Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-born Presbyterian minister  and a leader of the First Great Awakening. Tennent was ordained in 1726 and became  minister of a Presbyterian church in New Brunswick, NJ. Tennent promoted the  revivalist style of preaching along with George Whitefield, and was deeply critical of his  more conservative Presbyterian colleagues. In 1741, Tennent was instrumental in  bringing about the schism between the Old Side (anti-revival, largely Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians) and New Side (pro-revival, largely based in New England). Tennent later  worked to heal the split between Old Side and New Side, and the two factions did  reunite in 1758. In this sermon, Tennent often refers to “natural man,” a person who is  not a true follower of Christ and depends on good works and the intellectual aspects of  faith rather than the emotional and spiritual experience of faith.

Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-born Presbyterian minister  and a leader of the First Great Awakening. Tennent was ordained in 1726 and became  minister of a Presbyterian church in New Brunswick, NJ. Tennent promoted the  revivalist style of preaching along with George Whitefield, and was deeply critical of his  more conservative Presbyterian colleagues. In 1741, Tennent was instrumental in  bringing about the schism between the Old Side (anti-revival, largely Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians) and New Side (pro-revival, largely based in New England). Tennent later  worked to heal the split between Old Side and New Side, and the two factions did  reunite in 1758. In this sermon, Tennent often refers to “natural man,” a person who is  not a true follower of Christ and depends on good works and the intellectual aspects of  faith rather than the emotional and spiritual experience of faith.