Buku The Glory of Christ – John Owen

In The Glory of Christ,  here abridged and made easy to read, we have the great Puritan pastor  and theologian John Owen at his richest and most mature. Here he writes  about Jesus Christ, the heart of the gospel. Owen himself tells us that  the substance of the work began in his own private meditation and study  and only later was shared with his congregation. Here, then, is a master  theologian writing about the things, or better, the person, nearest to  his heart. The work itself was composed almost at the end of Owen’s life  and first published in 1684, the year after his death. Indeed, the  material in chapters fifteen to seventeen of this abridgement appeared  for the first time in the second edition of 1696, having been found  among Owen’s papers only after his death but clearly intended as the  closing section of the work.

On the day of Owen’s death (24 August  1683) William Payne, a minister in Saffron Walden who had accepted  responsibility for seeing the manuscript of this work through to  publication, visited him in Ealing (now part of London) to share the  good news that Meditations on the Glory of Christ was now going through the press. Owen’s biographers record his memorable and beautiful reply:

I  am glad to hear it; but, O brother Payne! the long-wished-for day is  come at last, in which I shall see that glory in another manner than I  have ever done, or was capable of doing in this world.

It is  clear from these pages that Owen had already seen the glory of Christ  from afar and pondered long on its significance. His teaching is  well-suited to bring us to share in his longing to know Christ better,  to see his glory more clearly and to serve him more faithfully. 

One of the hidden treasures of Christian literature, to revisit again and again for instruction and spiritual refreshment.

Title: The Glory of Christ
By: John Owen
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 192
Vendor: Banner of Truth
Publication Date: 2021
Dimensions: 7.13 X 4.75 X 0.50 (inches)
Weight: 7 ounces
ISBN-13: 9781800400702