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John Owen (1616-1683) was a prominent English theologian, writer, and pastor. His works have had a profound impact on Christian theology, particularly in the areas of predestination and moral theology.

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“The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted.”

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Author:John Owen

“He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.”

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Book:Spiritual-Mindedness

Source: Spiritual-Mindedness

“Did you never run for shelter in a storm, and find fruit which you expected not? Did you never go to God for safeguard, driven by outward storms, and there find unexpected fruit?”

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Book:The Golden Book of John Owen: Passages from the Writings of the Rev. John Owen, M.A., D.D., Sometime Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Dean of Christ Church

Source: The Golden Book of John Owen: Passages from the Writings of the Rev. John Owen, M.A., D.D., Sometime Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Dean of Christ Church

“As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed their streams; so will grace flow more fully and freely in its near approaches to the ocean of glory.”

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Book:The Person of Christ

Source: The Person of Christ

“Faith, if it be a living faith, will be a working faith.”

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Book:Epistle to the Hebrews

Source: Epistle to the Hebrews

“We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.”

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Book:The Works of John Owen

Source: The Works of John Owen