tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30176948.post5427828860345255969..comments2023-04-11T07:29:49.219-04:00Comments on Daily Gatherings: Jonathan Edwards is on to somethingPastor Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506888721434975233noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30176948.post-68043493844389103512007-07-30T10:56:00.000-04:002007-07-30T10:56:00.000-04:00Boyd and Bob, thanks for commenting,Boyd:The repro...Boyd and Bob, thanks for commenting,<BR/><BR/>Boyd:<BR/>The reproduction is "only" $246. On the pragmatic side, I wonder if I could make out Edward's handwriting. What I've seen is more daunting than his prose.<BR/><BR/>Bob:<BR/>No question that preaching and teaching could be at fault, but I think other factors are in play as well. As noted in <A HREF="http://dailygatherings.blogspot.com/2007/07/d-carson-at-jonathan-edwards-institute.html" REL="nofollow">Carson's talk at the JEI conference</A>, the nation's spiritual state could be so cold that even faithful preaching fails to arouse. Isaiah was faithful, yet the promised fruit didn't appear for hundreds of years.<BR/><BR/>I don't say this as justification for slackness in teaching and preaching, but rather as an encouragement to faithfulness when fruit is sparse.Pastor Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506888721434975233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30176948.post-22324436211246529192007-07-28T15:34:00.000-04:002007-07-28T15:34:00.000-04:00The Edwards quote reminds me of Pascal, Lewis and ...The Edwards quote reminds me of Pascal, Lewis and others - what I call "bottom line thinking" or "what's wrong with this picture?" thinking. If Christ is Who He says He is then He is worthy of all we are and all we have and our lives should be devoted to Him - we should not live like functional atheists. Has our teaching and preaching lost this edge in North America?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30176948.post-63819576057151374452007-07-27T09:53:00.000-04:002007-07-27T09:53:00.000-04:00Michael, did you see on http://spurgeon.wordpress....Michael, did you see on http://spurgeon.wordpress.com/<BR/>that a full-size reproduction of J. Edwards blank bible is available? I think it is $200 or more. But wouldn't that be good to have? Maybe his notes are available somewhere on-line. I'll have to search for that.<BR/><BR/>I am seriously considering making my own blank bible as discussed at<BR/>http://spurgeon.wordpress.com/2006/11/30/tss-blank-bible-index/<BR/><BR/>I want to adapt my old NASB Ryrie that way - it has so many of my notes in it that I hate to lose, and the pages are sticking together from my "finger grease". So I figure if I put a blank page between each printed page, I can solve the sticking problem, and I can still have my notes! <BR/><BR/>BoydAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com