The Mortification of Sin by John Owens (Review)
by Wyatt Houtz   July 1, 2009 1:29pm v.6 Rating: Status: Hidden

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I highly recommend The Mortification of Sin by John Owen with a foreword by J.I. Packer. The longer title of Owen's book is On the Mortification of Sin in Believers, and it is available online in entirety for free (here and here). It's another short and small book with 176 half-sized pages. I highly recommend it! John Owen (1616 - 1683) was a Reformer who lived a hundred years before Jonathan Edwards, and was a famous Calvinist theologian, and church leader in England. In this book, Owen describes the sinful and fallen condition of man as inescapable, and our only recourse is to put sin to death everyday, even though it is impossible to purge ourselves from our sinful nature. Unless we daily put our sin to death, it will constantly increase and manifest itself in different ways that will overcome us. John Owen writes everything that should have been written in "Every Man's Battle" series. I highly recommend that you read it today!   Last Update: July 1, 2009 1:50pm Tags: Mortification of Sin in Believers, The Mortification of Sin, John Owens, Calvinism, Total Depravity, Fall, J.I. Packer

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Comments: #1 July 2, 2009 12:31pm Excellent post on John Owen and his perspective on the mortification of sin! My friend Miguel, who works at Mars Hill, wrote a big paper on Owen. He was very impressed with Owen's theology and pastoral perspective within that theology. phil #2 July 2, 2009 6:25pm I was surprised how much I liked his book. I have a couple more on my reading list, and i'm looking forward to reading it. Wyatt #3 July 27, 2009 2:28pm Hello, I came across your blog from a Google search for Owen's book. My pastor and I read through The Mortification of Sin last year and it was a thoroughly convicting read. Wanted to let you and your readers know that there is an unabridged recording of The Mortification of Sin available for free download at http://www.archive.org/details/mortification_of_sin_librivox. After reading it with my pastor, I wanted to make it accessible in audio format for those who perhaps could not read it themselves or preferred listening to audio books. While far from professional, it is my hope that having it in audio format will be a blessing to somebody. God bless, Stephen Stephen http://eskypades.wordpress.com #4 July 29, 2009 12:37am Thanks for the great tip! Wyatt Add a comment: Name: Email: WWW: AIM: Location: Comment: PublicPrivate