When true happiness is sufficiently revealed, we like it not upon God’s terms. The Jews, when our Saviour told them of the bread of God that came down from Heaven to give life to the world, said unto Him, “Lord, evermore give us this bread” (John 6:34): but it is said, upon hearing the conditions [...]
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My favorite books – John Owen
As we approach the end of the school year, many of us will be making plans for the summer. If you’re like me, those plans will include much more time for reading. So I thought I would start making a list of my favorite books and share it with those who might be interested. First [...]
John Owen on Justification
It is vain to recommend the doctrine of justification unto them who neither desire nor endeavor to be justified. But where any persons are really made sensible of their apostasy from God, of the evil of their natures and lives, with the dreadful consequences that attend thereon, in the wrath of God and eternal punishment [...]
Middle ways…
…Usually such men that are for middle ways in points of doctrine have a greater kindness for that extreme that they go halfway to, than for that which they go halfway from. – Robert Traill
David Clarkson on Original Sin
The end of the ministry of the gospel is to bring sinners unto Christ. Their way to this end lies through the sense of their misery without Christ. The ingredients of this misery are our sinfulness, original and actual; the wrath of God, whereto sin has exposed us; and our impotency to free ourselves either [...]
John Owen: Herein would I live…
I have seen and read somewhat of the writings of learned men concerning the state of future glory; some of them are filled with excellent notions of truth, and elegance of speech, whereby they cannot but much affect the minds of them who duly consider what they say. But I know not well whence it [...]
