Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings from That Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks (Puritan Paperbacks)

Excellent book. Loving every sentence of this collection of sentences. Read and read again the same sentence soaking it in. Sometimes memorizing. The very first sentence especially helpful I discussed with a number of friends. Also, read them to me family and my three little girls, makes for good discussion. Did a book review over here at taste-that-which-is-good.blogspot...2011/05/meet-me-at-brook-smooth-stones-fromWhich review read Basically as follows:Meet me at the Brook! That is meet me in a book by Thomas Brooks. I picked up a copy of Smooth Stones from Ancient Brooks. This book is a collection of sentences penned by Thomas Brooks and collected by Charles Spurgeon.Consider Spurgeon's first choice:Christ often takes the crown off his own head, and puts it upon the head of faith ; witness such passages as these, which are frequent in Scripture: "Thy faith hath saved thee," Luke 7:50. " Thy faith hath made thee whole," (Matthew, ix. 22). And no wonder that Christ crowns faith, for of all graces, faith takes the crown off a man's own head, and puts it upon the head of Christ.Very helpful to me. Have you never wondered instead of ascribing to Faith, why didn't Jesus say, "I have made thee whole," or "I have saved thee?" Brooks answers for us pointing out that Faith will take the crown off my head and because my whole dependence relies on him - nothing on me - Faith crowns CHRIST. Christ the object of my faith. Faith removes the crown from my head and properly exalts Christ the supreme. Faith takes from me and falls upon JESUS. No Faith in faith here. Faith is set upon Jesus not upon self. Jesus be crowned.

This book is meat, substantial in its content. You need to take it slowly and savor each bite. It’s God’s Truth!

This is a classic, edited by C. H. Spurgeon from the collected works of Thomas Brooks, a Puritan divine. It has been on my long list for about six years, and I plan to start reading it in a few weeks. I have a few other books in my que already seeking my attention.

First exposure to Brooks - very impressed. Filled with little gems, practical wisdom, kind of like the Book of Proverbs. Brooks does a great job of keeping these little sayings and truths short, but they are packed with solid truth and some pack a pretty good punch! Next book was Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices by Brooks, which is also incredible!

Good but not what I expected. A few gems, somewhat overrated.

Every page of this book has something that strikes the heart and fires the soul. It makes a great devotional.

Basically like reading through Thomas Brooks' Twitter feed. Amazing!!!

Great title and wonderful quotes from Thomas Brooks.