Communion With God (Puritan Paperbacks: Treasures of John Owen for Today's Readers) Paperback – November 1, 1991

I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to understand more of the love of God for us. I've highlighted so many sections of this and review them daily.Here's a couple of my "highlights":In vain should we apply our natural abilities to remember, call to mind, consider, the promises of Christ; without success would it be,—it is so daily: but when the Comforter doth undertake the work, it is done to the purpose.We see it by daily experience, that very many have little taste and sweetness and relish in their souls of those truths which yet they savingly know and believe; but when we are taught by this unction, oh, how sweet is every thing we know of God!Be aware though, the language is hard to get through, but keep pressing on with the Lord's help and you'll find rich treasures in it.

This is Owen at his very best. I love this work because not only does he show how each member of the trinity is different but he shows how they relate to us and even how they relate to one another! Call for someone wanting to dig deeper into the subject of the Trinity this is a must have. You will also see parts of Owen that you would recognize from other works. Most assuredly there are traces of mortification of sin and the death of death. Works like this show why the Puritans composed works that are far superior to any of today

Can't say enough about America's greatest theologian. Great read and very insightful. If your desire is to have a true, correct and deep understanding of God's word and purpose, then you should put the Works of John Owen at the top of your reading list.

Besides the bible, this book has made the biggest difference in my life. Well, I should say the first four chapters have. I can't get past the truths in the first four chapters. I so easily wrestle with the truth of God's inexhaustible love toward his children. I just have to keep coming back. And I have had this book for nine months! This book is in a series called Puritan Paperbacks which makes it easier to read, and it is. It is not the language that keeps me unable to get past chapter four; it is it's beauty in expressing the love of God toward his people and his longing to have communion with them. The inability to grasp these truths keeps us alienated from God. We run away and hide our faces because we believe He is harsh and unkind. What a bad wrap the Puritans get. They are often thought of as preachers of a strict code of unattainable standards. I think they were able to live holier lives because they had such a sweet communion with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. I still have so much to learn. If you are considering buying this book, you won't regret it-just don't expect to fly through it. It needs plenty of time to be digested and meditated on.

Great book. A 5 in and of itself. Footnotes well done. But for some reason someone appended the entire text of the King James Bible. The result is a book that loads as slow as molasses. Not sure why the entire bible text was included since the texts of bible references were already included. I don't mind having the entire text of the King James. I just would prefer to have it in a separate book.

This book is absolutely wonderful. It is practical and encouraging. It has been instrumental in the spiritual development of several of my favorite people. When I feel myself drifting, I pull this out and read it and the scripture that it illuminates, and God uses it to draw me back to Himself. It is perhaps my favorite book of all time.

The author's heart and passion is felt on every page. His devotion to the truth of God's word is conspicuously apparent. Instructive, and deeply spiritual.

Great book! It is an older book so it uses words that are hard to understand. If you can get by that, it has a huge amount of knowledge though!Thank you very much.