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The Vanity of Thoughts
Thomas Goodwin
The Vanity of Thoughts
Thomas Goodwin
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
JEREMIAH 4:14
The heart is like a boardinghouse where we welcome and entertain many ideas like guests. In The Vanity of Thoughts, Thomas Goodwin helps us consider our native tendency to harbor frivolous and sinful mental companions. And having identified the severity of our condition, Goodwin encourages us to humbly and mindfully perform some much-needed housekeeping. He also provides remedies against these unprofitable inhabitants. We live in an age of information and a culture of entertainment. Here is a timely reminder about the vital importance of our thought life with a call to bring every thought captive to the lordship of Jesus Christ.
THOMAS GOODWIN (1600-1680) received his theological training at Cambridge University and held the presidency of Magdalen College at Oxford University. He acted as a commissioner to the Westminster Assembly and was also a prominent member of the Savoy Assembly of Congregational Elders and Messengers. He faithfully served as pastor to the Fetter Lane Independent Church in London until his death.