This Dead Guy is Still a BIG Deal in Theology!

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]Owen, he lived 1616 to 1683. He basically was born when Shakespeare dies. Part of the reason that people are still reading them, especially given the fact that he's hard to read, is because Owen was both a brilliant theologian who really understood scripture and God, but he was also what I would call an early modern psychologist. He was a student of the human person. So, when he is talking about theology, he is also really applying it in very practical ways to the way we live and how we're wrestling misunderstanding we think of God like the father is very angry with us. He has really profound things to say about that. Really profound things to say about our psychology and how we deal with temptation. So, I think that combination of rich theology and really insightful early modern psychology. They wouldn't have called it that, but that's what's going on is part of what makes him still appealing to this day.