John Owen
1616–1683 · Puritan theologian
Be killing sin or it will be killing you.
Life
Chaplain to Cromwell, vice-chancellor of Oxford, then a nonconformist pastor in London.
Why it matters
The prince of the Puritans: the atonement, the Holy Spirit, communion with God and the mortification of sin.
Works
- The Death of Death in the Death of Christ (1647)
- Of the Mortification of Sin (1656)
- Communion with God (1657)
- Hebrews commentary