Christian Contentment: The Virtue Born of Knowing God

Introduction

Christian virtues are not the product of moral effort

The right place of virtues: repentance first

The importance of Christian character for God

On the Christian pilgrimage toward the heavenly city, the Bible calls us to equip ourselves with virtues that are the fruit of God's grace. Contentment is one of them. The apostle Paul declares it firmly in 1 Timothy 6:6: 'godliness with contentment is great gain.'