Answers to Grace Walk Ch. 2

1. Absolute surrender to God is when you realize that you are nothing and that God is everything so you give all of who you are to God. When a person absolutely surrenders to God they will be at peace, find joy in God, patience, fruit of the Spirit Gal. 5:22-23.
2. Walking after the flesh is not always repulsive to the believer. At times it might even seem more pleasing to the Christian because the flesh makes much of us.. Paul equates waling afer the flesh with looking at his own righteous track record. Before Paul was saved he did many good and religious things for himself.
3. Sad but true a person’s ability often times becomes a liability to them spiritually because he/she is relying on his/her ability to make the righteous. We as Christians can sometimes encourage this behavior in other people by making much of their skills rather than making much of God in them.
4. I agree with Steve that trying to do something for God has bad consequences. When one does something for God, he/she is most likely motivated by a self-glorification rather than God-glorification. Therefore, God will not bless those efforts.
5. Major Sin! Sarah had Abram commit adultery with he maid! The consequences were atrocious. The maid did not really give up rights to her son. Sarah became jealous and the son was torn up because of the dysfunction of the family. History even says that Islam came from His lineage.
6. Brokenness: when a person comes to the place where they realize and feel there is nothing righteous in them and that they are totally wicked and cannot produce godliness without God saving them. I do agree with Steve because God will not give us anything that He cannot do through us.
7. God brings a person to brokenness so that that person might make much of God’s glory and share in its blessings. God allows His children to experience pain so that they can glorify Him in the midst of pain. He refines us in those times.
8. Serving God might be a distraction today because we can easily get enamored with the gifts rather than the giver.

Do You Give Thanks to the Glory of God?

"True gratitude or thankfulness to God for his kindness to us, arises from a foundation laid before, of love to God for what he is in himself; whereas a natural gratitude has no such antecedent foundation. The gracious stirrings of grateful affection to God, for kindness received, always are from a stock of love already in the heart, established in the first place on other grounds, God's own excellency."1

You might hear many people giving thanks to God, but for what reason? Perhaps people thank God for the death of Jesus Christ on the cross because to them it shows God makes much of them. Sadly enough, I think this is all too often the case. Simply put, we often give thanks to God with wrong motives. Like Jonathan Edwards says, we need not give thanks or gratitude to God because of something he has done for us for that is rooted in self-love. I.E. being enamored with the gifts rather than the giver. In fact, we need to give gratitude to God for who He is in Himself, in His character, in His excellency. That is how we fulfill 1Cor. 10:31 in giving thanks to God to the glory of God. If we fail to give thanks this way, then we are simply reverting back to the way unsaved people give thanks, namely in a self-love manner.

Listen to what James 4:3-4 says:
"3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."

Many of us are like this toward our Lord. We are like a wife who asks her husband to fund her adulterous affairs and passions. The problem is not our asking nor is it our thanking. The problem lies in our motive of thanking and asking.

I think we can take several things away from this lesson.

1. Do you even thank God?
2. Are your motives of thanking God rooted in self-love or in God's excellency?
3. Will you endeavor to purely thank God and have God centered gratitude?
3. We need to check our motives to see if they are self-oriented or God's glory oriented.

May you all have a wonderful day of thanksgiving rooted in pure grattitude to God and others.

God bless,
Michael.




1. Jonathan Edwards. Religious Affections, The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 2, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1959, orig. 1746, p.247.

Response to first 3 Questions of Chapter1 in Grace Walk

1. The biblical meaning of success in the Christian life is explained by our realizing how truly evil we really are and how truly holy and awesome God is and our need for His redeeming us from our evil selves. When one comes to understand this, then I would consider them successful. The Apostle Paul put the biblical meaning of Christian success like this: “For to me to live is Christ, to die is gain.” Jesus put it like this: “The greatest in the Kingdom is the servant of all.” Most Christians have no idea that this is what biblical success in the Christian life is. Most Christians have been heavily influenced by Arminian leanings in Church practice and theology and lack a true understanding of the Gospel's necessary centrality to not only salvation but all of life after salvation.

2. The motivation-condemnation-reconciliation cycle is a very descriptive term for how most people live their Christian lives. It is particularly so in the Fundamentalistic realm of Evangelicalism. There are several problems that come from this cycle but there is one overarching issue that must be addressed and dismantled, namely a problem of motive. The motive is self! The whole cycle is based upon you and what you can do a how you can achieve God’s acceptance and grace after salvation. Secondly, people are trying to feel saved. Therefore the second problem is an existential problem. People should not base their relationship with God upon feelings! Ever! The third problem I see in this cycle is one of theology. It seems that this cycle promotes wrong theology, namely, that God expects you to keep and attain spiritual righteousness by works. Christians are called to trust not try! Trusting happens when a person comes to the understanding that they are more evil then they ever thought and completely incapable of producing anything Godly or spiritually righteous and then trusts in God’s good news of redemption!

