Sinclair B. Ferguson

Joel R. Beeke

Michael A. G. Haykin

Church history is important because it shows us how God's faithful dealings with His people in the Bible continue in the ongoing life and work of Christ in our world. If you have ever wished for a short book highlighting church history's most important events that will enlighten your mind and peak your interest, this is the one you've been waiting for. Three prolific church historians collaborate their efforts in Church History 101 to present you with a quick read of church history's high points.

The Highlights of Twenty Centuries

Church History 101

How Should Men Lead Their Families?

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.

How to Raise Children in the Covenant of Grace

Parenting by God's Promises

Paul Smalley

Marriage and Same-Sex Relations

One Man and One Woman

Nick Thompson

Nicholas J. Thompson

"Beeke and Thompson provide biblical, practical, and effective tools to handle all types of criticism and to respond with godly wisdom. A vital tool for church leaders and pastors"--

A Guide to Coping with Criticism in the Ministry

Pastors and Their Critics

Michael Reeves

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 pursuing God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. Joel R. Beeke and Michael Reeves introduce us to nine Puritan stalwarts that we all should be familiar with. Then they show us the practical contribution the Puritans made in discussing doctrines related to God, salvation, church, and daily life. Read this book and be moved to following God fully like the Puritans.

An Introduction to the Puritans

Following God Fully

an introduction to Calvinism

Living for God's glory

Not a comprehensive marriage manual, and not a complete exploration of the theological significance of marriage, this book focuses on two key ingredients in a vital marriage: friendship and sexual intimacy. Drawing from the wisdom of the Bible, especially Proverbs, CBeeke shows you how to grow closer to your spouse, emotionally and physically.

Cultivating Companionship and Intimacy in Marriage

Friends and Lovers

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, works with and within us to traverse that gap. For the Christian, through all of life’s circumstances and our changing conditions, growing in grace is our priority. And God gives what He commands. He gives us means and tools to use that can truly, daily, bring us nearer to the ever-urgent goal of godliness. This book is one of those tools. Growing in Grace presents thirteen essays to assist in your pursuit of godliness. Table of Contents: 1. Why Spiritual Growth is Important—Stephen Myers Scriptural Studies 2. Growing in Grace through the Psalms—Rhett Dodson 3. Growing in the Fear of the LORD—Daniel Timmer 4. Growing in Repentance and Faith (James 4:6–10)—Joseph Pipa 5. The Holy Spirit as the Author of Sanctification (1 Peter 2:1–3)—Tom Nettles 6. Growing in Personal Sanctification (Phil. 2:12–13)—Tom Nettles 7. Growing in Heavenly-Mindedness (Phil. 3:17–21)—Maarten Kuivenhoven Theological Studies 8. Growing in Personal Assurance of Faith—Joel Beeke 9. Growing in Awareness of our Adoption by God—Rob Ventura 10. Growing in Personal Evangelism—Ian Macleod Experiential Studies 11. Growing in Christlikeness—Greg Salazar 12. Growing in Communion with the Triune God—William VanDoodewaard 13. Growing in Grace in Good Works—Mark Kelderman

Growing in Grace

Table of Contents: BIBLICAL STUDIES 1. The Age of the Spirit and Revival 2. Trust in the Incarnate Word 3. Our Glorious Adoption: Trinitarian-Based and Transformed Relationships 4. 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, 12–13a 6. The Man of Sin: 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12 7. Delighting in God: A Guide to Sabbath-Keeping SYSTEMATIC AND HISTORICAL THEOLOGY 8. God-Centered Theology in the Ministry of the Word 9. Calvin on Sovereignty, Providence, and Predestination 10. Reading the Puritans 11. Godefridus Udemans: Life, Influence, and Writings 12. John Bunyan on Justification 13. Reformed Orthodoxy in North America 14. The Perspicuity of Scripture 15. Laurence Chaderton: His Life and Ecclesiology 16. Natural Theology: Some Historical Perspective EXPERIENTIAL THEOLOGY 17. Calvin as an Experiential Preacher 18. The Puritans on Conscience and Casuistry 19. Assurance of Salvation: The Insights of Anthony Burgess 20. Wilhelmus à Brakel’s Biblical Ethics of Spirituality 21. Images of Union and Communion with Christ PRACTICAL THEOLOGY 22. Puritans on the Family: Recent Publications 23. Consider Christ in Affliction: An Open Letter to True Believers 24. Learning from the Puritans on Being Salt and Light 25. Puritans on Marital Love PASTORAL THEOLOGY AND MISSIONS 26. God-Centered Adult Education 27. Plain Preaching Demonstrating the Spirit and His Power 28. How to Evaluate Your Sermons 29. Practical Application in Preaching 30. Authentic Ministry: Servanthood, Tears, and Temptations 31. Children in the Church 32. The Minister’s Helpmeet 33. Unprofessional Puritans and Professional Pastors: What the Puritans Would Say to Modern Pastors 34. Catechism Preaching 35. A Life in the Word 36. Why You and Your Family Should Go to Church: Biblical Answers to “Churchless Christianity” CONTEMPORARY AND CULTURAL ISSUES 37. Interview with Joel Beeke about Reformed Churches and Seminaries 38. Handling Error in the Church: Martin Downes Interviewing Joel R. Beeke 39. Practical Lessons for Today from the Life of Idelette Calvin 40. Rediscovering the Laity: The Reformation in the Pew and in the Classroom 41. In Commemoration of the Heidelberg Catechism’s 450th Anniversary: The Catechism as a Confession of Faith 42. How to Battle Hostility and Secularism 43. Busy but Fruitful: How to Manage Time 44. Nurturing Intimate Communication with Your Spouse

