Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

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Summary: Great book, but . . .
Review: After you've read through the first chapter of this book, you will think most modern evangelical writing should be shelved next to Dr. Seuss.

This is a fantastic and profound book, HOWEVER . . .

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Summary: Excellent teaching for absolute devotion to the Lord
Review: I am still reading this book, but I've read enough to have it significantly change my outlook on life and afflictions. I have learned in abundance what it means to trust the Lord in troubles and to realize that God will bring me out of them in His time, and it is my duty to praise the Lord and devote my heart to Him. My cup runs over when I read Jeremiah Burroughs.

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Summary: Too Rare a Jewel
Review: Look at the self-help secion and Christian Living section in bookstores and you will find hundreds if not thousands of books professing to help the reader to contentment and happiness. Very few, if any, survive the test of time much less the test of human experience.

This great book, written almost 400 years ago, addresses the basic problem of human discontent, suffering and offers a timeless and tested solution. 16th and 17th century Divines did not mince words, cater to the fickle tastes of the reading public or care about being poitically correct. They preached the truth.

True contentment, argues the author, is achieved by subtraction and not by addition; by surrender and not struggle.

Read this great work and toss all those written by people who will be forgotten next year. It will set your heart on fire and elevate your soul.

Rating:
Summary: Too Rare a Jewel
Review: Look at the self-help secion and Christian Living section in bookstores and you will find hundreds if not thousands of books professing to help the reader to contentment and happiness. Very few, if any, survive the test of time much less the test of human experience.

This great book, written almost 400 years ago, addresses the basic problem of human discontent, suffering and offers a timeless and tested solution. 16th and 17th century Divines did not mince words, cater to the fickle tastes of the reading public or care about being poitically correct. They preached the truth.

True contentment, argues the author, is achieved by subtraction and not by addition; by surrender and not struggle.

Read this great work and toss all those written by people who will be forgotten next year. It will set your heart on fire and elevate your soul.

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Summary: The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
Review: This book was written by an English Quaker in 1648. It provides very relevent and insightful ideas on how to be contented in today's world.

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Summary: Necessary for every Christian to learn
Review: This is 'the book' on the doctrine of Christian contentment. The depth of the Puritans is rarely even approached by modern authors. Burrough's takes you through some of the ABC's of Christian living. For example on p.87-88 "We deserve nothing and therefore why should we be impatient if we do not get what we desire." Perhaps at the root of discontentment is that we really do not desire God's will in everything, at least in some things we want the Lord to rubber stamp and implement our will even if it is contrary to His. A Christian can be content no matter what their circumstances because contentment comes from the inward state of the heart and not from outward circumstances as the author ably instructs the reader. The importance of a believer learning to be content(and it is a lifelong process)would be difficult to overstate. It helps in dealing with temptation, it prepares the Christian for any type of service their Lord and Master requires of them, and it brings great comfort no matter how bleak things may appear to be. The writer also enables the reader to understand how that comfort is brought, on p.130 " Certainly our contentment does not consist in getting the thing we desire, but in God's fashioning our spirits to our conditions." God works in us to view things by faith, and by doing so , we see things more and more filtered through God's perspective. By doing that we can see a little more of the big picture of all of the Lord's dealings with His people and bring that to bear on what is happening in our life. Any Christian who learns to be more content both glorifies God and becomes increasingly useful in His service and thats why this book is so important and useful for the Lord's people.