Overcoming Sin and Temptation

The writings of John Owen are a challenge to any reader, to say the least. His intricacy and complexity are intimidating and his language is downright befuddling at times. However, the depth of thought and the immense value of OwenÕs works cannot be quantified. His three classic works on sin and temptation are profoundly helpful to any believer who seeks to become more like Jesus Christ.

In this volume, the editors have made updates to the language, translated the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew and footnoted difficult or unknown phrases, all without sacrificing any of the wonderful content of OwenÕs work. It is a uniquely accessible edition of John OwenÕs previously daunting work.

ÒThe editors of this volume have worked hard to make OwenÕs unrivalled insight into the ChristianÕs inner war with sin accessible to all, and the result is truly a godsend.Ó
J. I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College

ÒTo read Owen is to mine spiritual gold. Unfortunately, as in mining, reading Owen is hard work. Now, Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor have made OwenÕs work accessible to modern readers while still retaining his unique writing style.Ó
Jerry Bridges, Navigators Community Ministries Group

ÒWith brilliant editorial efforts and insightful introductions by Kapic and Taylor, John OwenÕs magnificent treatises on sin and sanctification have been made available for a new generation.Ó
David S. Dockery, President, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee

ÒSin is tenacious, but by GodÕs grace we can hate it and hunt it. John Owen provides the master guide for the sin-hunter. Kapic and Taylor bring together three of OwenÕs classics, clarifying them in simple waysÑbut all the substance, the careful, hounding arguments are still there.Ó
Mark Dever, Senior Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.

ÒJohn Owen understood how the gospel makes us well. Three cheers for Kapic and Taylor for introducing a new generation to OwenÕs peerless works.Ó
Sinclair B. Ferguson, Senior Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C.

ÒJohn Owen is a spiritual surgeon with the rare skill to cut away the cancer of sin and bring gospel healing to the sinnerÕs soul. Apart from the Bible, I have found his writings to be the best books ever written to help me stop sinning the same old sins.Ó
Philip Graham Ryken, Senior Minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia

ÒNo writer has taught me more about the dynamics of the heart and the deceitfulness of sin than John Owen. Read this book carefully; it will help you understand your heart and experience GodÕs grace.Ó
C. J. Mahaney, Sovereign Grace Ministries, Gaithersburg, Maryland