Letters of Samuel Rutherford VII: When Christ Comes with a Cross

The Whole Counsel · May 21, 2026 · 27m

Samuel Rutherford’s letters are filled with counsel for Christians walking through suffering, affliction, persecution, and grief. Having endured imprisonment, bereavement, sickness, and deep ecclesiastical conflict, Rutherford wrote not as a detached theologian, but as a pastor acquainted with sorrow.

In this episode of The Whole Counsel Podcast, we examine Rutherford’s teaching on Christian suffering and the believer’s union with Christ in trials. Looking at passages such as Matthew 5, Romans 5, and James 1, we consider how Scripture speaks of joy in tribulation, sanctification through…