3. 19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. 20 Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

According to Galatians 3:19-25 the purpose of the law was to bring us to faith in the promise of a coming messiah that would do we can do, namely fulfill the law and pay for our failing God’s righteousness. A Christian who lives under the law is what I call religious. His/her profile is that of keeping lists in order to achieve what they deem righteous in the eyes of God. That list can be made of various great things turned evil like reading the bible, praying, going to church, winning someone to the Lord, singing a hymn, encouraging people, caring for the orphan and widow. None of these things are evil only the motive of the religious person is evil. His/her motive is evil because it seeks to satisfy oneself in what one does for God instead of simply being satisfied in God himself.

Our Next Study will be Grace Walk.

"This is shocking. The love of God is not God's making much of us, but God's saving us from self-centeredness so that we can enjoy making much of him forever. And our love to others is not our making much of them, but helping them to find satisfaction in making much of God. True love aims at satisfying people in the glory of God. Any love that terminates on man is eventually destructive. It does not lead people to the only lasting joy, namely, God. Love must be God-centered, or it is not true love; it leaves people without their final hope of joy."
- John Piper

A Tip For Pastors

Whether you’re the pastor of a large church like Covenant Life or the only pastor of a new church plant, determining priorities is crucial to shaping a schedule that is faithful to God’s expectations for you. In this second excerpt from the forthcoming Leadership Interview podcast, “The Pastor and His Time,” Josh, Jeff, and C.J. discuss these biblically defined priorities; the common, albeit well-meant, interruptions; and the importance of educating your church on your priorities. All this in order, C.J. says, “to most effectively, uniquely, specifically, and broadly serve those who have been entrusted to your care.”

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Joshua Harris: Are there any priorities (or, really, not priorities) that you see creep into a pastor’s life? What are some of the temptations that you would think are out there for a pastor to get involved in that really isn’t [a priority]?…

C.J. Mahaney: There are legitimate distractions on a daily basis. There are distractions that I think are created by the active presence of indwelling sin. Certainly there are distractions in the context of ministry. There are distractions provided for us in the context of our culture. These distractions are absolutely endless in their variety and in their consistency, which is why it is so important for pastors to be clear on their calling, role, and priorities. And to recognize that if you don’t prepare for a given week by identifying those roles and creating appropriate goals in fulfillment of those roles, your week will attack you, and you will end up devoting more time that week to the urgent than you do to the important.

Jeff Purswell: And I think that is particularly a temptation for pastors, because a lot of those distractions you mentioned, C.J., will emerge from legitimate needs. And that’s precisely what happened in Acts 6:1–7, the first time you have the crystallization of specialized responsibilities for pastors. There were real, pressing, legitimate needs [related to feeding widows] that needed tending to. But the apostles recognized that it wasn’t their need to attend. They needed to raise up gifted leaders to tend to those things while they specialized in what they were called to do: attention to the Word of God and to prayer (v. 4).

And so I am sure a lot of pastors listening are aware of many legitimate needs. We call them distractions, but they are real, pressing needs. But that doesn’t mean they are the solution to those needs directly, or that those needs become immediate parts of their to-do list for the week.

CJM: Each pastor enters into each week aware that the requests made of him in a given week will exceed his capacity to respond and fulfill those requests. Therefore, if I haven’t in some way determined what is most important and uniquely important for me to do in a given week, I will find myself responding to these urgent, and often legitimate, requests and end up busy throughout the week, but not productive and not ultimately fruitful at the end of the week.

I think it is of critical importance for pastors in particular to enter their week aware of what is most important, what is uniquely important for them to do in order to most effectively, uniquely, specifically, and broadly serve those who have been entrusted to their care. This will inevitably involve some form of specialization, and must be informed by some awareness on the part of the pastor of his limitations.

So a lot depends on whether one is pastoring alone, or whether one has a pastoral team. But regardless of the size of the pastoral team or the size of one’s church, what we are saying applies to a pastor.

JH: That’s good. I just was thinking as Jeff was referencing the care for the widows, the distribution of food, that it is so important. As pastors we are really receiving our priority list from God. I think it is so easy to allow that priority list to be written by other people, you know, the people in your church.…

CJM: You must have a pastoral team supporting you and specializing in particular ways, so you can inform the church specifically of the role of each pastor and how each pastor exists to specialize and to serve the church. In that way that individual that you just described—who you want to care for and not disappoint—you can inform that individual that you are not simply declining to serve that individual through, say, pastoral counseling because you are pursuing some unrelated purpose. No, you are seeking to serve them and the entirety of the church by specializing in particular ways, and other pastors have been trained and provided to care for their souls in this regard. And you cannot devote yourself to all the possible tasks and opportunities and needs, or else you will not serve the church.

