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    My original lesson plan covered the imagery in the hate sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Johnathan Edwards. I placed special emphasis on the use of personification‚ simile‚ and metaphors throughout the sermon. Edwards uses flames of Hell as a form of imagery scare the Puritan settlers to repair their relationship with God. When I modified the lesson plan‚ I considered that my students in my classroom may have different religious backgrounds and this hate sermon would be hard for them

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    different stories. One is “Sinners In The Hands of an Angry God”‚ a sermon written by Jonathan Edwards which tries to convince people to be more god allowing. The other being “The Crucible” written be Arthur Miller‚ which is a story based on accusations and intimidation‚ which is made out to be a mock of mccarthyism. The role that fear had in Edwards sermon was the main point of his sermon. I say this because Edwards was trying to scare people into being more accepting to God‚ by scaring them with

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    speech “Sinners in The Hands of an Angry God” to puritans who left the church and left Edwards feeling that puritanism was in danger. He uses fear as a tactic to get the unfaithful puritans to rededicate their lives to God and gives them hope to repent for the mistakes they have made. Edwards uses frightful imagery‚ and violent then hopeful metaphors to get puritans who strayed away from strict religion to come back and have a second chance at a pure life. Edwards uses frightening imagery to make

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    Analyzing the Angry Text Through the use of a negative connotation‚ an angry tone‚ and fearful figurative language Jonathan Edwards attempts to persuade the audience that without being born again you will be condemned to hell. This excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an angry God" written by Jonathan Edwards is very argumentative and attempts a high level of persuasion. The authors style of writing is very appropriate for the specific topic and also causes a great deal of reactions from the

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    In the Sermon “Sinners in the hand of an Angry God” given by Jonathan Edwards‚ the persuasion techniques logos‚ ethos‚ and pathos are displayed. To start off‚ the persuasion technique logos is used in Edward’s sermon when he talks about being burned in hell. In the sermon Edwards says‚ “So that‚ thus it is that natural men are held in the hand of God‚ over the pit of hell…” Logos uses logic to persuade people. Edwards tries to show people that pain is inevitable if they’re a sinner‚ and it’s simple

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    Jonathan Edwards Discussion Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” approaches the audience with a call to action. Jonathan does not soften his blows of aggression towards those listening to his sermon. Edwards’ use of imagery and syntax add to the emotional effect of the sermon. “The bow of God’s wrath is bent‚ and the arrow made ready on the string.” This metaphor is directed to those that sin‚ and is used as a more blunt approach to those who do bad‚ than Plato’s “Allegory

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    Martyn Lloyd-Jones). Jonathan Edwards essay Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God was a none-intrusive example of an essay written with the sole intention of projecting authority and reliability. It casts the only aspiration forth to frighten those attending by speaking directly to the reader with the goal of the conversation of many to the Puritanical Calvinistic view of Christianity. This was Jonathan Edwards goal in writing Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ it is undoubtfully effective as by just

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    Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God Author: Jonathan Edwards Date Of Work: July 8th‚ 1741 A Model Of Christian Charity Author: John Winthrop Date Of Work : 1630 On Board The Arabella Purpose Of A Model Of Christian Charity The Model of Christian Charity has many purposes. One purpose is to explain that people should be care for the people in need. Winthrop explains that God wants people to treat others like they would like to be treated. Also‚ a person passes up a person in peril then

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    Jonathan Edwards’s sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” delivers the dogma that only the mercy of God can save one from being condemned to Hell. Edwards appealed to his followers’ fear as a way of guiding his flock towards what he saw as the correct principles of Christian faith; the intensely terrifying metaphors of the sermon were his trademark. He bases his sermon from Deuteronomy 32:35 "Their foot shall slide in due time" (NAAL 425)‚ which equates in layman terms as “give them enough

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