Jeremiah Burrough’s The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment is one of the most important and personally-impactful Puritan works I’ve ever read. Let me give you just a taste of what Burroughs has to say about contentment.

The ultimate obscenity, the most profane word in the English vocabulary, the one personal epithet that cannot be hurled, is the “R” word. "Responsible."

What's wrong with people? Sin. The Bible tells us to look inside ourselves not outside and admit that we are our greatest problem.

When it comes to our search for peace, we should ask ourselves what life would be like if we developed larger ears and smaller mouths.

What’s happened to good manners in the South? The New York Times reported that while good manners have always been part of a Southerner’s identity in some sense, they are no longer a priority.