In this episode of The Puritan Pulpit, host Nick Reddin brings you Jonathan Edwards’s moving sermon, “True Saints, When Absent from the Body, Are Present with the Lord,” preached at the 1747 funeral of missionary David Brainerd. At just 29, Brainerd’s relentless gospel work among Native Americans cost him his health, yet his unshakable faith inspired Edwards to share this powerful reflection on life, death, and eternal hope. Join us to hear Edwards’s eloquent vision of a believer’s homecoming to Christ, woven with Brainerd’s remarkable story of devotion.

In 'The Puritan Pulpit', host Nick Reddin presents a compelling podcast that bridges the past and present through the powerful sermons of the Puritans. Inspired by notable theological figures like R.C. Sproul and John Piper, Nick revisits the depth and reverence of Puritan preaching. Each episode includes not just the sermon's delivery but also historical insights, offering listeners both spiritual enrichment and educational content. Although this project began as a personal journey, Nick invites listeners to engage with these timeless truths, hoping they will strengthen their faith. This podcast is an ode to the Puritans' enduring legacy.

Jonathan Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a powerful, soul-piercing sermon delivered on July 8, 1741, during the height of the Great Awakening. Renowned for its vivid imagery and profound theological depth, this sermon was used by God to awaken multitudes to the reality of divine judgment and the necessity of repentance. Edwards, with striking clarity, paints the terrifying truth of God's righteous wrath against sin while holding out the hope of mercy through Jesus Christ.

The sermon draws its primary inspiration from Deuteronomy 32:35, emphasizing that all unconverted sinners are suspended over the pit of eternal destruction by the mere pleasure of a holy God. Edwards describes sinners as being held by a fragile thread, with nothing but God's sovereign grace preventing them from plunging into everlasting torment. His words are designed to pierce the conscience, emphasizing both the justice of God in punishing sin and the urgency of fleeing to Christ for salvation.

Yet, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is not a sermon of hopeless despair but one of gracious warning. Edwards calls his hearers to repentance, urging them to seek refuge in Christ, the only Savior from divine wrath. His masterful use of Scripture, combined with pastoral earnestness, makes this sermon a profound example of biblical preaching aimed at awakening spiritual deadness.