"Are You a Christian? Yeah, 'Cuz Everyone Else Is."

This was in the preface of a book I have. The book is a compilation of Edwards' sermons.

I thought it would be nice if I typed this paragraph out for you guys to read. Some interesting observations here. What do you think?

The Massachusetts colony assumed that all settlers were or should be Christian. In fact, it insisted, prohibiting immigrants who were Roman Catholic or otherwise outside the fold. At the beginning in particular, a good portion of the early settlers came to escape religious persecution. Their faith was vital and personal. After all, nominal faith is unimaginable in a persecuted church; instead they had become the established church, with all its attendant benefits, including power and the tax revenues collected to support the church. And in an established church, nominal faith becomes the norm (Sermons of Jonathan Edwards 2005).