JH: We are in a larger context at Covenant Life, but I think the principle still holds even for a guy who is pastoring by himself. He needs to involve other members of the church, small-group leaders, people who can come alongside of him. And ultimately, the good news here is that that is so much healthier for the whole church, for people not just to be looking to that one guy, but to be realizing the grace that flows through so many different means.

CJM: He does, indeed. And he needs to inform or have someone, like a fellow elder, inform the church of what his unique role is, so that the expectations of church members are clear in their hearts and minds. That pastor who is pastoring alone—prior to the formation of a plurality—needs to make clear to the church that he is devoting himself primarily to this task of study and teaching in order to serve the entire church. Other provisions can be made for the important need of biblical counseling through other individuals, who might not even be staff members or part of the pastoral team at that time.

That kind of information, in my experience, is just often not communicated to the church, and therefore individual church members are vulnerable when they make a particular request. They call the office with an expectation that the pastor will respond to their request. But when the pastor declines, if sufficient explanation isn’t given, then the individual is not just disappointed, but offended, and all this can be avoided if there is a clear definition communicated to the church about the role of that particular pastor. And that, again, applies as the pastoral team grows into a plurality.
HT: JT

November 1st

This next Saturday we are going to the Milton Corn Maze. Meet at the church parking lot at 6 pm. Can't wait to see everyone there.

This has got to be one of the most well-made Christian movies I have ever scene. The whole movie storyline is centered around the gospel. I was definitely edified and entertained at the same time while watching this movie. I urge all of you to be a good witness to the world by going out and supporting this film. The gospel is EXTREMELY clear. It was presented by using 'The Way of the Master' evangelism. The movie stars Kirk Cameron, who is currently one of the leaders of 'The Way of the Master'. The story applies to everyoen in the family. To read more about the moive click here and watch the trailer below.

John 15:12-17, 'An Exegetical Look at Friendship'

John 15:12-17

15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

13: The extremity of our love for each other is to the death.

In your love to one another, it should be a self-sacrifcing love. One that will give up what you want or prefer to do in order to be there for your friend.

Jesus performed this to the extreme even when these men were only friends in name!

14: For the disciples to constantly do the will of Christ they are constantly assured of their friendship with him. That they will abide in His love. We do have a responsibility here!

15: When a servant is told to do this or that, he is not given an explanation as to why. He just expected to complete the task. With friends its different.

A friend is a confidant. By this time Jesus had told his disciples all that he heard from the Father:

- Why he was sent to the earth. 3:16

- Why he was going to lay down his life. 10:11

- What he would do at his return. 14:2,3

- How a man could be saved. 3:3

Also, the tasks of a servant are often hard and heavy. But the yoke of Jesus is easy and the burden is light. Mat. 11:25-30. especially in light of human tradition and ordinances. Mat. 23:14, they were servants, they were slaves to it. But these disciples were friends.

16: Just because the disciples were Christ’s friends does not mean that they were on equal playing ground as him. On earth friends usually choose each other. With Jesus, he chooses you. It’s one-sided in its origin. These words emphasize the free, independent spontaneous love of Christ!

The ground of God’s love for us never lies within us, but always in himself, for even apart from His love for us, God is love.

Let’s see this divine love in other passages:

Dt. 7:7,8; Dan. 9:19; Rom 5:8; Eph. 1:4; I John 4:10; 1 John 4:19

Abiding in Christ is rewarded by fruit-bearing and answered prayer. A disciple prays for fruits. Fruit pleases God. He asks God to give whatever is in accordance with His will. He asks not as if He himself has any merit, but solely on God alone.

In us abiding in Him and in His choosing us to be friends, God has one purpose namely for us to keep on loving one another.

Here is the logic:

- In myself being unlovable, I cannot keep loving my brother.

- Unless I constantly reflect on the love of Christ for me.

- Not only do we love Him because He first loved us, but we love each other because He first loved us..

- Our love for each other is an extension of Christ’s love for us. Look at Rom. 5:5

"hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

Apple Orchard Trip

Here's a link to where we are going on Saturday: Apples!

What does the word of God have to say about friendship?