Historical, Experiential, and Practical Studies for the Whole of Life

Puritan Reformed Theology

Randall J. Pederson

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. "Intimidated students and busy pastors ask, 'Where do I start?" The obvious answer to that question now is, Meet the Puritans." - Dr. David Murray

With a Guide to Modern Reprints

Meet the Puritans

Michael Barrett

Jerry Bilkes

Family Worship Bible Guide

Diana Kleyn

Read about Flying Bread, Martha's Raven, and the Stolen Sleigh. Find out about how God cares for us and how children can believe in him. Themes: God's Care and Childhood Faith.

How God Sent a Dog to Save a Family

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 our risen Savior, is a beacon of beauty and glory shining on our way as we traverse the ugly and the gloomy. In this book, you will encounter encouraging messages that address the end times from a variety of perspectives (exegetically, topically, historically, and experientially). Contributors include Michael P. V. Barrett, David Strain, Daniel Timmer, David P. Murray, Derek W. H. Thomas, Greg Salazar, Adriaan C. Neele, William VanDoodewaard, Joel R. Beeke, and Gerald Bilkes. Contents: Scriptural Studies 1.The Day of the Lord: Escaping the Inescapable (Zephaniah 1–2) —Michael P. V. Barrett 2. The Number of the Sealed (Revelation 7) —David Strain 3. The Last Battle (Revelation 19:11—20:15) —David Strain 4. Beauty and Glory in Revelation 21 and 22 —Daniel Timmer Topical Studies 5. The Signs of the Times —David P. Murray 6. Heaven —Derek W. H. Thomas 7. Jesus Believed in Hell: The Christian’s Modern Dilemma —Derek W. H. Thomas Historical Studies 8. The Beauty and Glory of the Puritan Millennium —Greg Salazar 9. Jonathan Edwards: Surprised by the Beauty and Glory of God —Adriaan C. Neele 10. Thomas Boston and the Kingdom of Heaven —William VanDoodewaard Experiential Studies 11. The Marriage of Christ and His Church (Revelation 19:7–9) —Joel R. Beeke 12. The Final Victory (1 Corinthians 15) —Gerald M. Bilkes

The Beauty and Glory of the Last Things

Richard D. Phillips

Albert N. Martin

David Murray

David Carmichael

Gerald M. Bilkes

Iain D. Campbell

William Van Doodewaard

Para ser verdadeiramente cristão, temos de abraçar como doutrina e como experiência os principais dogmas da Reforma: sola gratia, sola fide, solus Christus, sola Scriptura e soli Deo Gloria. Não é a nossa salvação baseada somente na Escritura, somente por meio de Cristo, recebida somente pela fé, obra somente da graça e somente para a glória de Deus? No fulcro dessas veementes verdades está solus Christus (somente Cristo). "Somente Cristo" é nossa vida e a nossa salvação, a nossa beleza e a nossa glória. Cristo Jesus é o Senhor e Salvador glorioso, belo, que tem "pernas, colunas de mármore" (Ct 5.15), pois ele é forte e inabalável e é totalmente desejável (v.16). Nas palavras de Thomas Brooks, "Cristo é desejável, Cristo é muito desejável, Cristo é o mais desejável, Cristo é sempre desejável, Cristo é totalmente desejável". Brooks também disse: "Cristo é o diamante mais brilhante no anel da glória". Aproveite a festa espiritual servida em A Beleza e a Glória de Cristo, uma compilação das palestras da conferência anual do Seminário Teológico Reformado Puritano em agosto de 2010 em Grand Rapids, Michigan. Cada ensaio estabelece diante dos leitores as inesquecíveis riquezas do Senhor Jesus Cristo, a esperança da nossa glória e a glória da nossa esperança. Os tópicos incluem a beleza de Cristo profetizada e tipificada em Isaías e Cântico dos Cânticos; A glória de Cristo em sua encarnação, ministério terreno e morte na cruz; Cristo na teologia histórica e na vida cotidiana; A gloriosa exaltação de Cristo em sua ressurreição e em seu triunfo no livro do Apocalipse. Os colaboradores são David Murray, Iain Campbell, Richard Phillips, Gerald Bilkes, David Carmichael, Albert Martin, Joel Beeke, William VanDoodewaard, Ray Pennings e James Grier.

