Freedom of the Will
by Jonathan Edwards

An adult Sunday School class at
Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church
Summer 2003
led by C. Michael Holloway
(see also the class on The Religious Affections)
Editions of the book
The Yale Works of Jonathan Edwards Edition ($90.00)
HTML (partial)
Another partial HTML version
Hardcover edition
Another hardcover edition
Edwards Biography (Marsden)


MP3 audio files for several of the classes are available here.
A CD with the MP3 audio for all 11 classes is available for purchase. Send email to teaching at logicteacher.com for details about how to get one.

Many of the documents below are in PDF format. A free PDF reader is available here.

Week 1 (1 June 2003)
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?
    o audio (removed on 27 July 2003)
    o class handouts:
          o plan for the class
          o outline for today
          o beliefs survey
          o author's preface
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 2 (8 June 2003)
Use and Abuse of Labels covering the Preface
    o audio (removed on 27 July 2003)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 3 (15 June 2003)
What Do You Mean By That? covering Part I. Wherein Are Explained Various Terms and Things Belonging to the Subject of the Ensuing Discourse
    o audio (will remain available for a while)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 4 (22 June 2003)
Can the Will Be Self-Determining? covering Part II. Wherein It Is Considered, whether There Is, or Can Be Any Such Sort of Freedom of Will, as That wherein Arminians Place the Essence of the Liberty of All Moral Agents; and Whether Any Such Thing Ever Was, or Can Be Conceived of ; Sections 1-7
    o audio (removed on 3 August 2003)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 5 (29 June 2003)
Can Acts of the Will Be Contingent? covering Part II Sections 8-13
    o audio (removed on 17 August 2003)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 6 (20 July 2003)
God is Necessarily Good --- Does This Mean He Cannot be Good? covering Part III. Wherein Is Inquired, whether Any Such Liberty of Will as Arminians Hold, Be Necessary to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Praise and Dispraise, etc.  ; Sections 1-3
    o audio (removed on 24 August 2003)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 7 (27 July 2003)
Of Commands, Motives, and Ability covering Part III. Sections 4-7
    o audio (removed on 23 February 2004)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 8 (3 August 2003)
Yes, But ... It Doesn't Make Sense covering Part IV. Wherein the chief Grounds of the Reasonings of Arminians, in Support and defense of Their Notions of Liberty, Moral Agency, etc. and against the Opposite Doctrine, Are Considered ; Overview & Sections 1-4
    o audio (removed on 23 February 2004)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 9 (10 August 2003)
Yes, But ... Why Should I Try? covering Part IV. Sections 5-8
    o audio (removed on 23 February 2004)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 10 (17 August 2003)
Yes, But ... Then Sin is God's Fault covering Part IV. Sections 9-13
    o audio (available for a limited time only)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Week 11 (24 August 2003)
Implications & Speculations covering Conclusion
    o audio (available for a limited time only)
    o class handouts: outline for today
    o full notes used in teaching
Curator: C. Michael Holloway
last modified: 23 February 2004 (14:41:59)