Fruit-bearing is not a matter of being strong or weak, good or bad, brave or cowardly, clever or foolish, experienced or inexperienced. Whatever your gifts, accomplishments, or virtues, they cannot…
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THE word ‘grace’ is of frequent occurrence, and high and interesting import, in the sacred Scriptures. In the great concern of man’s salvation, no other word has a richer meaning….
Modern thought is a mighty force. It is either subservient to the Gospel or else it is the deadliest enemy of the Gospel. For making it subservient, religious emotion is…
There are few subjects or exercises more deeply important to professing Christians, than that which forms the principal topic in the following admirable treatise — the work of self-examination. But…
Now, when we set about any new exercise whatever, we first begin with that which is easy, and afterwards proceed therefrom to that which is more arduous. In the work…
Prefatory Note This treatise, entitled Gospel Grounds and Evidences of the Faith of God’s Elect,’ was given to the world in 1695. The remainder of the title is scarcely applicable…
The securing of the spiritual comforts of believers in this life is a matter of the highest importance unto the glory of God, and their own advantage by the gospel….
How does saving faith approve of this way? on what accounts, and unto what ends? First, It approves of it, as that which every way becomes God to find out,…
The second evidence of the faith of God’s elect The second way whereby true faith does evidence itself in the souls and consciences of believers, unto their supportment and comfort…
The third evidence of the faith of God’s elect Thirdly, Faith will evidence itself by a diligent, constant endeavour to keep itself and all grace in due exercise in all…
The fourth evidence of the faith of God’s elect I come, in the next place, to instance in a peculiar way whereby true faith will evidence itself,–not always, but on…
What methods must a Christian, in declining circumstances, take to recover a healthful and vigorous frame of soul, so as to be able to maintain real and close communion with…
What methods must a Christian, in declining circumstances, take to recover a healthful and vigorous frame of soul, so as to be able to maintain real and close communion with…
Excerpted from The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded (1681), chapter XI. William H. Goold, the nineteenth-century editor of Owen’s Works, wrote concerning this treatise: ‘There is scarcely one…
Throughout its history the church has been plagued with two heretical teachings regarding sanctification. One error confounds justification with sanctification and thus makes salvation dependent upon faith in Christ and…
‘For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.‘ Romans 8:14 (R. V.) THESE words constitute the classical passage in the New Testament…
‘For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.‘ – Philippians 2:21. We cannot suppose that the apostle intended, by these words, to characterize all his fellow…
There is nothing more important for the development of a Christian’s spiritual life than regular, systematic Bible study. It is as true in the spiritual life as in the physical…
THE word ‘grace’ is of frequent occurrence, and high and interesting import, in the sacred Scriptures. In the great concern of man’s salvation, no other word has a richer meaning….
The lament of recent writers over the deplorable state of theological consciousness in the churches is alarming. David Wells’ judgment that evangelicalism (being an expression of the Enlightenment which it…
