The Things of This World | John Owen
Deep Dive into The Things of This World by John Owen
John Owen examines the struggle between God and the world for human affections, describing this as the great contest of heaven and earth. Affections represent a person’s entirety and serve as the soul’s helm, directing our course toward spiritual devotion or earthly-mindedness. Our predominant inclination constitutes our edge; whichever way it is set, we cut and work. Sincerity is the open avowment of these real affections, while hypocrisy is a deceitful interposition of the mind between profession and reality. Because God requires our…
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