The Foundation of Christ's Redemption for all those for whom He Died.
THE ATONEMENT IS THE CORE OF THE GOSPEL
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ is a polemical work, designed to show, among other things, that the doctrine of universal redemption is unbiblical and destructive of the Gospel. Those who see no need for doctrinal exactitude and have no time for theological debates which bring to light divisions among evangelicals may deplore its publication. To some, Owen's thesis will seem so shocking that they will refuse to read his book. But today there are signs of a fresh surge of interest in the theology of the Bible—a new readiness to test tradition, to scrutinize Scripture, and to think through faith. Owen's treatise is offered to those who share this desire, in the belief that it will help us in one of the most urgent tasks facing evangelical Christendom today—the recovery of the Gospel.
“It is safe to say that no comparable exposition of the work of redemption as planned and executed by the Triune God has ever been made since Owen published his. None has needed to be. Owen's interpretation of texts is sure; his power of theological construction is superb; nothing that needs to be discussed is omitted, and since his time no argument for or against his position has been used that he himself has not noted and dealt with. Owen's work is a massive constructive biblical analysis of the heart of the Gospel, and it needs to be taken seriously as such.” J. I. Packer
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ is numbered among the best-known, and indeed may be the best-known, of the dozens of books that flowed from John Owen's pen during his four-decade-long career as an author. Whenever there is a renewed interest in what is at the heart of the gospel, these pages tend to be rediscovered and re-read. It seems that each generation needs to discover them anew. Weigh carefully what you read; compare it with Scripture. Let Owen challenge your thinking. For this is a book to make you think. Sinclair B. Ferguson
The Death of Death in the Death of Christis probably Owen’s most famous and influential book. It was published in 1647, when Owen was thirty-one. It is surely the most thorough and probably the most persuasive book ever written on the doctrine sometimes called “limited atonement,” or better called “definite atonement” or “particular redemption.” ... The Death of Death in the Death of Christis a great and very powerful book, it kept me up many nights several decades ago as I tried to make up my mind what I really believed about the third point of Calvinism (limited atonement). John Piper
John Owen (1616-1683), was vice-chancellor of Oxford University and an adviser and chaplain to Oliver Cromwell. He is considered the greatest Protestant theologian of all time, author of more than 80 volumes, and the most important theological representative of the Puritan era. He is known as the “theologian of theologians.”