Oh, and says this, do any of us find decays in grace prevailing in us? Deadness, coldness, lukewarmness,

let us assure ourselves there is no better way for our healing and deliverance.

No other way, but this way alone, namely the obtaining of a fresh view of the glory of Christ by faith and steady

abiding therein constant contemplation of Christ in his glory putting forth its transforming power

unto the revival of all grace is the only relief in this case. A name that is perhaps more familiar to you than some of the other Puritans that we've

considered this week is John Owen and you just heard Michael Reeves read a

portion of Owen and even though John Owen's life was heavy as he experienced depression

and he buried all of his children, it was a life filled

with Christ-centered, gospel proclaiming teaching and preaching.

And it's this man that you'll meet today on this Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

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Well here's Michael Reeves on the Life and Ministry of John Owen.

England of England I confess has never really been a great breeding ground for theologians.

Now who knows why exactly maybe it's because the English are well we're a

pragmatist people and so the theory we're suspicious of often maybe it's because

possibly the best known British theologian ever was the Welshman

Pelagius and it's hard to follow him. And so the prize of being Britain's greatest ever theologian may be relatively uncontested,

but one of the hottest candidates for it almost certainly is John Owen, once dubbed the Calvin of England. He was born who've seen in 1616 in the little

village of Stadham. It's now called Stadham. It's a couple of miles just

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