A Systematic look:

Ps. 25:14*

Prov. 16:28

Prov. 17:17

Prov. 18:24

Prov. 27:6

Prov. 27:10

Jas. 4:4

Jn. 15:13-15*

Biblical Foundation for friendship

Foundations of biblical friendship – Gen. 1-3

a. God as a friendship in the Godhead relationship Gen. 1:1

b. Men and women were created for relationships. Gen 1:16-28

i. A relationship with God.

ii. A relationship with other people.

c. Sin is the destroyer of relationships/friendships. Gen. 3:1-14

i. Sin destroys man’s friendship with God.

ii. Sin destroys man’s friendship with each other.

d. The hope of true friendship being restored. Gen. 15.

i. The promised seed.

ii. The promised redemption of relationships.

True Friends

A Biblical Theology on Friendship and Relationship
Over the course of the next few weeks, we are taking a journey through the Bible to discover what God has to teach us about friendship and relationships. Come join us at 9:30 every Sunday morning for these eye opening times in God's word.

New Hope Uganda Video on Youtube

Click here to view it.

In Talking About the Gospel

People don't earn God's approval or receive life and salvation because of anything they've done. Rather, the only reason they receive life and salvation is because of God's kindness through Christ. There is no other way.
Many Christians are tired of hearing this teaching over and over. They think that they learned it all long ago. However, they barely understand how important it really is. If it continues to be taught as truth, the Christian church will remain united and pure — free from decay. This truth alone makes and sustains Christianity. You might hear an immature Christian brag about how well he knows that we receive God's approval through God's kindness and not because of anything we do to earn it. But if he goes on to say that this is easy to put into practice, then have no doubt he doesn't know what he's talking about, and he probably never will. We can never learn this truth completely or brag that we understand it fully. Learning this truth is an art. We will always remain students of it, and it will always be our teacher.
The people who truly understand that they receive God's approval by faith and put this into practice don't brag that they have fully mastered it. Rather, they think of it as a pleasant taste or aroma that they are always pursuing. These people are astonished that they can't comprehend it as fully as they would like. They hunger and thirst for it. They yearn for it more and more. They never get tired of hearing about this truth.

--Martin Luther

The Dearest Place on Earth

“Give yourself to the Church. You that are members of the Church have not found it perfect and I hope that you feel almost glad that you have not. If I had never joined a Church till I had found one that was perfect, I would never have joined one at all! And the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect Church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earth to us… All who have first given themselves to the Lord, should, as speedily as possible, also give themselves to the Lord’s people. How else is there to be a Church on the earth? If it is right for anyone to refrain from membership in the Church, it is right for everyone, and then the testimony for God would be lost to the world!

As I have already said, the Church is faulty, but that is no excuse for your not joining it, if you are the Lord’s. Nor need your own faults keep you back, for the Church is not an institution for perfect people, but a sanctuary for sinners saved by Grace, who, though they are saved, are still sinners and need all the help they can derive from the sympathy and guidance of their fellow Believers. The Church is the nursery for God’s weak children where they are nourished and grow strong. It is the fold for Christ’s sheep—the home for Christ’s family.”

–Charles Spurgeon, “The Best Donation,” (No. 2234) an exposition of 2 Corinthians 8:5 delivered on April 5, 1891 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, England.

Many Thanks

I want to thank all of you have been praying for me and my family in this time. God has really delivered us from the overwhelming pressure of this time. He truly is my papa. I also want to thank all of you for the sympathy and care you have shown and given to us.

Does God Control Everything?

This is a popular debate not not only in the church but also in the scientific community. Essentially what is being asked is 'Do I have free-will or is everything determined for me be something else?' Some scientists will say that our natural selection determines this and that we do not have free will. But what about you? Is everything, even evil things, truly working for the good of those who love God?

Look at these verses: Rom. 8, Prov. 16:1, 9.

My Dad Died the Other Day

I will post a little more about this in the next few weeks after I have done a little more prcoessin gand grieving. Therefore I will probably be away from the blog for the next week or so. However, I might have a guest blogger take over for a little while. This has been a horrifying experience! My worst nightmare. I am now fatherless along with my sisters and my mother is a widow. The most healing aspect of all of this is the reality of my adoption in God! He has adopted me as His own son and given me that place of intimacy! When I have written more in my journal and processed more I will share my walk with you all. Please refer to my cousin's messages about the fatherhood of God. I preached a message on the 'Doctrine of Adoption' at Twin City about 2 years ago and I might find a way to post a link about it. Now I am really really living it and I love it. God is my daddy, my sister's daddy and my mother's true husband. In the meantime I want you all to have the link to my dad's obituaries here is the one in the paper: click here and here is the one on Casdorph and Curry's website: just click here.

Lot's Orphaned Heart

Here is the link to Keith McFarland's message "Lot's Orphaned Heart".

