{"product_id":"searching-our-hearts-in-difficult-times","title":"Searching Our Hearts in Difficult Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘O that we might advise one another as to what to do; to help one another to recover from our weaknesses!’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing Jesus is not easy. It involves self-denial, daily cross-bearing, and lifelong obedience. Salvation is promised to the one who ‘endures to the end.’ Christians need much encouragement, especially in ‘difficult times’. This the Lord supplies through pastors who love him and care for his people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Owen was such a pastor. One way he sought to help his fellow-believers was to hold occasional meetings for spiritual conference and fellowship at which various topics were addressed and discussed, with Owen providing a concluding summary of the proceedings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe short chapters in \u003cem\u003eSearching Our Hearts in Difficult Times\u003c\/em\u003e contain a number of Owen’s talks and sermons on a wide range of subjects which are as relevant to Christians today as they were to believers some three and a half centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbridged and made easy to read.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart I: Searching Our Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eConviction of sin before conversion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssurance of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe sins of our day and age\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpiritual backsliding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePraying to Christ\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplying to Christ for grace\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWeak faith when praying\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrevailing sins\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCan habitual sin coexist with grace?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow may we be delivered from a habit of sin?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDays of judgment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePreparation for Christ's coming in times of judgment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe contest between Christ and Antichrist\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChristian duty under divine warnings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart II: Difficult and Dangerous Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe nature of the warning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe evil of which they are warned\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow this evil will be introduced\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe time and season of it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplications\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart III: Living By Faith in Difficult Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe use and advantage of faith:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn a time of national adversity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn a time of reproaches and persecutions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn a time when Roman Catholicism is on the increase\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn a time when true religion is declining\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘How many people have said to you this year that these are difficult times? COVID-19 alone has produced widespread anxiety which has been coupled with widespread unrest in society, and deep-seated divisions in our political world. What are we to do? Who can draw on deep personal experience of such days to give us wise guidance? \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Owen lived in precisely such a time of suffering, of terrible political divisions that cost many lives, of war and of plague.\u003c\/strong\u003e So in \u003cem\u003eSearching our Hearts in Difficult Times\u003c\/em\u003e we find the voice of Scripture married to a life of deep personal experience to bring us exactly the counsel we need.’\u003cbr\u003e—Sinclair B. Ferguson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banner of Truth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53009736466743,"sku":"dzr1789812523761","price":4.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/8910\/4695\/files\/searching-our-hearts-in-difficult-times_1.jpg?v=1789812528","url":"https:\/\/effortlesschicclad.shop\/products\/searching-our-hearts-in-difficult-times","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}