John Owen (1616–1683) was the most prolific theologian of the 17th century. Charles Spurgeon, the 19th-century Baptist preacher, called him “the most profound divine who ever lived.” This year is the 400th anniversary of Owen’s birth. He was born to Puritan parents in the village of Stadhampton, England. A child prodigy, Owen enrolled at Oxford University in Oxford, England, when…