Freedom of the Will, Jonathan Edwards
Freedom of the Will, Jonathan Edwards
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Freedom of the Will

Author: Jonathan Edwards

Narrator: Bob Souer

Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2016

Synopsis

Freedom of the Will is a deeply affecting Christian text that serves as a philosophical guide to the free will of people, their moral agency, and our accountability to God.Jonathan Edwards was a Protestant theologian and a leading revivalist preacher during the Great Awakening. Edwards wrote Freedom of the Will in the eighteenth century while working as a missionary to a tribe of Housatonic Native Americans in Massachusetts. He carefully drew out the differences of thought between the Calvinist and Arminian theologies and sided with the Calvinist views on humanity’s will. Edwards sought to understand God’s foreknowledge and how it related to free will and the ability to choose between good and evil. Ultimately, he concluded that to find salvation we must accept God’s grace and trust in what is good, which God has foreordained, and use our free will to seek it out in all our choices.

About Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is by far the best known American theologian. After graduating from and teaching at Yale University, he began a very fruitful ministry at Northampton, Massachusetts. At last he was called to be the first president of Princeton University, where he served only five weeks before dying of smallpox.

About Bob Souer

Bob Souer is a full-time professional storyteller, voice actor, and AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. He has narrated broadcast and nonbroadcast projects for corporations and ministries across North America. His voice has been heard on PBS, the History Channel, the Military Channel, and many other networks. He has also narrated radio and television programs for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, D. James Kennedy Ministries, SIM, and Compassion International.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike on August 12, 2016

Edwards excellently argues for the validity of Calvinistic theology. He demonstrates through cause and effect that the human will is not self-originating or self-determining; that God's foreknowledge demands determinism; that the present world is the best possible world for the purpose of the greate......more

Goodreads review by Ian Bennett on May 15, 2021

I’m officially an Edwards fan boy......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on February 27, 2024

A difficult read as far as immediate comprehension goes. I will definitely be reading it again to help solidify my understanding. The arguments, as laid out by Edwards, seem to hold sufficient weight as far as the concept of compatibilism goes. It was very helpful for furthering my understanding of......more

Goodreads review by Kofi on October 03, 2021

A profound but challenging read. Edwards’ treatise on the will proves that he was not just a brilliant preacher but also an astute philosopher. He reasonably defends the Calvinistic doctrine of God’s foreknowledge against the inconsistent and corrupted version held by the Arminians. My only reservat......more

Goodreads review by Christian on September 01, 2020

Edwards offers a biblical and logical critique of Arminian notions concerning the “freedom of the will” or simply the notion of libertarian free will. He starts off by first defining many words concerning “the will.” He then moves to the argument that he is critiquing. Finally he presents his own al......more

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