Tag: John Owen

• God’s Gifts to Us

  “When God planned the great work of saving sinners, he provided two gifts. He gave his Son and he gave his Spirit. In fact each person of the Trinity was involved in the great work of salvation. The love, grace and wisdom of the Father planned it; the love, grace and humility of the Son…

  Dennis Griffith

  December 28, 2014

  Soteriology, Theology

  Christianity, God, God’s Gifts, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John Owen, Salvation

• Killing Me Softly: Putting Sin to Death

  In Colossians 3.5, the Apostle Paul commands: Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Based on the language Paul uses it is clear that sin is in our hearts, and it will not just go away on its own.  We need…

  Dennis Griffith

  November 7, 2012

  Sanctification, Sin, Spiritual Formation

  Christian Life, John Owen, Mortification of Sin, Putting Sin to Death, sanctification, Sin, spiritual growth

• The Missional Puritan: On Mission With God

  Hey, this Missional thing is nothing new!  Listen to what the old English Puritan, John Owen, wrote in the 17th Century: God has work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority. It is not enough that we be just, that we…

  Dennis Griffith

  September 12, 2012

  Global Missions, Missio Dei, Missional

  Evangelism, John Owen, Missio Dei, Missional, Missional Church, Puritan Missiology, Puritan Theology, Puritans