A Modern Adaptation of a Classic Book

This booklet includes both a modern sermon and the original wording of Chapter 2 of Jeremiah Burroughs’ classic book The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment. The sermon follows Burroughs’ main points:

Learning the Skill of Contentment

1. Paradox and the Pathway to Satisfaction

2. Subtraction, Not Addition

3. Adding the Weight of Sin

4. Changing and Embracing the Burden

5. Staying Active in the Problem

6. Melting Your Will into God’s Will

7. Purging What Is Within

The sermon was preached on December 8, 2024, by Pastor Ryan Rench at Calvary Baptist Church in Temecula, CA, and was adapted for print the following week.