Pages: 209
Year: 2022
Publisher: Moody

In Knowing Sin, pastor Mark Jones guides us into the darkest depths of our souls--the recesses within ourselves that we spend most of our days trying to avoid. Jones explores sin generally (what is it and why is it here?) and specifically (pride, lust, envy, unbelief). He explores temptations both external and internal and sins both public and private. This is a very helpful book that is both deep and direct, applying the wisdom of centuries of pastors to our own personal struggles today.

Quotables

As poison mixed in water affects every drop, all parts of the soul are affected by sin (35)

just as there is a rich vocabulary for sin, there is an even richer one for grace (60)

It should humble us to the core to know that, given the right time and circumstances, we could have been a Hitler or a Stalin (80)

Many sins require a context and matter (e.g., food, alcohol, sex), but pride requires little to no help from the material world (117)

When tempted to sin, we should say to ourselves, "Why would you hate yourself so much as to do that?" (128)

[Envy] is a disposition which can never be satisfied, so long as there is a superior being in the universe. It is aimed ultimately at the throne of God, and the envious person can never be happy while God reigns (137)

We need to drink in God’s Word and flush out the sinful toxins of fleshly thoughts and temptations (190)