Often said to be the most powerful sermon ever preached on American soil, this sermon, "Sinners in the hands of an angry God" by Jonathon Edwards was preached during the 1700s in Virginia before the time of the American Revolution.
It is a classic "fire and brimstone" type of sermon, and if you like old-tyme sermons, you'll love this one.
It's a classic masterpiece, and very famous, and if you have interest in things like this, it is one that everyone should be familiar with. It's about 45 minutes long.
You can download it for free at this link:
http://thefivesolas.us/wordpress/?page_id=169
Just go to that link, and click on the RED headline "Sinners in the hands of an angry God", which is also underlined. That will begin a download for you.
It's a long download(big file), and will take a long time if you're on dial up.
But it's well worth it.
The person reading this sermon is a famous performing artist and actor, and is famous for his clarity and power in the presentation.
I think it's really good.
It's a sermon that you'll likely never hear in any modern American church.
That is an excellent sermon. I might have to listen to this one again today (though I am having difficulty downloading it right now).
Here is another great sermon that speaks to our modern Christian culture and our need for change. It is called "Lukewarm and Lovin It" by Francis Chan.
I'm gonna try to watch that one sometime this week-end, Khomar.
That's a long one for me, because I'm on a dial-up connection.
Judging by the title, it probably has a similar themes as "Sinners in the hands", and probably a more modern presentation, which should be good.
I think one of the "snags" that Christians run into in this liberty movement is that alot of the liberty movement is very ardently "individualist" in nature, and many of these "individualists" perceive giving ones-self over to God as a loss of their individual control over themselves, and a "control scheme" that's designed to "herd" them into social and cultural control.
I don't blame them for that, because many of the religious movements and churches have used it for that purpose.
However, I'm fiercely individualistic, and I don't feel that belief in God is impinging at all on my individualism or liberty, and in fact I think it is very liberating and enlightening.
2 Chronicles 7:14
You can also go to his church's website where you can download the audio only version or the video directly to your computer. That might work better than trying to stream it.
http://cornerstonesimi.com/
I believe it was given on Oct 8, 2006.
You are very right in regard to impressions of Christianity. I think part of the problem is the influence toward hierarchy that crept into the church and culminated in the Roman Catholics. We still haven't shaken off that concept. While there is a certain hierarchy of the elders/pastor, they were never meant to be dictators of the church but rather examples to follow and knowledgeable men able to teach and empower other believers to live out their faith. It is a team not a monarchy, a body not an oligarchy. When viewed in this light, the value of the individual is promoted as we all have something to contribute -- we all have specific and special spiritual gifts given by God for the express purpose of helping others.
I think need to break down the barriers between laity and clergy to once again be simply brothers and sisters in Christ.