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    The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

    By Jeremiah Burroughs

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    'I have learned to be content in whatever [state] I am'' (Phil. 4:11) Anyone who lacks true contentment may find it in this book. If not, it will be because that one would not follow the very clear and simple instructions given. The teaching is from the Bible, yet it must be described as unique. Nowhere else will you find such unusual, but Biblically authenticated thoughts: He will teach you that contentment lies in subtraction, not in addition; that the ABC's of Christianity are nothing like what you thought them to be; that there is a mystery of contentment, but that once you have learned the way from Christ's word, you will be able to attain such a depth of contentment as you never before dreamed existed. This is a key book for building up Christian maturity. Christian Contentment, what is it? ''It is a sweet, inward heart thing. It is a work of the Spirit indoors. It is a box of precious ointment, very comforting and useful for troubled hearts in times of troubled conditions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherReformed Church Publications
    Release dateMar 13, 2013
    ISBN9781618980021

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    • 5/5
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    • 5/5
      Excellent book which greatly helps the reader to gain an attitude of contentment, with God's grace. Worthy of being read, a little each day, indefinitely.
    • 5/5
      A magnificent work that strives to lead the reader to profound Christian contentment in the only way really possible -- by the conviction of the Word and the indwelling of the Spirit. Burroughs, like so many of the Puritans, has a profound sense of balance between the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man, and so he points you into your own heart for the problem, but points to the Cross as the solution. If you want to be content, Burroughs tells us, we must begin with the truth that God is working in all things, and he loses control of nothing. This work is convicting, but not with a meaningless conviction that goes nowhere, but one that points out attention to greater things, eternal things. Our contentment depends on how we turn away from the things of this world and toward the eternal things of God. An important book for all Christians.
    • 4/5
      A study of how to "be in need" (Philippians 4:11-12), yet be content in Christ.

      It began well, explaining what godly contentment is and isn't. But then, in trying to be exhaustive, chapters overlapped and repeated themselves. I think this book was compiled from a sermon series? If that's the case, then it might make sense to re-cover some of the same ground each week -- but as a book it could be edited down a bit.