During the Mission Trip to LA my life and approach to Evangelism was changed dramatically. I once went to a church in New Mexico that "held" a revival it was very discouraging because it just ended up costing a lot of money and didn't really seem to achieve much. The reason for the Great Awakening is because JE and his contemporaries preached Sin and Righteousness. I used to be afraid of preaching a solid S&R Gospel but as Psalm 19:7 states, "The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul." This is not just true of unbelievers but also Christians like myself. Jonathon Edwards preached S&R. Sermons like "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and "God's Justificatin in the Damnation of Sinners" were a huge cause of the revival. Notwithstanding the will and of God and the work of the Holy Spirit (Ist Peter 1:2) A great web site is www.jonathanedwards.com for the brother's sermons. I think that Christians today desire the percs of Revival without the demands of obedience in our lives. God's sovereign grace will accomplish His Will but Christians are more concerned with courting the world with advertising and coffee shops in the narthex as substitutes for the actually Gospel. You know the "Come unto Jesus because He's Hip" method. Oh yeah Edwards was also a Calvinist. God bless.
