The Mortification of Sin
John Owen, Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers (1656)
John Owen
Relentless, close, and quite certain that a sin you are not fighting is a sin that is winning.
- Catch rate
- 60 / 255
- Base research
- 184
- Stat total
- 320
Base stats
Every stat is a checkable fact about the actual book, not a designer's mood. Bars are drawn against the highest value any book reaches.
Cited for this book
Owen’s subject is Romans 8:13 — "if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live." His argument is that sin in a believer is not dormant but active, that leaving it alone is not neutral, and that the killing of it is daily, lifelong work done by the Spirit rather than by gritted teeth. The book has no clean public-domain text to hand, so the game states it rather than quoting it.
Moves learned
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| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be Killing Sin | Ethics | Argument | 88 | 100% | 10 |
| 1 | Random Verse | Bible | Argument | 10 | 100% | 30 |
| 34 | Chapter… | Bible | Scripture | — | — | 12 |
| 40 | Rest | Spirituality | rest | — | 100% | 5 |
| 50 | It Rests on Christ | Ecclesiology | Argument | 72 | 100% | 10 |