The pastor squinted over his sermon holding the pages close to his face in order to make the words out He was extremely near-sighted and read each carefully chosen phrase with an unimposing monotone voice But God rsquo s Spirit moved through Jonathan Edwards rsquo s preaching to fan the revival fires of the First Great Awakening and bring thousands to faith in Christ God often uses unexpected things to accomplish His perfect purposes Writing about God rsquo s plan to draw wayward humanity near through Jesus rsquo loving death for us on a cross Paul concludes ldquo But God [... more]