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Preach Like Jonathan
Edwards.

Reduce the sermon to one sentence, prove it, then apply it longest.

Preach Like Jonathan Edwards — Reduce the sermon to one sentence, prove it, then apply it longest.. A free guide from Pastor Center.
  • ✓10 of his sermons, studied start to finish
  • ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
  • ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 8 pages

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— Why he’s one of the greats

Reduce the sermon to one sentence, prove it, then apply it longest.

About 1,200 of his sermons survive in small handmade manuscript booklets. His secret: he reduced the whole sermon to one sentence (the “Doctrine”), proved it with numbered reasons that closed every escape route, then spent the longest section applying it to specific groups. He wanted truth felt, not just agreed with.

  • 1,200Sermons that survive in handmade manuscript booklets
  • 300Young people who joined the church in six months (1734-35)
  • 1741Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, preached at Enfield

What makes his style unique

One sentenceThe whole sermon reduced to one Doctrine.
Close every escapeNumbered reasons that leave no way out.
Apply it longestThe longest section speaks to specific groups.

The pattern in every sermonText (short) → Doctrine (one sentence) → Proof, in three moves → Application

“He made but little motion of his head or hands in the desk, but spake as to discover the motion of his own heart.”
Samuel Hopkins, his student and first biographer

Read the full story: How Jonathan Edwards Preached →

— Who wrote this

We’re pastors. We’ve had your Monday.

Pastor Center is built and written by pastors — a lead pastor who planted churches, and a church planter who grew one to 4,000 in four years. The same team teaches 9 free courses and 164 lessons. This guide is the short version.

  • 9free courses
  • 164lessons, all free
  • ARCChurches partner

— What you get

What’s inside

Preach Like Jonathan Edwards — Reduce the sermon to one sentence, prove it, then apply it longest..

  1. 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
  2. 02What he does10 of his sermons, studied start to finish, and the shape they share.
  3. 03How he does itTen steps to preach the way he did.
  4. 04His outlineWhere the time goes, movement by movement.
  5. 05Write one like Jonathan EdwardsA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
  6. 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.

— The plan

Three steps. Starting today.

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Fill in the outline with your own text and preach your next sermon the way Jonathan Edwards would.

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