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Puritan Post #2 – John Owen

Do you mortify;
do you make it your daily work;
be always at it while you live;
cease not a day from this work;
be killing sin or it will be killing you.
– John Owen –

In my experience, temptation to sin is strongest when my body and mind are not engaged in godly, or even adiaphorous, pursuits. [...]

Puritan Post #1

Every now and then in 2011, DV, I am going to post a quotation from an English Puritan and add a couple comments. There are many such men to choose from and many wonderful observations on the grace of God and the joyful duties of Christians.

Look at these guys!
They’re just bursting with joy! [...]

Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was a preacher, theologian, and a missionary to the American Indians.  The Encyclopedia Britannica called him the greatest philosopher and theologian ever produced in America. His work is often associated with the defense of Reformed theology and the Puritan heritage, though he was not a Puritan in the strict sense of [...]