The Trinitarian Devotion of John Owen Quotes

“Yes, people will tell us they believe in a “God of love.” But they are self-deceived, and their lives reveal it. They neither love Him with heart, soul, mind, and strength in return, nor do they worship Him with zeal and energy. The truth is that their mantra “My God is a God of love” is a smokescreen, a phantasm of their imagination. Underneath it all is a deep mistrust of God—otherwise, why not yield the whole of life in joyful abandon to whatever He says or asks?”
― Sinclair B. Ferguson, The Trinitarian Devotion of John Owen

“Karl Barth once wittily remarked, “One can not speak of God simply by speaking of man in a loud voice.”
― Sinclair B. Ferguson, The Trinitarian Devotion of John Owen

“The greatest privilege any of us can have is this: we can know God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
― Sinclair Ferguson, The Trinitarian Devotion of John Owen

“To become a Christian believer is to be brought into a reality far grander than anything we could ever have imagined. It means communion with the triune God.”
― Sinclair B. Ferguson, The Trinitarian Devotion of John Owen

“And, with a disregard for other things, he cherished and experienced That blessed communion with God about which he wrote.”
― Sinclair B. Ferguson, The Trinitarian Devotion of John Owen

“There are places in our quest for understanding where we reach the limits of the human mind. The finite does not have the capacity fully to grasp and understand the infinite. But it is how we respond just at this point that is significant. Do we say with Nietzsche, “But to reveal my entire heart to you, my friends, if there were gods, how could I stand not to be a god! Therefore, there are no gods.”15 Or do we bow down, “lost in wonder, love, and praise,”16 because we recognize we have come to the horizon of human understanding and can only gaze in awe at the God who is so infinitely great and glorious—and who loves and cares for us?”
― Sinclair Ferguson, The Trinitarian Devotion of John Owen