Diehard Sins: How to Fight Wisely against Destructive Daily Habits

by Rushton Witt

Overview

Not committing murder: check! Not committing adultery: check!

Not being lazy. . . . Not being gluttonous. . . . Not being inconsiderate or insensitive. . . . Come on! Everybody does those! What does God really expect?

He expects us to be killing sin, or it will kill us—both the big, obvious sins as well as the commonplace, familiar sins. And those subtle, elusive sins often slip most easily into our character without our knowing it—making them the hardest to kill of all.

Here pastor and counselor Rush Witt introduces you to this problem of diehard sins and provides a helpful doctrine of sin in general, before laying out a method for change. Learn how you can enter into your struggle against destructive daily habits, understand your needs in the fight, and bring Christ and his provisions to bear upon your beliefs and desires—equipping yourself to gradually kill the slippery sins that seem so unkillable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629954851
Publisher:	Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing
Publication date:	09/07/2018
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rush Witt (MDiv, DMin, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is lead pastor of Paramount Church in Bexley, Ohio, and a certified counselor.

Table of Contents

Foreword Robert D. Jones 9

Acknowledgments 13

Introduction: A Destructive Daily Problem 15

Part 1 Enter with Joy into Your Struggle against Daily Sin

1 The DNA of Sin 25

2 Hope for the Smoldering Cinder 39

3 The Art of Contented Discontent 53

4 The Joy-Filled Fight 71

Part 2 Understand the True Needs of Your Heart

5 Practicing Sin Detection 87

6 Who Rules Your Heart? 103

7 The Power of Beliefs and Desires 117

Part 3 Bring Christ and His Provisions to Your Fight

8 Opening the Vaults of Gospel Treasure 135

9 Nourishing Our Souls 149

10 Fighting Sin in the Community of Faith 167

Conclusion: Moving Forward Together 179

Appendix A Putting God's Provisions to Daily Use 185

Appendix B Refuse-Replace-Pray-Praise 191

Appendix C The PEAR Method 195

Appendix D Quotations to Consider 199

Editorial Reviews

This book addresses our most challenging sin struggles with practical biblical truth. He lays the theological foundation for understanding how progressive sanctification works and then builds a usable model for fighting sin and growing in grace. He draws from the wells of great Christian writers from the past while also offering helpful contemporary examples and illustrations. He speaks to the heart from a gospel-centered perspective. I personally benefited from reading this book and will commend it to the people I counsel and train.

Jim Newheiser

Diehard Sins is written by a man who knows we desperately need vivid and memorable mental weapons to combat our deeply rooted but hard-to-notice sins. While rightly reawakening the reader to the dire problem of our “little” sins, Rush emphasizes our hope in the gospel and offers more practical ways to meditate on the gospel than any book I have read in a long time. Realistic about both the slowness and the possibility of real growth in fighting our sin patterns, Diehard Sins will repay the time you invest with a rich harvest of ways to grow in daily godliness.

J. Alasdair Groves

Long, developed patterns of sin die hard because sin is rooted in the depths of our hearts. Christ alone offers hope! Rush Witt serves the Christian Church by offering wise, biblical, Christ-centered help for understanding and fighting the seemingly “little” sins in our lives that threaten to quietly destroy us. Diehard Sins instructs, encourages, and challenges as Rush helps us to battle our persistent sins.

Johnny M. Hunt

Rush Witt (or Rush) has taken a great theological model used elsewhere for helping others and applied it to personal growth. I love that he is helping us wrestle with our identity in Christ which redefines our persistent sin struggles. This book is both theological and practical.

Jason Lee

Diehard Sins is of great benefit for any believer and a source of encouragement to any local congregation living the daily Christian life. Rush Witt theologically and thoroughly deals with the realities of sin’s pervasive and destructive nature—but he doesn’t leave us hopeless. He supplies practical tools as a reminder that although sin may be great, there are even greater, conquering provisions found in Christ.

Jose Abella

Rush Witt has written a comprehensive book explaining the underlying foundation that a Christian must have in order to fight the sin that remains in us. These are precious truths that every Christian needs to understand, know, and remember. It is obvious that Witt has a high view of God and I highly recommend this book.

Martha Peace

If you struggle with sin (that would be all of us), Rush has provided great encouragement and help in Diehard Sins. Read it and be encouraged to move forward with joy and renewed hope!

Amy Baker

In Diehard Sins, Rush demonstrates that God’s revelation is practical. He helps readers take up arms against our most buried and besetting sins. I appreciate most the way Rush encourages readers with the hope of biblical heart change, especially for those who are discouraged by wrestling with deep-rooted vices in their own strength. Not only will you be encouraged by this book, but you will be given confidence in God’s practical wisdom for a way forward in your fight against those sins hardest to kill.

Dale Johnson

Christians are a people characterized by holiness. The Lord calls us to be holy as he is holy and commissions us to be separate from the world. Yet Christians also know that we daily fight indwelling sin. Rush Witt’s, Diehard Sins, is a clarion call for holiness that also provides meaningful and theologically rich resources to fight indwelling sin. This book is a careful and refreshing resource that every Christian should read.

R. Albert Mohler Jr.

Rush Witt has written a book that will be very helpful to those who will read it and heed it. People who read and apply the biblically accurate and practical contents of the book will be greatly assisted in the process of sanctification - becoming more and more conformed to the image of Jesus Christ.

Wayne Mack

Your sins are hard to get rid of. They are diehard—they don’t leave easily. They hang on—corrupting every part of you. You need help and Rush’s book might be exactly what you’ve been looking for.”

“This is a primer on diehard sins and what you can do about them. You need help fighting stubborn sins that hang on and don’t ever seem to leave you alone. Rush’s book might be exactly what you’ve been looking for.”

“You need help fighting stubborn sins that hang on and don’t ever seem to leave you alone. Rush’s book Diehard Sins might be exactly what you’ve been looking for.

Deepak Reju

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