Preaching
The Aim of Sermons
In his preface to “Fifteen Sermons on Various Subjects” Jonathan Edwards wrote about a few things for his readers to keep in mind as they read, particularly about how to think about sermons: The reader cannot be insensible for the disadvantages attending all posthumous works, especially sermons, which are generally prepared only for the next sabbath, and for a particular congregation, and often in great haste, and amidst many avocations. Yet if in these sermons he shall find the most…