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In this book, John Owen (1616-1683) conveys the importance of the glory of Christ in the life of a believer. Meditating and savoring the glory of Christ transforms us into His image and gives us joy and strength to follow Christ to the end. The Glory of Christ was published... Read Full Overview

The Glory of Christ, written by John Owen and published in 1684, is considered by many as one of the most important monumental works in Christian history.

John Owen was an English minister. Owen, born and raised a Puritan in Oxfordshire, studied at Queen's College and became ordained there. After becoming ordained Owen was a pastor at a couple different parishes. Owen would later return to Oxford and become the academic administrator... Read Full Overview

Despite his other achievements, Owen is best famed for his writings. These cover the range of doctrinal, ecclesiastical and practical subjects. They are characterized by profundity, thoroughness and, consequently, authority. Andrew Thomson said that Owen makes you feel when he... Read Full Overview

Despite his other achievements, Owen is best famed for his writings. These cover the range of doctrinal, ecclesiastical and practical subjects. They are characterized by profundity, thoroughness and, consequently, authority. Andrew Thomson said that Owen makes you feel when he... Read Full Overview

To see the glory of Christ is one of the greatest privileges that a Christian can enjoy. Anyone who does not see his glory in this world, will not see his glory in heaven, and no one should look for anything in heaven that he has not experienced in this life. Read this book,... Read Full Overview

The language and directness of John Owen, the greatest of the Puritan theologians, endears him to modern believers just as it did to his contemporaries. The book focuses the attention on the teaching and compassion of Jesus. This book, written towards the end of Owen's life,... Read Full Overview

Meditations on the Glory of Christ was the last of many books that Owen wrote. He died as it was being printed in 1683. It was written, he tells us, for the exercise of his own mind when weakness, weariness and the near approaches of death were calling him away from this earth... Read Full Overview

S'il est vrai que notre bonheur futur se r sume tre avec Christ et contempler sa gloire, nous ne pouvons mieux l'anticiper qu'en remplissant aujourd'hui m me nos pens es de cette gloire. Nous serons ainsi progressivement transform s en cette gloire. La Gloire de Christ (Meditations... Read Full Overview

John Owen was an English Nonconformist church leader, theologian, and academic administrator at the University of Oxford. He was chosen to preach to parliament on the day after the execution of King Charles I, and succeeded in fulfilling his task without directly mentioning that... Read Full Overview