Josiah’s Reformation

Cultivating and Maintaining a Tender Heart

Weight 0.44 lbs
Dimensions 7.13 × 4.75 × 0.5 in
ISBN 9781848717374
Binding

Paperback, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Paperback & eBook (ePub & Kindle)

Topic

Spiritual Growth

Original Pub Date

1629

Banner Pub Date

Jan 18, 2022

Page Count

144

Scripture

2 Chronicles

Format

Book

Series

Puritan Paperbacks

Book Description

Richard Sibbes always sought to get under the superficial layer of his listeners’ behaviour and deal with their hearts. He knew that the outward acts of sin spring from the inner desires of the heart. Merely to alter a person’s behavior without dealing with those desires would cultivate hypocrisy, the self-righteous cloak for a cold and vicious heart. Sibbes believed that hearts must be turned, and evil desires eclipsed by stronger ones for Christ.

Josiah’s Reformation is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1629. Our busyness and activism so easily degenerate into a hypocrisy in which we keep up all the appearance of holiness without the heart of it. Christians even use Christ as a package to pass on to others, instead of enjoying him first and foremost as their own Savior. But true reformation must begin in the heart, with love for Christ. And that can only come when the free grace of God in Christ Jesus is preached.

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Table of Contents Expand ↓

Foreword by Michael Reeves vii
1 The Tender Heart 1
2 The Art of Self-Humbling 33
3 The Art of Mourning 65
4 The Saint’s Refreshing 101

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