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Review Comments

The Puritan Paperback edition, published by Banner of Truth, is an abridged and modernized version of several sermons by John Owen. The chapters cover subjects of interest to all believers: prayer, assurance, sin, and living by faith in times of both personal and national adversity. The encouragement and instruction found here is timeless, as applicable to today's reader as to Owen's original audience.

Publisher's Description

'O that we might advise one another as to what to do; to help one another to recover from our weaknesses!' Following 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. John 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. The short chapters in 'Searching Our Hearts in Difficult Times' 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. Abridged and made easy to read.