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Owen on the Christian Life: Living for the Glory of God in Christ is unavailable, but you can change that!

John Owen is widely regarded as one of the most influential English Puritans. As a pastor, he longed to see the glory of Christ take root in people’s lives. As a writer, he continues to encourage us toward discipline and communion with God. His high view of God and deep theological convictions flowed naturally into practical application and a zeal for personal holiness. In Owen on the Christian...

justification (see chaps. 6 and 7), it does play a significant role in our sanctification, and the sweetness of our communion with God can be greatly affected by it.9 Owen’s entire book Of Communion with God is built upon the Trinitarian nature of our fellowship with God as seen in 1 John 1:3. There the apostle John is clear that the fellowship we have with God is a fellowship or communion both with God the Father and with God the Son, Jesus Christ. But for Owen the fundamental
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