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READING "RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS" A Study Guide to Jonathan Edwards' Classic on the Nature of True Christianity Craig Biehl
 "Have you ever put abook down and thought, 'Wow, that's deep. I wish I had a friend who could walk me through this book and explain it point by point'? Craig Biehl has done precisely that. Furthermore, he has done it for one of the most important books ever written: 'Religious Affections'. No one since the apostles had more insight into authentic godliness than Jonathan Edwards. But his books can be difficult to read. Biehl's study guide helps you to understand the historical situation of Edwards's day. It walks you through Edwards's teachings in easy-to-follow outlines mingled with choice quotes from Edwards. After each section he presents several questions for personal meditation or small group discussion. I regularly assign 'Religious Affections' to my students and heartily recommend Biehl's book as a companion to all who would read,understand, and apply Edwards's masterpiece." --Dr. Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan
 "This is a very helpful study guide to one of the most important spiritual texts inall of history. If you read 'ReligiousAffections' with patience, care, and fervent prayer, using this simple textual aid, you will find yourself reflecting on the state of your heart, mind, and soul like never before in your life. I guarantee that you will never be the same." - Douglas A. Sweeney, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
 "With exacting rigor and care, Jonathan Edwards' Treatise Concerning Religious Affections provides both a diagnosis of the Great Awakening and good medicine for what ails Christian piety. In this unique study guide, Craig Biehl here dispenses twenty manageable and carefully referenced doses drawn from the Treatise for the health of true religion in the church of the Great Physician. " - R. Daniel Knox, Pastor, Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, PA
 "Few books have the profound depth and insight as Jonathan Edwards's 'The Religious Affections'--which is both good news and bad. The good news is that the book well repays reading and study. The bad news is the book can be rather daunting. Craig Biehl's study guide comes to the rescue. This deft guide by a capable scholar will lead you by the hand (and head and heart) to a clear understanding and deep appreciation for this classic text by Jonathan Edwards." - Stephen J. Nichols, Research Professor of Christianity and Culture, Lancaster Bible College, Author, 'Jonathan Edwards: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought'
 Table of Contents
 Analytical Outline
 SECTION ONE: Introduction, Background, and Central Issues
 Session One: Introduction to Jonathan and Sarah Edwards
 Session Two: The Context and Occasion of The Religious Affections: The Great Awakening
 SECTION TWO: The Religious Affections
 Part One: The Nature and Importance of Religious Affections
 Session Three: Definition, Nature, Importance, and Scripture Support of Religious Affections
 Part Two: Uncertain Signs that Religious Affections are the Work of God in a True Believer
 Session Four - Introduction
 Sign I: Religious Fervor or Zeal
 Sign II: Great Physical Affects on the Body
 Sign III: Fluent, Fervent, and Abundant Religious Talk
 Session Five
 Sign IV: That Affections Seem To Be from an External Supernatural Source
 Sign V: That Religious Affections Come with Texts of Scripture in the Mind
 Sign VI: The Presence of Love
 Sign VII: The Presence of Many Kinds of Religious Affections Accompanying Each Other
 Session Six
 Sign VIII: That Joy and Comfort Follow Conviction and Mourning for Sin.
 Sign IX: Great Time and Energy Spent in Religious Activity and Worship
 Sign X: Abundant Praise to God
 Session Seven - Sign XI: Great Assurance of One's Own Salvation
 Session Eight - Sign XII: That One's Religious Affections and Testimonies Move the Hearts of Saints
 PART THREE: Signs that Religious Affections are the Work of God in a True Believer
 Session Nine: Qualifications and the Fruit of the Permanent Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
 Introduction and Necessary Qualifications
 Sign I: Gracious Affections (Religious Affections that Are a Work of God in a True
 Believer) Are the Fruit of the Holy Spirit that Dwells Permanently in the Believer
 Session Ten - Sign II: Gracious Affections Are Founded Primarily upon the Greatness of God and His Works, Apart from Self-Interest
 Session Eleven - Sign III: Gracious Affections Are Founded upon the 'Loveliness' of the Holiness of God and His Works
 Session Twelve - Sign IV: Gracious Affections Arise from Divine Illumination.
 Session Thirteen - Sign V: Gracious Affections Are Accompanied by the Conviction that the Gospel Is True
 Session Fourteen - Sign VI: Gracious Affections Are Accompanied by True Humility.
 Session Fifteen
 Sign VII: Gracious Affections Accompany a Change of Nature
 Sign VIII: Gracious Affections Promote and Are Attended with a Christ-Like Demeanor
 Session Sixteen
 Sign IX: Gracious Affections 'Soften the Heart'
 Sign X: Gracious Affections Have a Beautiful Symmetry and Balance.
 Sign XI: The Higher Gracious Affections Are Raised, the Greater the Desire for Spiritual
 Growth, Whereas False Affections Rest Satisfied in Themselves
 Session Seventeen - Sign XII: Gracious Affections Generate Christian Practice and Fruit (Part 1)
 Session Eighteen - Sign XII: Gracious Affections Generate Christian Practice and Fruit (Part 2)
 Session Nineteen - Sign XII: Gracious Affections Generate Christian Practice and Fruit (Part 3)
 Session Twenty - Sign XII: Gracious Affections Generate Christian Practice and Fruit (Part 4)
 IMPORTANT NOTICE: The pagination of the entire Study Guide is based upon BOTH the Yale University edition and the Banner of Truth edition.
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