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I have recently published a new book review.  The book is The Secret of Contentment by William Barcley.  Barcely addresses the problem of discontentment.  According to Gregg Easterbook’s book, The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse, we are living in an age of discontentment.  Barcley draws upon Easterbook’s work as well as some Puritan classics including Jeremiah Burrough’s, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment and Thomas Watson’s, The Art of Divine Contentment. 
The book is divided into two Parts.  Part I deals with the pursuit of contentment.  Part II addresses the mystery of contentment.  Here are some of the important quotations from the book.  John Piper stated, “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.”  Jeremiah Burrough’s defines contentment as: “Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.”  Contentment is being satisfied with God’s sufficiency (His grace). 
There is much more to read and learn.  You can start by reading the full review on the book review page of this blog.  Good reading!