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Arguably the most brilliant theologian ever born on american soil, edwards 1703 1758 was also a pastor, a renowned preacher, a missionary to the native americans, a biographer, a college president, a philosopher, a loving husband, and the father of eleven children. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermon sinners in the hands of. This is the standard biography of edwards and i expect. A short life of jonathan edwards by george marsden bookwi.
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