Review: Rules for Walking in Fellowship by John Owen
Life: (p. Viii) “Owen’s extraordinary gifts propelled him to many high-profile positions, especially during the Commonwealth era in England (1649-1660). His remarkable career included such posts as chaplain to the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell; vice-chancellor of Oxford University; and dean of Christ Church, Oxford. He was also the theological polemicist par exellence of the Puritan movement, writing over eighty books, including some of the greatest theological works in the English language. But despite such a momentous public life, John Owen was also fundamentally a pastor.”
Overall Summary/review:
This is an excellent book that gives very clear and direct advice and exhortation about living in communion with fellow believers.
The book is split into two major sections (table of contents, sections)
This book reads very much like a catechism (it’s not, but it does read like it!).
Each chapter is split into four sections (ch. 11, p. 38).
About 40% of the book is proof texts (p. Xii, table of contents)
Content: Read Table of Contents.
More in-depth: Personal info relating to book.
Quotes: p. 9, 14, 27, 40, 44, 64, 92