Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

One of the most celebrated sermons in American history, preached at Enfield, Connecticut in 1741 during the First Great Awakening. Drawing from Deuteronomy 32:35, Edwards argues with terrifying force that God's sovereign pleasure alone keeps the unconverted from immediate damnation. Through vivid imagery — sinners suspended over a burning pit, held by a thread — Edwards confronts his congregation with the urgency of repentance and the infinite fierceness of divine wrath, while pointing toward the still-open door of mercy in Christ.