the enemy within

Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin

REVISED EDITION

Kris Lundgaard

P.O. BOX 817 • PHILLIPSBURG • NEW JERSEY 08865-0817

© 1998, 2023 by Kris Lundgaard

First edition 1998

Revised edition 2023

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Drawing of The Cursed Tree by Lenka Knoetze

Cover design by Jelena Mirkovic

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lundgaard, Kris, 1958- author.

Title: The enemy within : straight talk about the power and defeat of sin / Kris Lundgaard.

Description: Revised edition. | Phillipsburg, New Jersey : P&R Publishing, [2023] | Summary: “This revised edition of Kris Lundgaard’s best-selling classic brings the wisdom of Puritan John Owen to a broad audience. Find insight, encouragement, and hope for your battle with sin”-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023019458 | ISBN 9781629959559 (paperback) | ISBN 9781629959566 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Sin--Christianity.

Classification: LCC BT715 .L86 2023 | DDC 241/.3--dc23/eng/20230614

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023019458

“But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”

Gal. 6:14

To Nicholas,

my son,

for victory!

contents

Preface to the Revised Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

Part One: The Power of Sin in What It Is

1. Evil at My Elbow

2. The Long Arm of the Law

3. The Haunted House

4. Irreconcilable Differences

Part Two: The Power of Sin in How It Works and What It Does

5. The Tricks of the Trade

6. Getting Carried Away

7. No Idle ...