This thesis examines the life and work of Lemuel Haynes (1753-1833), America’s first ordained Black minister. Following in the tradition of those First Great Awakening preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield, Haynes achieved notoriety in New England for his revi…
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The search for Christian contentment is one that every culture and generation has faced throughout church history. Jeremiah Burroughs’ collective sermon series titled The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment is often referenced as the classic text concerning the contentment of be…
This paper argues that beginning a century before the American Revolution with King Philip’s War, Puritan rhetoric and the Puritan jeremiad influenced the actions of colonial governing bodies, guiding the direction of the early colonies, and establishing the foundational belief …
The English Puritans who came to the New World had to cross over the Atlantic Ocean. For many of them this experience paralleled that of ancient Israel. God had called his people from Egypt, over the Red Sea, to Canaan, the promised land. "Crossing over" for the Puritans meant a…