The Orphaned Heart

Here is a link to Keith McFarland's message "The Orphaned Heart"

The Fatherhood of God

Here is a link to Keith McFarland's sermon on "The Fatherhood of God." I must warn you that listening to this sermon will definitely shake your worldview. Click here for the sermon.

When Sinners Say "I Do"

As most of you already know, I am preparing to get married. The woman that I am preparing to marry is absolutely amazing, however, she is still a sinner and so am I. Something that I have been struggling with is the question "How can two sinners live together as one?" The only answer that I have found comfort and clear direction is the gospel. Dave Harvey wrote a book called "When Sinners Say I Do." Harvey comments on his book in these videos. Click here.

For the Unchurched

Pastor Jon Cyrus has recently posted an article about his experience talking with a man who does not believe he needs to be in church to worship God. Here is the conclusion of his article
"It is clear that the church has much work to do. It is also clear that since many of our friends and neighbors will not be joining us on Sundays that we better be going to where they are on Monday - Saturday. Why not have a good cup of coffee at the same time."
I encourage all of you to read the rest of his short account. To read it click here!

Sunday's New Study

Over the past few months we have been studying Ecclesiology, the study of the church.

This next week is going to kick off a new format of study. We are separating the men and women in order to better focus on some more personal needs. I will be leading the men through a study of a book and Rachel will be leading the women. So see you Sunday.

A Parable for the Church

Nose and hand were sitting in the church pew talking. The morning service, led by Ear and Mouth, had just ended, and Hand was telling nose that he and his family had decided to look for a different church.
"Really?" Nose responded to Hand's news. "Why?"
"Oh, I don't know," Hand said, looking down. He was usually slower to speak than other members of the church body. "I guess because the church doesn't have what Mrs. Hand and I are looking for."
"Well, what are you looking for in a church?" Nose asked. The tone in which he spoke these words was sympathetic. But even as he was speaking them he knew he would dismiss Hand's answer. If the Hands couldn't see that Nose and the rest of the leadership were pointing the church body in the right direction, the body could do without them.
Hand had to think before answering. He and Mrs. Hand liked Pastor Mouth and his family. And Minister of Music Ear meant well. "Well, I guess we're looking for a place where people are more like us," Hand finally stammered. "We tried spending time with the Legs, but we didn't connect with them. Next we joined the small group for all the Toes. But they kept talking about socks and shoes and odors. And that didn't interest us."
Nose looked at him this time with genuine dismay: "Aren't you glad they're concerned with odors?!"
"Sure, sure. But its not for us. Then, we attended the Sunday school for all you facial features. Do you remember? We came for several Sundays a couple of months ago?
"It was great to have you."
"Thank you. But everyone just wanted to talk , and listen and smell, and taste. It felt like, well, it felt like you never wanted to get to work and get your hands dirty. Anyway, Mrs. Hand and I were thinking about checking out that new church over on East Side. We hear they do a lot of clapping and handsraising, which is closer to what we need right now."
"Hmmm," Nose replied. "I see what you mean. We'd hate to see you go. But I guess you have to do what's good for you."
At that moment, Mrs. Hand, who had been caught up in another conversation, turned back to join her husband and Nose. Hand briefly explained what he an Nose had been talking about, after which Nose repeated his sadness at the prospect of losing the Hands. But he again said that he understood since it sounded like their needs weren't being met.
Mrs. Hand nodded in agreement. She wanted to be polite, but, truth be told, she wasn't sad to be leaving. Her husband had made just enough critical remarks about the church over the years that her heart had begun to reflect his. No, he had never burst into an open tirade against the body. In fact, he usually apologized for "being so negative," as he put it. But the little complaints that he let slip out here and there had had an effect. The small groups were a little cliquish. The music was a little out of date. The programs did seem a little silly. The teaching wasn't entirely to their liking. In the end, it was hard for the two of them to put their fingers on it, but they finally decided that the church wasn't for them.
In addition to all that, Mrs. Hand knew that their daughter Pinkie was not comfortable with the youth group. Everyone was so different from her, she felt out of joint.
Mrs. Hand then said something about how much she appreciated Nose and the leadership.. But the conversation made him want to sneeze. He thanked Mrs. Hand for her encouragement, repeated that he was sorry to hear of their departure, then turned and walked away. Who needed the Hands? Apparently, they didn't need him.
- Taken from the introduction of the book What is a Healthy Church by Mark Dever.

New Year Resolutions

Need some help in forming some solid resolutions? Well, it never hurts to check out this list of resolutions written over 250 years ago by Jonathon Edwards.

Edward's Life Resolutions