Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke
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Overview
The puritan movement, its leading figures, and the resulting principles were not only pivotal in Church history, but remain greatly influential today. This work looks at the puritan doctrine of piety. Contributors such as Sinclair Ferguson, Michael Haykin, and Mark Jones explore the theology, history, and application of this doctrine, presenting concise biographies of individual Puritans alongside modern heirs who seek to mimic their example. Puritan Piety is written in honour of Dr. Joel Beeke, inspired by his writings and the passionate piety with which he has strived to live and rightly influence those around him.
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- Explores the puritan emphasis on piety and its historical development
- Focuses on the lives and theology of individual Puritan authors
- Celebrates the life and works of Joel. R. Beeke
- Preface: On Piety and Puritans—Past and Contemporary
- Introduction: The Puritan Piety of Joel Beeke
Part 1: Reformed Theology and Puritan Piety
- What is Theology? A Puritan and Reformed Vision of Living to God, through Christ, by the Spirit
- Christology and Piety in Puritan Thought
- The Kingdom of God in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards
Part 2: Means of Grace and Puritan Piety
- Calvin the Preacher and the Puritans
- The Highway of Holiness: Puritan Moral Reform in the English Revolution
- John Cotton and the Spiritual Value of Psalm-singing
- John Owen and the Lord’s Supper
Part 3: Individual Snapshots of Puritan Piety
- Daniel Dyke and The Mystery of Self-deceiving
- Milton’s Sonnet on His Blindness and the Puritan Soul
- A String of Pearls (Psalm 119): The Biblical Piety of Thomas Manton
Part 4: Later Heirs of Puritan Piety
- J. C. Philpot and Experimental Calvinism
- Eminent Spirituality and Eminent Usefulness: True Spirituality According to Andrew Fuller
- Michael Haykin
- Paul M. Smalley
- Ryan M. McGraw
- Mark Jones
- Joseph Pipa
- Chad Van Dixhoorn
- W. Robert Godfrey
- Sinclair B. Ferguson
- Richard A. Muller
- Randall J. Pederson
- Leland Ryken
- J. Stephen Yuille
- Robert W. Oliver
It is a pleasure to commend this series of essays in Reformed theology and piety. The theological, historical and pastoral scope of the essays, and the range of the contributors, from younger scholars Ryan McGraw and Chad Van Dixhoorn, to older scholars Sinclair Ferguson and Robert Godfrey, give this Festschrift a compelling attractiveness. Each of the essays focus on areas of Reformed doctrine and practice dear to Joel Beeke’s heart and dear to Christians who prize experiential divinity. It is to be hoped that this collection of essays will be read widely and digested deeply
—Ian Hamilton, Associate Minister, Smithton Culloden Free Church of Scotland, Inverness, Scotland
This book marks the milestone of the publication of Dr Joel Beeke’s 100th book—and it is so like the man and those 100 books that he has authored and edited. It is full of biblical wisdom, robust theological reflection, and warm and inviting piety. Dr Beeke is a gift to the twenty-first century church precisely because he has spent so much time traveling the ancient paths, paths which can be traced right back to the riches of Holy Writ. Dr Beeke is industrious and devoted, astoundingly prolific and joyfully dutiful. May this book, like Dr Beeke’s 100 books, nourish the church and cause us to look past our cloud of witnesses and to the Author of our faith.
—Stephen J. Nichols, President of Reformation Bible College and Chief Academic Officer of Ligonier Ministries, Sanford, Florida
As well as being a fitting tribute to the contribution which Dr Joel Beeke has made to our understanding of Puritan history, theology and culture, this varied collection of high quality essays will itself add to the corpus of material which will inform, educate and stimulate further interest in Puritan study.
—Iver Martin, President of Edinburgh Theological Seminary, Scotland
- Title: Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke
- Editors: Michael Haykin and Paul M. Smalley
- Publisher: Christian Focus
- Publication Date: 2018
- Pages: 304
- Christian Group: Reformed
- Resource Type: Festschrift
- Topic: Historical Theology
Michael A. G. Haykin is Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and Director of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies in Louisville, Kentucky.
Paul M. Smalley is a teaching assistant to Joel R. Beeke at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and pastor at Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan.