1. Lover of God

This volume of the Essential Edwards Collection tells the story of Jonathan's life and the important events that shaped his faith and views on God and salvation. It is a biographical and contextual look at the man credited for starting the First Great Awakening.

2. On Beauty

This volume focuses on Edwards’ view of God, God's communication of beauty, and God's desire that Christians recognize His beauty both in Scripture and the world. Edwards is presented as a "God-intoxicated" man, captivated by God's glory and beauty, and committed to sharing that beauty with others.

3. On Heaven and Hell

This volume explains Edwards' strong sense of pastoral responsibility to warn his people of the reality and dangers of judgment and hell. But it also shows his equally vivid and compelling views of heaven and eternal life.

4. On the Good Life

This volume focuses on how Edwards found joy and fulfillment by encouraging others to know and worship God. For Edwards, the good life was one lived in accordance with God's will, a life of worshipful participation in, and magnification of, God's glory and beauty.

5. On True Christianity

This volume focuses on Edwards' view of the nature of true religion, true conversion, and supernatural regeneration. Going from the problem of human sin, and the inadequacy of head knowledge, to God using our biblical knowledge to give us new hearts filled with Him, Edwards believed God wants to unite us to Christ by the indwelling presence of His Spirit.

Author  Douglas A. Sweeney is professor of Church History and the History of Christian Thought, and director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Sweeney is the author of a number of books and articles.Owen Strachan is the managing director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Strachan is preparing to serve as a pastor-theologian in a city. He currently lives on Chicago’s North Shore with his wife and daughter.

Endorsement  "Five excellent and accessible introductions to America's towering theological genius - Jonathan Edwards." - R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary