Owen: The Ignorance of a Christless Intellect
He that has attained to the greatest height of literature, yet if he has nothing else--if he have not Christ--is as much under the curse of blindness, ignorance, stupidity, dullness, as the poorest, silliest soul in the world. . . . The more abilities the mind is furnished with, the more it . . . strengthens itself to act its enmity against God. All that it receives does but help it to set up high thoughts and imaginations against the Lord Christ.--John Owen, Communion with God (Christian Focus 2007), 185-86
. . . I hope I shall not need to add anything to clear myself for not giving a due esteem and respect to literature, my intention being only to cast it down at the feet of Jesus Christ, and to set the crown upon his head.
I really love Owen. He just doesn't pull any punches. In fact, at times it seems he looks for places that may need a little tenderizing just to cut through all the pretense of proud erudition.
ReplyDeleteBy the way Jude, I absolutely love the new look. It makes me feel right at home. Are you guys going to keep it or just trying it on?
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Thanks Brandon. Just playing around with the look ... I'm liking the darker blogs these days, like yours, and thought I'd give it a try. Didn't ask the other guys so we'll see what they say.
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