The Conversion of Jonathan Edwards
5 Minutes in Church History with Stephen Nichols
Release Date: 12/09/2020
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info_outlineIn his younger years, Jonathan Edwards objected to the sovereignty of God as a "horrible doctrine." On this episode of 5 Minutes in Church History, Dr. Stephen Nichols shows how that all changed at Edwards' conversion.</
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