Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

men and women were being converted because of powerful sermons during that time. Edwards believed that religion should not only be based on reason but emotion should be a key role too. Edwards used rhetorical appeals in his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, such as the ethical appeal, logical appeal, and emotional appeal to persuade unconverted members to become “born again”. A rhetorical appeal that Jonathan Edwards uses in his sermon is the ethical appeal. On the National Math…

Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and Benjamin Franklin's “The Autobiography " demonstrates their views on achieving moral perfection. Edwards’ sermon displayed a profound emotional impact through fear. Jonathan Edwards's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, was delivered on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut. It was preached in order to grab the attention of 'sinners' in hopes for them to seek God's…

In the story,” from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Jonathan Edwards tries persuade the congregation. In “from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Edwards claims that God casts unconverted and natural men down to hell. He also says it is easy to get cast into hell when you haven’t been reborn. People in this time would be persuaded by this sermon because most of the people were apart of the congregation and church which would make them gullible to what their preacher said since they…

acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian" (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). In his famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathan Edwards is able to successfully use metaphors to describe to those in his congregation the consequences of not following the path of God and provides sufficient reason for sinners to repent that are still effective to this day.…

Throughout Jonathan Edwards sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" he incorporates imagery, analogy, and repetition to persuade the audience. Edwards impliments imagery to induce fear into the audience. He states,"The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire...(7)" This use of detail reveals to the audience how much greater God is than them. Edwards continuously uses fear to persuade the audience because it allows the…

In the sermon “Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God”, Jonathan Edwards uses metaphors and diction to appeal to the audience's emotions through fear, to convince them to convert to Christianity and accept the belief of Jesus Christ as the savior. Edward’s metaphor usage constantly builds fear in the audience. For example, the metaphor, “furnace of wrath” creates a realistic representation of where sinners would ultimately be disposed of if they do not accept Jesus Christ. Just like how people…

In the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," there are many different rhetorical strategies that are effortlessly noticed. Beginning on the first page of his narrative, Edwards obtains the audience's attention by using the devices of narrating, and explaining the process. The reader is being persuaded from the use of quotes from the Bible to convey the points Edwards is trying to discuss. To introduce his doctrine, Edwards uses a first person point of view to connect with his readers…

SITHOAAG: Rhetorical Analysis Rough Draft Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” captures the intensity of the Great Awakening. He implies during the sermon that if “natural men” don’t change their ways, they will undoubtedly endure the “wrath of God”. The ultimate goal of the sermon is to make us understand our situation and persuade the audience that all men are dependent on God for salvation through vivid imagery and by using accusatory diction and different rhetorical…

In the, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards’ purpose is to scare his people, the Puritans. He describes what hell is and that people are worthy of hell if the will of God is not followed properly. Through the use of rhetorical devices such as imagery and strong diction and language, Edwards plan is to persuade all sinners to repent for their sins and ask God for forgiveness. Throughout the sermon he expresses in much detail what Hell and suffering looks and feels like and the…

During this time pastors were working to increase this number and convert more and more people. One of these pastors was Jonathan Edwards, who gave outstandingly intense persuasive sermons. In one of Mr. Edwards’s most famous sermons "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” he utilizes rhetorical devices pathos, logos, and ethos numerous times throughout the sermon to persuade the congregation to be “born again”. Through his fire and brimstone teachings Edwards evokes an immense amount of fear in…