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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was a famed speech delivered to a congregation in [[Enfield]], [[Connecticut]] in 1741 by [[First Great Awakening|Great Awakening]] minister [[Jonathan Edwards]]. The speech is often considered one of the strongest examples of Puritan culture and a manifesto for American Christianity. The title is taken from a portion of the 10th chapter of the biblical book of Hebrews. Some hallmarks of American [[Christianity]] as expressed in Edwards' speech include:

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was a famed speech delivered to a congregation in [[Enfield]], [[Connecticut]] in 1741 by [[First Great Awakening|Great Awakening]] minister [[Jonathan Edwards]]. The speech is often considered one of the strongest examples of Puritan culture and a manifesto for [[America|American]] [[Christianity]]. The title is taken from a portion of the 10th chapter of the biblical book of Hebrews. Some hallmarks of American Christianity as expressed in Edwards' speech include:

<i>The Absolute power of God</i><blockquote>

<i>The Absolute power of God</i><blockquote>

There is no want of power in God to cast wicked men into hell at any moment. Men's hands cannot be strong when God rises up. The strongest have no power to resist him, nor can any deliver out of his hands.-He is not only able to cast wicked men into hell, but he can most easily do it. Sometimes an earthly prince meets with a great deal of difficulty to subdue a rebel, who has found means to fortify himself, and has made himself strong by the numbers of his followers. But it is not so with God. There is no fortress that is any defense from the power of God. Though hand join in hand, and vast multitudes of God's enemies combine and associate themselves, they are easily broken in pieces

There is no want of power in God to cast wicked men into hell at any moment. Men's hands cannot be strong when God rises up. The strongest have no power to resist him, nor can any deliver out of his hands.-He is not only able to cast wicked men into hell, but he can most easily do it... There is no fortress that is any defense from the power of God. Though hand join in hand, and vast multitudes of God's enemies combine and associate themselves, they are easily broken in pieces

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<i>Necessity of [[Christ]] for morality and Salvatino</i><blockquote>

<i>Necessity of [[Christ]] for morality and Salvatino</i><blockquote>

But the foolish children of men miserably delude themselves in their own schemes, and in confidence in their own strength and wisdom; they trust to nothing but a shadow. The greater part of those who heretofore have lived under the same means of grace, and are now dead, are undoubtedly gone to hell; and it was not because they were not as wise as those who are now alive: it was not because they did not lay out matters as well for themselves to secure their own escape. If we could speak with them, and inquire of them, one by one, whether they expected, when alive, and when they used to hear about hell ever to be the subjects of that misery: we doubtless, should hear one and another reply, "No, I never intended to come here: I had laid out matters otherwise in my mind; I thought I should contrive well for myself: I thought my scheme good.</blockquote>

But the foolish children of men miserably delude themselves in their own schemes, and in confidence in their own strength and wisdom; they trust to nothing but a shadow. The greater part of those who heretofore have lived under the same means of grace, and are now dead, are undoubtedly gone to hell; and it was not because they were not as wise as those who are now alive: it was not because they did not lay out matters as well for themselves to secure their own escape. If we could speak with them... we doubtless, should hear one and another reply, "No, I never intended to come here: I had laid out matters otherwise in my mind; I thought I should contrive well for myself: I thought my scheme good.</blockquote>