jonathan Edwards

Narrator: Ross Pipkin

Unabridged: 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Author's Republic

Published: 02/20/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Faith, Inspirational

Synopsis

While preparing to be a minister, Jonathan Edwards penned seventy resolutions that would guide him in the years to come. About twenty years later, he wrote a letter to a young convert named Deborah Hatheway, who had asked for advice on living the Christian life. These two short works, where have been often reprinted and referred to in the several centuries that followed, are literally overflowing with straightforward, Bible-based advice. The thoughts and advice of Jonathan Edwards are as current today as they was in the 1700s; as the wisdom contained in his books far surpasses any "how to" books lining the shelves of bookstores today.

About Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards (1703â€“1758) is by far the best known American theologian. After graduating from and teaching at Yale University, he began a very fruitful ministry at Northampton, Massachusetts. At last he was called to be the first president of Princeton University, where he served only five weeks before dying of smallpox.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on July 01, 2023

This book(let) is amazing, I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it prior to a week ago. It’s extremely brief, everyone should read it. The back description sums it up: “This advice is as current today as it was in the 1700s, and it far surpasses the ‘how to’ books now overrunning bookstores.” YES IND......more

Goodreads review by Zack on December 11, 2020

Neat, readable layout. Very light editing, and an excellent introduction by Stephen Nichols.......more

Goodreads review by Julia on November 15, 2009

This only refers to the "Advice to Young Converts" letter written to a young Christian woman requesting pastoral advice: This has been my first formal exposure to Jonathan Edwards writing and it was great. The letter is loaded with excellent advice for Christian life - whether young convert or old, c......more

Goodreads review by Elliot on March 24, 2025

A very short pamphlet, but it punches above its weight. In this pamphlet, we see the vigor with which Jonathan Edwards pursued personal holiness. The command to be holy as God is holy was no joke to Edwards. By reading it, I was encouraged to pursue holiness and to orient my life as totally towards......more

Goodreads review by Eric on December 30, 2008

This takes an hour to read, which is convenient, because I have to read it again. We were taught about Jonathan Edwards as a fire and brimstone killjoy in high school...but he's not. He's brilliant, and his Resolutions are worthy of emulation. As pious a man as he was, he also has some real world pe......more