mike8878
Sep 7, 2025
Masterful balancing, Tom!!
Deeply grateful for how you balanced these two weighty sermons—M’Cheyne’s piercing warnings of hell immediately tempered by Stoddard’s equally intense notes of gracious invitation. I confess I had strong misgivings about Stoddard, given his conflict with Jonathan Edwards, who rightly stood firm on 1 Corinthians 11 in guarding the Lord’s Supper as a means of grace for believers, but judgment to unbelievers. Edwards’ costly faithfulness in Northampton, even at the loss of his pulpit, remains a witness to “iron sharpening iron.” Yet, hearing Stoddard’s words here alongside M’Cheyne, I better understand why Edwards so often cited his grandfather in Religious Affections. Thank you for weaving them together in narration—sobering and comforting in perfect measure, Tom!!!