"Mortification (killing of your sin) from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, to the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion in the world."

john owen, the mortification of sin, AD 1656

been enjoying my first John Owen read. it's refreshing: to the point, exegetical and unashamed as to what Scripture declares. That quote up there, from the introduction, does well to re-align our flawed ideas of who, precisely, does the killing. And what, precisely, is our responsibility. highly recommend. challenging, because it should be.

some help from piper here.

and those at acts29 summarize it well here.

john owen at wikipedia.