Joel R. Beeke

If you are a true believer, Satan hates you because you bear the image of Christ and because you were snatched from his power. You deserted Satan, and he wants you back. He wants to sift you like wheat. While we should not overestimate Satan's power, to our peril we underestimate an enemy who is...

How has God provided for single Christians? Statistics show that life as a single person has become a common experience. For many in the church, singleness is the new normal. Between loneliness, sexual temptation, and self-pity, Christians often forget that God does not view them as second-class...

Is your marriage drifting into routine? Has joy given way to quiet distance? Is spiritual vitality absent? Rediscover the Beauty and Purpose of a Christ-Centered Union Drawing on decades of pastoral and counseling experience, Joel and Mary Beeke offer twelve clear, biblical principles that...

The Good News? You’d die for your wife and kids. The Bad News? That’s the easy part. Becoming a godly husband and father isn’t about one heroic moment—it’s about showing up, every single day. For men looking to lead with strength and humility, How to Lead Your Family: A Guide for Men...

The nature and relationship of faith and works in the doctrine of justification...

Perhaps in your past you’ve heard a fair bit about John Calvin (1509–1564) and his teaching on the sovereignty of God and predestination, but you’ve never quite understood his supporters or his detractors. You know that both Calvin’s theology and these doctrines are important, but you...

God has blessed Joel and Mary Beeke with a wonderful marriage. God has also given them the opportunity to counsel many people in troubled marriages as well as to provide premarital counseling to scores of engaged couples. In How Can We Build a Godly Marriage?, the Beekes share ten principles...

God's Word teaches us that Jesus Christ was ordained by God and anointed by the Spirit for His work as prophet, priest, and king of His children. Those who are in union with Him share His offices in a limited but important way. In this booklet, Joel Beeke explains how husbands and fathers should...

Spiritual growth is a necessary part of the Christian's life, but a failure to practice biblical meditation hinders such growth. Today, many believers misunderstand this core Christian discipline because they associate it with New Age spirituality and false religions. During the Puritan age...

Prayer is a crucial part of the Christian life, and believers must give it careful attention and cultivation. As they pray, Christians exercise their faith in repentance, in submission to God's will, and in praise to God. Believers in Christ, then, must grow in their prayer life in their...

'Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend,' Proverbs 27:17 tells us. God uses Christian friendships to help His children grow in grace and stay true to Christ. But our twenty-first-century Western culture values individualism, busyness, and selfishness qualities...

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 into the treasures of God's Word...

Wenn wir über die Geburt Christi nachdenken, richten wir unsere Aufmerksamkeit oft auf den detaillierten Bericht des Lukas-Evangeliums. Aber um den Hauptpunkt der Geschichte zu verstehen – nämlich, dass der ewige Sohn Gottes unsere menschliche Natur aus Fleisch und Blut angenommen hat –...

Wie kann ich Gottesfurcht und Liebe in der Familie fördern? Wie kann eine Gemeinde wachsen? Was kann unsere Gesellschaft verändern? Joel Beeke zeigt in diesem Buch, dass ein Schlüssel für Erweckung in Familie, Gemeinde und Gesellschaft die Familienandacht ist. Dies ist nicht...

Assurance of faith is the conviction that one belongs to Christ through faith and will enjoy everlasting salvation. It is more than believing the gospel - it is believing that these truths apply to you. Having assurance affects life in more ways than forgiveness of sin, alleviation of guilt, and...

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 we can best understand faith by seeing how it...

Every pastor knows what it's like to be criticized. But how does he respond? And how does he offer constructive criticism of his own? With wisdom and charity, Joel Beeke and Nick Thompson answer these questions and more. The Bible is full of critics, and it gives us practical principles for...

Lass mich dir zwei Dinge sagen: Bibellesen ist harte Arbeit. Es lohnt sich auf jeden Fall. Die meisten Christen wissen, dass sie die Bibel lesen sollten; sie wissen, dass die Bibel sie weise macht und ihr Wachstum fördert. Viele haben es auch versucht, die Bibel täglich zu lesen und sogar zu...

What do George Whitefield, Elisabeth Elliot, and J. Gresham Machen have in common? They were all Evangelical Heroes. In Evangelical Heroes, Joel Beeke and Douglas Bond present thirty biographical sketches of faithful evangelical leaders from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries...

What do George Whitefield, Elisabeth Elliot, and J. Gresham Machen have in common? They were all Evangelical Heroes. In Evangelical Heroes, Joel Beeke and Douglas Bond present thirty biographical sketches of faithful evangelical leaders from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries...