Jonathan Edwards (1703 — 1758) is best remembered for his masterful sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” In addition to his achievements as a pastor, Edwards was a father to eight daughters and three sons, missionary to the Housatonic Indians, revivalist, philosopher, and accomplished scientist. From a very early age, Jonathan was mesmerized by the beauty and order of God’s world. In fact, he was especially fond of studying spiders. So much so that his accurate observations have been preserved and are acknowledged in the scientific community today. Even more remarkable is that these observations were made when he was a boy with no tools, training or body of knowledge with which to compare and test his findings. In his childhood work, “Of Insects,” Jonathan wrote “Multitudes of time I have beheld with wonderment and pleasure the spiders marching in the air from one tree to another… their little shining webs and Glistening Strings of a Great Length and at such a height as that one would think they were tack’d to the Sky by one end were it not that they were moving and floating.” As a young man, Jonathan wrote seventy resolutions. One of these resolutions was, “To live with all my might, while I do live.” That he did. Blessed with a brilliant mind, Jonathan Edwards used his brief 55 years to advance the Kingdom of Christ. Many believe Jonathan Edwards was the greatest mind in American history.
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Gary is a graduate of Western Michigan University (1973) and earned his M.Div. at Reformed Theological Seminary in 1979. Author of countless essays, news articles, and more than 27 book titles, he also hosts The Gary DeMar Show, and History Unwrapped—both broadcasted and podcasted. Gary has lived in the Atlanta area since 1979 with his wife, Carol. They have two married sons and are enjoying being grandparents to their grandsons, Calvin and Paul. Gary and Carol are members of Midway Presbyterian Church (PCA).
I am very interested in America. So I have been studying English.
But I know few of America and my ability of English is so poor.
And I would like to read Cary's articles much more , then I would like to get the various informations of Amrerica.
H. L. Mencken: "Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." http://www.oaknorton.com/shockingquotes.cfm
Jackson D. Pemperton: “The essence of the past is experience; the essence of the future is opportunity; and the essence of wisdom is to properly connect the two.”
We have plenty of talented and intelligent citizens – and many have not only began paying attention to the politics of rampant corruption and mismanagment in government, but are now entering the arena; most vastly underfunded yet with great talent and resolve. Some have been embraced by the Republican Party and Tea Party, however, many will be found on your ballots as Libertarians: the Party of principle. Both major Parties need new members in congress they cannot intimidate, co-opt, or corrupt. If there could be enough to determine which of the major Parties held the majority, our problems would be well on their way to solution. Why haven't we seen more Libertarians seeking political office? Competent individuals need no trappings of power; they know who they are and lack the insecurities that power-grabbers invariably live with.
The only problem I have with Libertarians is that they do not seem to acknowledge that our form of government was NECESSARILY, AND NOT INCIDENTALLY, founded on Judeo-Christian principles and that the founders well acknowledged that we would not survive as a nation without such foundation. This is an extremely important difference – otherwise we are on the same page.
I am unfortunate enough that I never heard of him . It is also unfortunate we do not have him with us now , he is desperately needed .
I included Edwards in my PhD dissertation in 1967 at Boston University. No question – he is America's greatest mind.