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The Old Testament uses the phrase "fire and brimstone" in the context of divine punishment and purification. In Genesis 19, God destroys Sodom and Gomorrah with a rain of fire and brimstone (Hebrew: גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ), and in Deuteronomy 29, the Israelites are warned that the same punishment would fall upon them should they abandon their covenant with God.
Hell-fire preaching is a religious term that refers to preaching which calls attention to the final destiny of the impenitent, ... Fire and brimstone; Preacher ...
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian. Edwards is widely regarded as one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians.
Today’s Free Press Flashback recounts an extended visit to Detroit by Billy Sunday, America’s best-known evangelist of the World War I era.
A compact man with a polite demeanor, he painted a picture of spiritual battle against worldly evil with fire and brimstone, us-against-them rhetoric also favored by Trump.
Edwards was invited by the pastor of the church to preach to them. Edwards's aim was to teach his listeners about the horrors of Hell, the dangers of sin, and the terrors of being lost. Edwards described the position of those who do not follow Christ's urgent call to receive forgiveness.
The commotion attracted the attention of Dunham, who rushed back to the meeting room to investigate. Dunham, a "fire and brimstone" preacher, was indignant to find many of the Methodists on the floor in emotional outburst. He began praying loudly, for God to put a stop to "the raging of the wild fire."
He served as the Free church minister at Culnacarn on the Glenmoriston estate from 1930 to 1934 and gained a reputation as a fire and brimstone style preacher, focussed on the evils of sin. In 1934 he was translated to the Highland (Gaelic) Church in Partick, Glasgow. [4]