Books by John Owen

Sin and Temptation helps us recover the concepts of sin and individual responsibility our world has all but destroyed. John Owen, an English theologian of vast learning, has dealt with the nature of sinful humanity as no writer has done as keenly or thoroughly, arguing that sin is always a self-deceiving, blinding folly. Owen embodied the best of Puritan devotion: the awe of God, humility, wisdom, and an awareness of God's grace. J.I. Packer's introductory essay describes how Owen's writings shaped his own spiritual formation.Dr. James Houston, editor of the Classics of Faith and Devotion series, is a highly acclaimed scholar and pioneer int he field of evangelical spirituality. He came to North America from England in 1968 to lead Regent College in Vancouver, Canada, a worldwide center of spiritual formation.

Table of Contents: General Considerations 1. Justifying Faith, the causes, object, and nature of it declared 2. The Nature of Justifying Faith 3. The Use of Faith in Justification 4. Of Justification, the Notion, and Signification of the Word in the Scripture 5. The Distinction of a first and second Justification examined 6. Evangelical Personal Righteousness, the Nature and Use of it 7. Imputation, and the Nature of it; with the Imputation of the Righteousness of Christ in particular 8. Imputations of the Sins of the Church to Christ 9. The Formal Cause of Justification 10. Arguments for Justification by the imputation of the Righteousness of Christ 11. The Nature of the Obedience that God requires of us 12. The Imputation of the Obedience of Christ to the Law 13. The Nature of Justification proved from the difference of the Covenants 14. The Exclusion of all sorts of Works from an interest in Justification 15. Faith alone 16. The Truth pleaded, further confirmed by Testimonies of Scripture, Jer. Xxiii. 6 17. Testimonies out of the Evangelists 18. The Nature of Justification as declared in the Epistle of Paul 19. Objections against the Doctrine of Justification 20. The Doctrine of the Apostle James, concerning Faith and Works

"Communion with God expounds "the most glorious truth that believers may have distinct communion with the three persons Father, Son, and Spirit." Being addressed to the "Christian reader," it is simpler than much of John Owen's theology. (Unabridged. Includes all footnotes.)

John Owen sought to illustrate the mystery of divine grace in the Person of Christ. Regarded as one of the most important post-Reformation works, Owen's Christology illustrates the mystery of divine grace in the Person of Christ.

Unabridged text with added subtitles Church classic on the doctrine of redemption A needed reminder that the Gospel is for Christ's glory