John Owen
John Owen
father believe love-you
The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you.
worship christ holy
We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love.
scripture ifs
If Scripture has more than one meaning, it has no meaning at all.
jesus effort grace
Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine that we can do these things by our own efforts is to trample on the cross and grace of Jesus Christ. Whatever God works in us by his grace, he commands us to do as our duty. God works all in us and by us.
believe mean personality
Every time we say we believe in the Holy Spirit, we mean we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.
firsts flocks duty
The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word
thinking people satan
Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.
prayer temptation ifs
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.
scripture revelations agree
If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false.
believe christ should
Christ did not die for any upon condition, if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect, that they should believe.
bit entirely houston pattern shutting surprised
It's become a little bit of a pattern with franchises that were struggling. I'm not entirely surprised with the shutting down of the Houston franchise.
changes downtown happen major seeing
It's not going to happen overnight, ... But I think you're going to be seeing some major changes in downtown Waynesburg.
men discovery scripture
For a man solemnly to undertake the interpretation of any portion of Scripture without invocation of God, to be taught and instructed by His Spirit, is a high provocation of him; nor shall I expect the discovery of truth from any one who thus proudly engages in a work so much beyond his ability.
amount chord frequency money struck
It wasn't so much the amount of money as it was the frequency that struck a chord with some folks.