Be killing sin or it will be killing you—Owen's Puritan classic cuts to the roots of indwelling sin with Romans 8:13's spirit-powered battle. In this episode of Christian Classics, we explore Owen's two-step method: weaken sin by fostering the opposite virtue (combat pride with humility, anger with peacemaking), then fight sin urgently by the Spirit's power. We'll discover why "spiritually sick men cannot sweat out their disease by working," Owen's soul-crushing question "What have I done to love, mercy, blood, and grace?", and why mortification without Christ produces only self-righteous legalism, not true holiness.

Episode: Mortification of Sin — Insights from John Owen • 13 min

Series: Christian Classics

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