Tag: John Flavel

• The Paradox of God’s Intentions

  A paradox of the Christian faith worth pondering, from John Flavel: When God intends to fill a soul, he first makes it empty. When God intends to enrich a soul, he first makes it poor. When he intends to exalt a soul, he first makes it sensible to it’s own miseries, wants, and nothingness.

  Dennis Griffith

  March 27, 2014

  Christian Life, Grace, Graffiti

  Christian Life, Grace, John Flavel, Paradox of Grace, Paradoxes of the Christian Faith, Puritan Wisdom, Reformed Spirituality

• A Paradox of God’s Intentions

  A paradox of the Christian faith worth pondering, from John Flavel: When God intends to fill a soul, he first makes it empty. When God intends to  enrich a soul, he first makes it poor. When he intends to exalt a soul, he first makes it sensible to it’s own miseries, wants, and nothingness.

  Dennis Griffith

  August 23, 2011

  Christian Life, Grace, Graffiti, Reformed Spirituality, Spiritual Formation

  Christian Humility, John Flavel, Paradox of Grace, Paradoxes of the Christian Faith, Quotes

• Ecstasy & Delight

  Ecstasy and delight are essential to the believer’s soul and they promote sanctification. We were not meant to live without spiritual exhilaration, and the Christian who goes for a long time without the experience of heart-warming will soon find himself tempted to have his emotions satisfied from earthly things and not, as he ought, from…

  Dennis Griffith

  December 16, 2009

  Graffiti, Reformed Spirituality, Spiritual Formation

  Christian maturity, Christian Spirituality, Christianity, Delight, Ecstasy, John Flavel, Puritan Spirituality, Sanctifcation, Spiritual Formation, spiritual growth, Spiritual Life, Spirituality