The Letters of Samuel Rutherford

For various reasons, it took me awhile to finish this. Normally, I don't like my reading a book to turn into a months' long endeavor, but in this case, stepping into this man's mindset day after day for four months was the best possible thing that could have happened. When you spend that much time r......more

What a comforting work to keep in hand through trials of various kinds. Rutherford truly displays what it means to rejoice in suffering, counting it all joy. The way Rutherford writes of the sweetness and excellencies of Christ and his cross grips one’s affections and lifts the eyes of the heart off......more

Indeed, this is the best sort of devotional literature the Reformed tradition has to offer. Rutherford's letters brim with the intimacy with Christ that is only bred out of suffering yet it is founded upon the firm foundations of doctrine that shaped the mind of this Westminster divine. Every letter......more

More than anything else I've read (outside of Scripture) in the last couple of years, Rutherford's beautifully written letters have prodded me back toward a trust in God's love for me. To flip one of my pastor's phrases, loveliness bestows love. If Rutherford had majored more on the Father love of G......more

Samuel Rutherford was a Covenanter minister in Scotland during the 1600s. He was a minister in Anwoth in southwest Scotland, and deeply loved the congregation there. Though he has written many excellent in depth theological works, it is in his letters that we really see his pastoral heart. His love......more