Jonathan Edwards is perhaps the Christian theologian who has spoken in greatest detail about the affections—with his theology of the affections captured in its mature state in Religious Affections. For a shorter consideration of the effect that our affections have on us, one can turn to the Scottish pastor Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847). Chalmers gave a lecture that has become a classic reading on the Christian life, now published by Crossway (where I work as an editor):
Thomas Chalmers and the Need for a New…
Jonathan Edwards is perhaps the Christian theologian who has spoken in greatest detail about the affections—with his theology of the affections captured in its mature state in Religious Affections. For a shorter consideration of the effect that our affections have on us, one can turn to the Scottish pastor Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847). Chalmers gave a lecture that has become a classic reading on the Christian life, now published by Crossway (where I work as an editor):