John Owen
John Owen
kinds ways
They have all kinds of ways of making you pay.
assets cheap either gives opportunity pick
It gives them an opportunity to either pick up those assets on the cheap or to have someone else come in and re-franchise the area.
attitude certainly chance great patiently pleased season shown squad took wait
I was very pleased with Jonathan's performance. He has had to wait patiently this season as we have a big squad but he has shown a great attitude and he certainly took his chance today.
punishment church able
The purpose of our holy and righteous God was to save his church, but their sin could not go unpunished. It was, therefore, necessary that the punishment for that sin be transferred from those who deserved it but could not bear it, to one who did not deserve it but was able to bear it.
blow men thinking
Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on his blow until it be slain, may repent that ever he began the quarrel. And so he who undertakes to deal with sin, and pursues it not constantly to the death.
rocks house grace
The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace.
servant-of-god christ servant
Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.
persuasion christ
We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.
blow issues enemy
He that stands still and suffers his enemies to double blows upon him without resistance, will undoubtedly be conquered in the issue.
enemy christ worst
Unless we are thoroughly convinced that without Christ we are under the eternal curse of God, as the worst of His enemies, we shall never flee to Him for refuge.
gargoyles bears weight
It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation.
god-is-love teach folly
That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly.
elephants swim wade
In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim.
spring heart dragons
He can make the dry parched ground of my soul to become a pool and my thirsty barren heart as springs of water. Yes he can make this habitation of dragons this heart which is so full of abominable lusts and fiery temptations to be a place of bounty and fruitfulness unto Himself