Jeff states:
I agree that for most Edwards and Owen are difficult reading. But just imagine, that the sermons we have extant today of Edwards were preached to a congregation of mostly farmers and people not nearly as educated as we are today. This is a truly humbling thought, is it not? With all our education; high school, college and graduate schools, we still cannot equal the comprehension which those poor deprived individuals of the 18th century had. This doesn't speak well for the modern church and its preaching/teaching either.
This does say something about our culture today doesn't it.
I sort of got side tracked with putting the emphasis on "writing" rather then "preaching" in my earlier post. Being as the poll was focused more on "preaching" I thought I would throw a few links down here. Even though Edwards is hard to read, listening to his sermons is in my opinion an experience everyone should have.
You can find a few of his sermons on
SermonAudio.comYou have to register to be able to listen to the sermons but it's very simple to do so. I've listened to a couple of Edwards sermons and they are very very good.
Jonathan Edwards: The Way of Holiness and
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry GodThere is also an awesome series on
Repentance by Thomas Watson.
Also
Take Heed to Yourselves By Richard Baxter.
And if you want to listen some excellent tracts on the Puritans I would recommend to listen to
J.I. PackerY.B.I.C,
Dave <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bravo.gif" alt="" />
