Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God Summary

Have No Fear Have you ever heard a motivational speech and while it was going on you felt so motivated, but when it was over you did not know what to do with yourself? In Beyond Scared Straight, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," and "Can Kids Be Scared Straight?" all three authors try to persuade people to do the right things in a forceful tone, but there are reasons why appeals to fear is not the best motivational force. Some reasons why appeals to fear is not the best motivational force are that people might not get scared, are not afraid of the negative consequences, and do not want to nor know how to change. The first reason why appeals to fear is not the best motivational force is because some people might not get scared. For example, in
In Beyond Scared Straight, Josh does not change. He has grown into his ways so much that he cannot stop and he is used to it. Stephen, another teen who visited Corcoran did not change much either, especially after his mother was gone. Stephen thought he had no reason to be good anymore because the woman who taught him to be good died. A reason how people don't know how to change is clued through "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards. Edwards explains the consequences of not believing in God or being saved. There are possibilities that people would not know how to get saved. Also, maybe all their life they grew up without believing in anything and they might not know how to make a relationship with God. They still do their own things because that is what they are used to. Some people believe in something else besides God, and so they would not be afraid of Edwards's speech, even if he were screaming from the top of his lungs and describing the horrific consequences of not believing. Above all, many people do not know how to change and are used to their normal