Joel R. Beeke

Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680) was a faithful pastor, Westminster divine, advisor to Oliver Cromwell, and president of Magdalen College, Oxford. In this book, Joel R. Beeke and Mark Jones acquaint the reader with Goodwin through an informative biographical introduction. The remainder of the book, 35...

Author: Joel R. Beeke, Mark JonesISBN-10: 1601785186ISBN-13: 9781601785183Publisher: Reformation Heritage BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2021Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.30dAbout the AuthorJoel R. Beeke (PhD, Westminster Seminary) is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary; a pastor...

Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life offers a groundbreaking treatment of the Puritans' teaching on most major Reformed doctrines, particularly those doctrines in which the Puritans made significant contributions. The book addresses Puritan teachings on all six loci of theology, covering fifty areas of doctrine....

A profound biblical examination of the divine work of sanctification. The mandate for holiness is based in the very character and person of God: we are to be holy because God is holy. His grace never leaves a man where it finds him. Grace...

Christians are counter-cultural: our primary goal should not be to raise intelligent, successful, competent, and upright citizens, our primary concern ought to be for the good of our children's souls - and so for God's glory.Teaching our children the Scriptures in a compelling, relevant,...

This book is packed with practical guidance on how to evangelize covenant children and how, by God's grace, to make the home "a nursery for heaven." After showing that Christians today fail to understand the role of the covenant in their children's lives, Joel...

In Contending for the Faith, Joel Beeke and William Boekestein help children understand the struggle for reformation in England and how the Westminster Assembly sought to further the Reformation in that land. In this book, children will learn about the five documents that became...

Joel R. Beeke's work is an academic monograph of historical theology that examines three flashpoints of controversy in Reformation and Post-Reformation theology. As the subtitle, Early Lutheran Predestination, Calvinian Reprobation, and Variations in Genevan Lapsarianism implies, the work addresses, first, the development of the...

Is your prayer life characterized by such things as sincerity, urgency, and delight? Engagement in prayer is a vital part of our communion with God, making a profound impact on our growth in grace. In this book, you will find thoughtful meditations on prayer...

Can any good come from thinking about death? Our natural tendency is to answer that question no But what if our meditation on death was informed by a theological understanding of death, a recognition of the comfort Jesus's death affords Christians, and ethical guidance...

The Scriptures advise us to learn from examples of faithful ministers (Heb. 13:7). The Puritans were a group of such ministers whose teaching and living can be particularly encouraging to troubled and discouraged pastors today. They were steadfast in adhering to Scripture as the...

He left an indelible mark upon the English Puritan movement and his writings were translated into Dutch, German, French, Hungarian, and other European lan­guages. In Faith Working Through Love, a group of twelve scholars mine the depths of Perkins's works survey the theology of...

This book contains guidance on two important areas of family life. First, it explains how we should prepare our families for public worship. Second, it addresses the subject of prayer meetings, their importance and the scriptural warrant for them. Dr. Beeke's approach involves a...

Dr. Beeke offers a heartfelt and solemn plea for families to return to Biblical, consistent, and passionate family worship. With pastoral insight and care the author provides practical and valuable answers to the practice of family worship and at the same time addresses objections...

THIS BOOK IS COMPRISED OF FAMILY WORSHIP THOUGHTS EXTRACTED FROM THE REFORMATION HERITAGE STUDY BIBLE. Leading and nurturing your family as you seek to glorify God and encourage spiritual growth in your home is both God's command and your privilege. One of the best...

Author: Joel R. BeekeISBN-10: 8886860404ISBN-13: 9798886860405Publisher: Reformation Heritage BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/29/2016Pages: 768Format: Imitation Leather

"Lead family worship with a firm, fatherly hand and a soft, penitent heart. Speak with hopeful solemnity. Expect great things from a great, covenant-keeping God."--Dr. Joel Beeke Leading and nurturing your family through God's Word is both God's command and your privilege. For nearly...

In a day when society has in many ways placed itself under Satan's rule, when Satanism is flourishing in Western nations, when certain branches of the church are preoccupied with "deliverance ministries," and when others deny the devil's existence, Fighting Satan is a sober,...

Who are the Puritans? Why are they important for me today? If you have asked questions like these and still await adequate answers, this book is for you. Following God Fully provides a basic introduction to the Puritans that reveals a people intent on...

Neither a comprehensive marriage manual, nor a complete exploration of the theological significance of marriage, Friends and Lovers focuses on two key ingredients in a vital marriage: friendship and sexual intimacy. Drawing from the wisdom of the Bible, especially the Book of Proverbs, Joel...

As common as it is terrible. As easy to overlook as it is dangerous. Backsliding is the worst thing that can happen to anyone claiming faith in Jesus. Learn the diagnosis. Experience the cure. The Christian life is a race. Through the gospel, God...

Using the alphabet as a guide, this book provides 26 devotional meditations for young children (ages 4-9), based on Bible texts that children can easily memorize. God's Alphabet for Life stresses that, like adults, children must be born again, come by faith and repentance...

Realizing our deficits of spiritual grace can be shocking. We see a chasm between what we know as Christians and what we practice as Christians. But this chasm is not impassable, for the Holy Spirit, the Helper sent from the Father and the Son,...

Age Range 4 to 7 yearsFull color illustrated books for childrenSee how Caleb and Sophie gain confidence in God's continual care.Caleb and Sophie are your average kids - curious about their world, taught about the character and expectations of God, and wanting to be...

Age Range 4 to 7 yearsFull color illustrated books for childrenSee how Sophie understands how the love of God draws her to love Him.Caleb and Sophie are your average kids - curious about their world, taught about the character and expectations of God, and...

