Knowing Sin: Seeing a Neglected Doctrine Through the Eyes of the Puritans

Knowing Sin

Author: Mark Jones

The first rule of combat is: know your enemy.

We don’t talk a lot about sin these days. But maybe we should. The Puritans sure did—because they understood sin’s deceptive power and wanted to root it out of their lives. Shouldn’t we want the same?

Though many books have been written on the “doctrine of sin,” few are as practical and applicable as this one. In Knowing Sin, Mark Jones puts his expertise in the Puritans to work by distilling the vast wisdom of our Christian forebears into a single volume that summarizes their thought on this vital subject. The result isn’t a theological tome to sit on your shelf and gather dust, but a surprisingly relevant book to keep by your bedside and refer to again and again. You’ll come to understand topics like:

• Sin’s Origin
• Sin’s Grief
• Sin’s Thoughts
• Sin’s Temptations
• Sin’s Misery
• Sin’s Secrecy
• and of course . . . Sin’s Defeat!

None of us is free from the struggle with sin. The question isn’t whether we’re sinful, it’s what we’re doing about it. Thanks be to God, there is a path to overcoming sin. And the first step on that path to victory is knowing what we’re up against. Start Knowing Sin today!

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Introduction: Rock You Like a Hurricane

1. Sin’s Origins: Sympathy for the Devil
2. Sin’s Contagion: Born This Way
3. Sin’s Privation: You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
4. Sin’s Vocabulary: Fade to Black
5. Sin’s Remains: Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
6. Sin’s Sorrow: Hard to Say I’m Sorry
7. Sin’s Alternative: Hurts So Good
8. Sin’s Secrecy: I Put a Spell on You
9. Sin’s Presumption: Highway to Hell
10. Sin’s Pride: Stand Tall
11. Sin’s Selfishness: All You Need Is Love
12. Sin’s Envy: Hey Jealousy
13. Sin’s Unbelief: Losing My Religion
14. Sin’s Manipulation: I Want to Break Free
15. Sin’s Thoughts: You Were Always on My Mind
16. Sin’s Temptations: I Want It All
17. Sin’s Degrees: Little Lies
18. Sin’s Omissions: Where Is the Love?