William Penn

No Cross, No Crown: the Original Exposition on the Cross of Jesus Christ William Penn

While in a London prison in 1668 William Penn wrote No Cross, No Crown. This was his most famous work and is a discourse on the power of the cross and self-denial. In dramatic and persuasive style Penn portrays the beauty and power of the cross as the only pathway to the crown. "Christ's cross, is Christ's way to Christ's crown." Penn's great passion was that that this book would win the heart of man for His beloved Master.

In the second half of the book Penn provides living testimonies of many famed and learned people from the past whose lives bear witness to the truth of his words. These were men and women who, down through the ages, fought against the excesses of the age and lived their life in self-denial, temperance and piety.