Age Range 4 to 7 yearsFull color illustrated books for childrenSee how Caleb and Noah learn to treat others the way they would like to be treated.Caleb and Sophie are your average kids - curious about their world, taught about the character and expectations...

Age Range 4 to 7 yearsFull color illustrated books for childrenSee how Caleb learns that faith in God results in hating our sin.Caleb and Sophie are your average kids - curious about their world, taught about the character and expectations of God, and wanting...

In Living by God's Promises, Joel R. Beeke and James A. La Belle draw from stellar Puritan treatises on divine promises by Andrew Gray, Edward Leigh, and William Spurstowe, and offer them in contemporary language for today's readers. Moving beyond historical interest, this book...

The Puritans believed that godly marriages were foundational for the future life of families, churches, and nations. Therefore, they wrote prolifically on the subject of marriage, seeking to bring biblical reformation to this subject in a comprehensive way. Martin Luther, John Calvin, and other...

This encyclopedic resource provides biographical sketches of all the major Puritans as well as bibliographic summaries of their writings and work. Meet the Puritans is an important addition to the library of the layman, pastor, student and scholar. Table of Contents: Puritan Biographies and...

In the Bible, milk and honey speaks of God's bountiful provision and symbolizes our basic need for solid spiritual food and sweet communion with the triune God through Christ. With that in mind, this devotional book dwells on God's sustaining grace revealed throughout Scripture....

This book delivers a month's worth of meditations on God's character and attributes so that you will grow in both knowledge of and love for the Rock of your salvation by the Spirit's grace. While there are many devotionals in the marketplace offering guidance...

What does the Bible teach about sexual relationships between people of the same sex? Does true love require that we accept all forms of sexual expression? No, real love does not rejoice in sin, but rejoices in the truth. In the Bible, God reveals...

In Parenting by God's Promises, Dr. Joel R. Beeke explores what nurture and admonition look like and offers gems of practical wisdom for parents on topics such as family worship, teaching children, modeling faithful Christian living, and exercising discipline.Author: Joel R. BeekeISBN-10: 1567692664ISBN-13: 9781567692662Publisher:...

When it comes to criticism in church ministry, false optimism hopes that pastors will be above reproach and their congregants fully supportive--while false pessimism holds that criticism is inevitable, constant, and only ever destructive. The truth, of course, is much more nuanced. In this...

We often use the word faith without thinking much about its meaning. We know that without faith, it is impossible to please God and that faith is the core and foundation of daily Christian living. But what is faith? Author Joel R. Beeke believes...

Few teachings of the Puritans have provoked such strong reactions and conflicting interpretations as their views on preparing for saving faith. Many twentieth-century scholars dismissed preparation as a prime example of regression from the Reformed doctrine of grace for a man-centered legalism. In Prepared...

The apostle Paul instructed Timothy to preach the word . . . 'Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching' (2 Tim. 4:2). This instruction is in keeping with the principle reflected in the book of Acts that the proclamation of God's Word is...

Who were the Puritans, and why are they important? What can we learn from them today? The Puritan movement began in England during the sixteenth century and continued all the way into the early eighteenth century. Although the Church of England was formed as...

Table of Contents: BIBLICAL STUDIES1. The Age of the Spirit and Revival2. Trust in the Incarnate Word3. Our Glorious Adoption: Trinitarian-Based and Transformed Relationships4. Paul and James: Are We Justified by Faith or by Faith and Works?5. Gethsemane's King-Lamb: A Sermon on John 18:7-8,...

A Study Bible to Feed Your Soul . . . Thoughts for personal and family devotions for every chapter Three dozen articles on how to live the Christian life Guidance on how to experience the truths of the Bible A Study Bible to Instruct...

A Study Bible to Feed Your Soul . . . Thoughts for personal and family devotions for every chapter Three dozen articles on how to live the Christian life Guidance on how to experience the truths of the Bible A Study Bible to Instruct...

A Study Bible to Feed Your Soul . . . Thoughts for personal and family devotions for every chapter Three dozen articles on how to live the Christian life Guidance on how to experience the truths of the Bible A Study Bible to Instruct...

The Reformation did not happen instantaneously;it was something God patiently arranged over a number of years. As you read this book, you will learn how the Lord used some people to plant the seeds of church reform long before October 31, 1517, when Martin...

Are you confused by the great variety of interpretations of the book of Revelation, such as the preterist, the historicist, the futurist, the idealist, and an eclectic approach that embraces the strengths of all these? Would you like a clear understanding of various millennial...

Second Timothy encourages pastors to guard, entrust, suffer for, and above all, preach the gospel. Yet it is also full of encouragement for Christians living in a hostile world. Like Timothy, we need reminding that "God has not given us a spirit of fear,...

In Taking Hold of God, you will enter the treasury of the church of Jesus Christ and discover some of its most valuable gems on the subject of Christian prayer. The writings of the Reformers and Puritans shine with the glory of God in...

"I once was blind, but now I see" is the glad confession of the Christian's heart. However, what is it that a Christian now sees that so transforms his life? It is the Christian worldview. This is not an abstract philosophy so much as...

We live in a challenging cultural moment; there are reasons for great alarm and concern in society around us and it's easy to lose heart. Yet the Christian hope of the last things, so wonderfully disclosed in the Scriptures and so certainly embodied in...

For millennia Christians have meditated on, prayed for, sang about, and sought to put the grace of the gospel on display in their own lives, all for the glory of God. This book shows readers why they need the grace of the gospel and...