A beleza e a Glória de Cristo

Brian G. Hedges

Using the Puritan writings judiciously, Joel R. Beeke and Brian G. Hedges provide twelve fascinating chapters on how the Puritans help us in a variety of ways, such as shaping our lives by the Scriptures, convicting our consciences of the subtlety and sinfulness of sin, opening for us the beauty and loveliness of Christ, and much more. Let this book transform your daily Christian life and move you to read the Puritan treasures for yourself. Table of Contents: 1. The Puritans Shape Our Lives by the Authoritative Scriptures 2. The Puritans Lift Our Gaze to the Greatness and Glory of Our Triune God 3. The Puritans Convict Our Consciences of the Subtlety and Sinfulness of Sin 4. The Puritans Open Our Eyes to the Beauty and Loveliness of Christ 5. The Puritans Liberate Our Hearts with the Freedom and Power of Grace 6. The Puritans Engage Our Wills in the Practical Pursuit of Holiness 7. The Puritans Equip the Saints in the Battle against the World, the Flesh, and the Devil 8. The Puritans Inspire Our Hearts to Seek God’s Face in Prayer 9. The Puritans Sustain Us in Suffering with the Sovereign Providence of God 10. The Puritans Search Our Souls with Profound Psychological Insight 11. The Puritans Set Our Sights on Eternal Realities 12. The Puritans Fill Us with Sacrificial Zeal for God and His Truth Conclusion: Reading the Puritans

Twelve Ways the Puritans Fuel Spiritual Growth

Thriving in Grace

William Gouge

Scott Brown

For years, William Gouge's Domestical Duties has stood as the foremost Puritan treatment of Christian family life. Yet due to its size and antiquated expression, it has become almost unknown among current generations of believers. To help revive the usefulness of this classic book, Scott Brown and Joel R. Beeke divided Gouge's work into three manageable volumes, updated the language to modern standards, and have given it the title Building a Godly Home. In the third volume, A Holy Vision for Raising Children, Gouge offers wise and practical advice to both children and parents on how to relate to each other with love and honor. Drawing from a wealth of biblical principles and examples, he fleshes out how a household of affectionate authority provides for children and prepares them to live as God's servants in the world. Fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters will find much here to challenge and guide them. Author William Gouge (1575 1653) was a Puritan minster who served for forty-five years at St. Ann Blackfriars in London and was a member of the Westminster Assembly. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had thirteen children. Endorsement "Few issues spell countercultural Christianity as does a biblical view of the home and its various relationships and responsibilities. Those like the seventeenth-century Presbyterian William Gouge, who provided a lengthy exposition of domestic life as outlined in Scripture, got themselves into trouble with those who viewed biblical teaching burdensome (Gouge was vilified by wealthy city women, for example). But domestic reform is essential if we are to reflect godliness in the home, and Gouge's once enormously popular Of Domestical Duties is without equal in describing what it looks like. A masterful guide, Gouge is pastoral, clearheaded, thoughtful, and eminently Bible-focused as he writes about the tasks, ideals, and problems of Christian family life. Once as popular as Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Matthew Henry's Commentary, Gouge

A Holy Vision for Raising Children

Building a Godly Home

Against the backdrop of the magisterial Reformers (with special attention to Calvin), Dr. Beeke examines the theological development of personal assurance of faith from 1600-1760 in English Puritanism and its parallel movement in the Netherlands, the so-called Second Reformation. In-depth studies and comparisons of William Perkins, Willem Teellinck, the Westminster Confession, John Owen, Alexander Comrie, and Thomas Goodwin convincingly demonstrate with fresh insights that the differences between Calvin and English/Dutch Calvinism on assurance arose primarily from a newly evolving pastoral context rather than from foundational variations in doctrine. By a careful study of the role of God's promises, the practical and mystical syllogisms, and the witness of the Spirit, this study breaks new ground in revealing how English and Dutch Calvinism developed a biblically balanced doctrine of assurance which the Christian church sorely needs today.

Calvin, English Puritanism, and the Dutch Second Reformation

Assurance of Faith

What brings out the best in believers? John Bunyan's life was changed when he abandoned doubt and despair, embracing the necessity and transforming power of the fear of the Lord.

John Bunyan and the Grace of Fearing God

Joel Beeke helps readers balance the biblical realities that, for believers in Jesus Christ, prayer is as simple and as natural as breathing, and yet a practice that must be learned and requires perseverance.

Joel R. Beeke

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