I know we are doing our book club and studying a book on this topic, but it is good to benefit from others who have studied the issue too. Here are a few good ones (some are more difficult than others, but all are great).
- The Holiness of God by RC Sproul
- The Enemy Within by Lungaard
- The Transforming Power of the Gospel by Jerry Bridges (or any of his books on holiness and godliness)
- Holiness by JC Ryle
- Overcoming Sin and Temptation by John Owen (edited by Justin Taylor & Kelly Kapic, published by Crossway). This book contains three of John Owen's works on the topic of sin and temptation. I urge you to read the one entitled "On the Mortification [killing] of Sin in Believers." This is by far one of my favorites, but it does require work to read.
Reading may be hard work for you, but hard work produces the best rewards. The miner who finds the best diamonds isn't the one who simply digs a few feet in the soil of the valley. Rather, it is the one who does the hard work of digging through the rocks in the lofty mountain peaks. So dig into the Word (don't replace this with Christian books), and take time to dig into it with others at your side who have, by God's grace, dug faithfully into Scripture to pull out some gems for you too.
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