Starting today and ending this Saturday, November 19 any who wish will have the opportunity to win a copy of a book written by one of the old guys! We hope to have these giveaways from time to time and our desire is that this will help someone have the opportunity to dive deeper into a specific work by one of our beloved old guys.
This week’s giveaway features: John Owen.
J.I. Packer had this to say about him:
“Owen was by common consent the weightiest Puritan theologian, and many would bracket him with Jonathan Edwards as one of the greatest Reformed theologians of all time. “
The Book: Overcoming Sin and Temptation
Jerry Bridges describes the book this way:
“John Owen’s three treatises on sin, mortification, and temptation are a price less treasure. To read them is to mine pure spiritual gold. Unfortunately, as in mining, reading Owen is hard work. Now, through skillful editing, Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor have made Owen’s work accessible to modern readers while still retaining his unique writing style. Anyone concerned about personal holiness will profit from reading this new edition of a classic work.”
To Win All You Have to Do Is:
1. Leave a comment below and answer the question “What is your favorite ‘old guy’ book?“.
2. If you haven’t already, subscribe to The Old Guys via RSS, Email, Facebook or Twitter.
A winner will be chosen at random and contacted via email.
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Up till now my favourite Old Guy book is Pilgrims’ progress. However, if I win this book, Overcoming Sin and Temptation my become my favourite!
Calvin, Spurgeon & Bavinck
J.C. Ryle. If my house ever burns down, his books would be the ones I’d try to save first.
Knowledge of the Holy by Tozer
Keeping the Heart by John Flavel
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ by Owen
My favorite “old Guy” book is the Mortification of Sin, by Owen.
Holiness by JC Ryle and The Sovereignty of God by Pink
The Mystery of Providence by Flavel.
Don’t know if A.W. Tozer qualifies as an “old guy” since he was 20th century, but if he does my favorite book would be The Knowledge of the Holy.
The Cross of Christ by Martyn Lloyd Jones.
Today my favorite one is J.C. Ryle’s Practical Religion. Tomorrow I might choose Help-heavenward by Winslow, and the day after tomorrow… 🙂
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My favorite “Old Guy” is Charles Spurgeon and my favorite “book” from him is his sermons.
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels by JC Ryle
I have not been a member of this site for very long and I have been unemployed for a year so I haven’t had the money to make a purchase. I would be very grateful of this book for myself and for my Sunday School class. I look forward to the excerpts from your postings and enjoy the encouragement. I know my unemployment will not last forever, and when it ends I will purchase Luther, Edwards,Spurgeon, and Owens books. I have borrowed some from my pastor but would like to have some of my own.
Thank you,
Joe Michaels
I really love C.H. Spurgeon and have his 4 volumn set of sermons, and like his book All of grace. Also enjoy very much all of the old guys that i receive daily.
My favorite ‘old guy’ Thomas Watson, and my favorite ‘old guy’ book is, The Doctrine of Repentance.
1) great read! Looks to be a great book too. But what can I expect, it’s John Owen!
2) By far John Owen is my favorite and has had the biggest impact upon me.
My favorite book is Matthew Henry’s commentary on the bible. Thanks, Richard
My favorite book is The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers. Thanks, Janet
I believe Augustine technically qualifies as an Old Guy, so I’ll say Confessions is my favorite.
Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards.
I enjoy reading Spurgeon’s Faith’s Checkbook.
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
J.C. Ryle’s Thoughts for Young Men is excellent! I don’t know if I can name a favorite, but seeing that I am still a young man, that book certainly cuts right to my heart 🙂
John Owen is my favorite and others as well. I love Communion with God and also The Mortification of Sin. Right now, I am currently reading The Acceptable Sacrifice by John Bunyan.
I did share this page on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. I am already a subscriber to get email from you.
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion
The Letters of Samuel Rutherford
The Sovereignty of God – A W. Pinki
My favorite is Thomas Watson’s All Things For Good.
John Gill’s – “Doctrinal and Practical Divinity”
Oh so many favorites – so hard to pick just one . . . one of my very favorites is Morning and Evening by Spurgeon.
One that we read together as a family is Pilgrims Progress by Bunyan . . . every time we read it, we learn something new!!
The sovereignty of God A W Pink
My favorite ‘Old Guy’ book is Light From Old Times by JC Ryle
Bavinck RD Vol 3
Thomas Watson (all of his books, especially A Body of Divinity).
Thanks!
Spurgeon’s All of Grace and The Bruised Reed by Sibbes are two of my favorites.
The knowledge of the holy – A W Tozer
“Morning and Evening” provides great bite-size chunks of Spurgeon.
Keeping the Heart – John Flavel. Great stuff.
Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
“Meditations on the glory of Christ” by John Owen
Zwingli’s Commentary on True and False Religion
Charity and its Fruits: Jonathan Edwards
Thomas Boston is my favorite right now.
Only one? The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment and All Things for Good and Holiness and…..Thanks for a great giveaway.
“The Mortification of Sin” by John Owen.
My hands down favorite old guy book is Calvin’s Institutes.
Charles Spurgeon
My favorite is “Pilgrim’s Progress.” And I’m already subscribed.
My favorite Old Guy is Spurgeon, followed closedly by Owen and Calvin. My husband does not mind me spending time with these men.
The Mortification of Sin by John Owen
The Mystery of Providence, by John Flavel.
I’ve always liked Watson, The Ten Commandments but hard to choose when Winslow, Sympathy of Christ is become a very special book to me too.
My favorite “old guy” book is A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson, but Holiness by J.C. Ryle is a close second.
Thank you!
At this point (I’m still a young dude) it’s probably “On the Incarnation” by Athanasius. I don’t think he’s officiailly on this website, but he’s definitely old!
Wow! What great additions to my “Must read” list!
My favorite–for now–J.C. Ryle’s “Holiness.”
My favorite “old Guy” book would probably be “Thoughts for Young Men” by JC Ryle
Spurgeon’s Power of Prayer in a Believer’s Life
The Duties of Parents, R.C. Ryle
I like The Christian in Complete Armour by William Gurnall. I also was blessed by Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, but I’m not sure if he’s quite old enough.
I’m new to the “Old Guy” stuff…. but I am very grateful for J.C. Rylie’s Duties for Parents and A.W. Tozer’s The Knowledge of the Holy!
I’m a big fan of Jonathan Edwards “The Freedom of the Will”.
my favorite old guy is Spurgeon and my fav work of his is The Treasury of David
I would like this book.
Herman Bavinck is one of my fav’s but also appreciate all of the Old Guys! Thank you for this encouraging site!