Life by His Death By John Owen

John Owen was an English theologian and was without doubt not only the greatest theologian of the English Puritan movement but also one of the greatest European Reformed theologians of his day and quite possibly possessed the finest theological mind that England ever produced Owen John Owen is one of the most prominent theologians England has ever had Owens first book was published in 1642 and his last was passing through the press at the time of his death in 1683 His published works include a total of twenty four volumes Oliver Cromwell used John Owen as his personal chaplain for some years and had him preach to Parliament a number of times from 1646 on He pastored three churches during his lifetime Owen married twice his first wife died in 1676 He had eleven children none of whom survived him His grave is still preserved in the Bunhill fields burial ground city Road London The book The Death of Death in the Death of Christ here presented in an easy to read version was published by Owen in 1647 It is suggested that no one has ever succeeded in refuting the thesis that Owen here so fully expounds and defends from the Scriptures Life by His DeathGreat This gets me excited to read the original work but as this is just a summary of Owen s arguments in the death of death it does a fine job getting those across and there are a lot English Dans ce trait John Owen d fend avec passion sa th se Souvent tr s pertinent soulevant de v ritables interrogations parfois emport par son z le se contentant de r p ter une phrase massue English Helpful on understanding a very high Calvinistic view of the atonement While many arguments are intriguing the heavy reliance upon logic over a engagement with Biblical text turned me off English My first book by John Owen Straight to the point The importance of the substitutionary atonement and death of Christ English Straight to the point a little repetitive but overall enjoyed reading it An easy to read book on limited atonement English