Jonathan Edwards and his blank Bible

This marks an exciting time in the study of Jonathan Edwards. The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University is preparing Edwards’ famous “blank Bible” for print (see video here). It will be very useful because the thoughts of Edwards will be organized exegetically. Though these volumes will be quite expensive they should also be quite valuable for the preacher of God’s Word.

(BTW, the Edwards Yale edition of his works very expensive. However, they are common in large university libraries. Here in Omaha I frequent a library with the entire set to date and many of the volumes published in the past 8 years have only been checked out once or twice!)

Anyone who spends much time in Edwards has a great respect for his ability to draw themes out of texts and cross-reference the same theme in the rest of Scripture. Every time I study Edwards I come away with a web of connections I otherwise would have never found.

I don’t have to tell you that I am no Edwards (and no Spurgeon either, while I’m thinking of it), but I do have my own blank Bible. Next week I will show you how to make a blank Bible similar to Edwards. It’s the best way to keep those Biblical insights close to the biblical texts they originate.

Have a great weekend!