Heaven Taken by Storm, or, The Christian Soldier<\/em> is a call to arms. In it Thomas Watson expounds and applies, in his own unique and much-loved style, the words of the Lord Jesus in Matthew 11:12: \u2018And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.\u2019 \u2018Heaven,\u2019 he says, is like a \u2018town or castle that holds out in war, and is not taken but by storm. \u2026 Though heaven be given us freely, yet we must contend for it.\u2019 What that means for the believer forms the substance of this book.<\/p>\n The author shows us the nature of this \u2018holy violence\u2019 \u2013 \u2018resolution of will, vigour of affection, strength of endeavour.\u2019 His aim throughout is to awaken the reader to the urgency of the gospel\u2019s call. \u2018Our work is great, our time short, our master urgent; we have need therefore to summon together all the powers of our souls, and strive as in a matter of life and death, that we may arrive at the kingdom above: we must not only put forth diligence, but violence.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book Description Heaven Taken by Storm, or, The Christian Soldier is a call to arms. In it Thomas Watson expounds and applies, in his own unique and much-loved style, the words of the Lord Jesus in Matthew 11:12: \u2018And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":123314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1249,5672,20590],"product_tag":[1874,1734,6181,20591],"class_list":{"0":"post-119044","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-christian-living","7":"product_cat-sale-puritan-paperbacks","8":"product_cat-winter-special-2025","9":"product_tag-best-sellers","10":"product_tag-new-releases","11":"product_tag-puritan-paperbacks","12":"product_tag-winter-special-2025","13":"pa_binding-paperback","14":"pa_isbn-20558","15":"pa_page-count-2134","16":"pa_recent-pub-date-20469","17":"pa_series-puritan-paperbacks","18":"pa_subtitle-or-the-christian-soldier","19":"pa_theauthor-watson-thomas","21":"first","22":"instock","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-simple"},"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n