Jonathan Edwards and the Toronto Blessing
This was a paper Bret wrote for his seminary class on the Church history from the Reformation to the present. In it, he had to compare and contrast the thought of Jonathan Edwards and the leaders of the “Toronto Blessing” on revival. Bret discusses the theology of each on the Divine Sovereignty and human responsibility/action in bringing about and sustaining revival. He also addresses the theologies on the subject of unusual physical manifestations during a revival. If you would like to understand how Edwards would probably have viewed several modern purported revivals, this is Bret’s understanding from Edward’s writings.