Sunday Notes: Resolutions - Lessons Learned from Jonathan Edwards and the Puritans
It is the New Year, and the topic on many minds is that of resolutions. Weigh-loss, exercise, and quiting cold-turkey. Perhaps you've already broken yours. Why can't we seem to keep resolutions? How do we choose good resolutions? What is even the point of resolutions? This post won't answer all of those questions. But let's choose a starting point for the discussion. I was asked two Sundays ago to give a biography on Jonathan Edwards. Among many other things, he is famous for writing some very stirring resolutions, and overall, his life certainly matched his resolve. I'm not expert on the life of Edwards, nor am I accustomed to teaching biographical surveys, so it was an interesting challenge. Nonetheless, I find Edwards to be a very interesting brother from generations past: inspirational in spots, convicting in others, and yes, questionable in still others. John Edwards? Isn't he that nasty Puritan? Here are my notes fro...
