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John Owen: the Holy Spirit Speaks By the Word

A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: [John] Owen explains that the [Holy] Spirit does not speak to believers in an outward or inward vocal testimony. In other words, the Spirit does not speak to believers “of the Word, but by the Word.” When...

Why the Written Word is Better than Direct Revelation

A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: Revelations from God, such as that given to Abraham, commanding him to sacrifice his only son, had a “divine power and efficacy” that infalliby assured Abraham that the words came from God. Nevertheless, God...

Preaching the Holy Spirit

I just finished a three-month sermon series on the Holy Spirit, and surprisingly, preaching the Holy Spirit was a far more difficult task than I imagined that it would be. In preparation, I read John Owen’s magisterial work on The Holy Spirit, quite a bit of...

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