A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance
by Kirsten Birkett
Contents
1. Introduction
The Puritans in Profile
2. Why We Need the Puritans
3. Puritanism as a Movement of Revival
4. The Practical Writings of the English Puritans
The Puritans and the Bible
5. John Owen on Communication from God
6. The Puritans as Interpreters of Scripture
7. The Puritan Conscience
The Puritans and the Gospel
8. “Saved by his own precious blood:” An Introduction to John Owen’s The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
9. The Doctrine of Justification in Development and Decline among the Puritans
10. The Puritan view of preaching the gospel
The Puritans and the Holy Spirit
11. The Witness of the Spirit in Puritan Thought
12. The Spirituality of John Owen
13. John Owen on Spiritual Gifts
The Puritan Christian life
14. The Puritans and the Lord’s Day
15. The Puritan Approach to Worship
16. Marriage and Family in Puritan Thought
The Puritans in Ministry
17. Puritan Preaching
18. Puritan Evangelism
19. Jonathan Edwards and Revival
20. Afterword
General Summary
A collection of essays on the English Puritans (with one on Jonathan Edwards), describing and analysing their theology and practice.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Puritanism was the foremost expression of the “devotional quickening” in the Western world after the Reformation. Personally, Puritans helped the author:
- (from Owen) be neither myopic nor despairing about sin;
- see the biblical witness to the sovereignty and particularity of Christ’s love;
- (from Baxter) see the necessity of regular discursive meditation;
- understand the minister’s pastoral office;
- (generally) feel the transitoriness of life;
- shape churchly identity;
- be aware that all theology is spirituality.
In style and substance they “fill their books with God.” . . .
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