December 28, 2020 Show with Dr. Joel Beeke on “Puritan Reformed Theology”

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We have a returning guest on the program who is one of my favorite guests.

He's one of my favorite preachers.

I've seen him preach many times at conferences.

He's one of my favorite authors.

His name is Dr. Joel R. Beeke, and he is founder, president, and professor of

systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids,

Michigan.

He was also the host or co -host of a program that I developed way back in

the 1990s on WMCA radio when I still worked there, an affiliate of

Salem Media, the largest Christian radio network in the world.

And that was called The Voice of Sovereign Grace, a program I developed that featured,

initially, five different Reformed pastors who each had their own night to have a

sermon aired.

And Dr. Beeke was one of those five, and I thank God for that.

And that program continued for quite a number of years.

But it's my honor and privilege to welcome you back to Iron Trip and Zion Radio, Dr. Joel Beeke.

That's great to be with you, Chris.

Yeah, great to be with you.

Amen.

Well, we are going to be discussing, to start off with, your new book, Puritan

Reformed Theology, Historical, Experiential, and Practical Studies for the Whole Life.

But then we're going to also include in our discussion today other books you wanted to highlight.

Before we do that, if you could let our listeners know about Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

High on academics, but we're off.

Amen.

In fact, one of my pastors at Grace Baptist Church in

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, John Miller, he had a part of his education there at Puritan Reformed

Theological Seminary.

So, and I know that he thanks very highly of you.

And for more information, if you'd like to investigate this

seminary for yourself or someone that you love, go to

prts .edu, prts .edu, which stands for Puritan

Reformed Theological Seminary, prts .edu.

Well, as I've already mentioned, the first book that we want to start off with to promote

and discuss is Puritan Reformed Theology, Historical, Experiential, and

Practical Studies for the Whole of Life.

Can you at least start with explaining what makes Puritan

Reformed Theology stand out amongst the

Reformed Theology of the Reformers, the Reformed Theology of other periods

in history?

And I know that the Puritans, obviously, judging from the name of your very seminary that you founded,

the Puritans obviously hold a very high part, very

important role in your life as a Christian.

But tell us about what makes the Puritan Reformed Theology unique.

Yes.

Well,

the

Reformers

were

about

800 years old as well, on

every detail.

Praise God.

Well, one of the things that you are known to be passionate about, and it has come

up quite a number of times in your writings, the books that you have brought back into

print, in your sermons, is experiential Calvinism.

And that's an aspect of this book.

Can you please describe or explain that?

Yes.

You've been

trained

in pretty good,

definite categories.

Then, thirdly,

and I wanted

to just

further

whet

the

appetite of our

listeners

for

this.

Book that we are beginning our discussion on.

First, we have someone who is one of my favorite authors

and preachers, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson.

I'm sure well known to many of my listeners in the Iron Sherpins Iron Radio audience.

He is Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reform

Theological Seminary and Teaching Fellow at Ligonier Ministries, the ministry founded by the late R .C.

Sproul.

And Dr. Sinclair Ferguson says, Puritan Reform Theology is a title with a subtle double entendre.

It certainly delivers what it promises, theology in a Reformed tradition, mediated

especially through the life and writings of the Puritans.

But it also celebrates the quarter sanitary of the Puritan Reform Theological

Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by presenting in one volume the wonderful series of

essays its founding president, Dr. Joel Beeky, has contributed to the seminary journal.

In these pages, Professor Beeky handles a wide variety of subjects and turns them one by one

into theological and pastoral gold.

The range is extraordinary, and yet focused on the main things.

The ease of readability pleases the ordinary reader, and yet there are footnotes

in scholar satisfying abundance.

The sheer size of the book may seem intimidating, yet like a great cathedral, it can be

appreciated one stone at a time.

Here, then, is a thesaurus of theological and spiritual riches, a venerable Aladdin's

cave of intellectual and spiritual pleasures.

I feel sure that readers will find themselves frequently returning to Puritan Reformed Theology

to find in it both theological treasure and

spiritual pleasure.

As I said, that was Dr. Sinclair Ferguson.

And then another one of my favorite preachers and authors, John MacArthur, who has been on

this program and has written a glowing commendation for Iron Troupe and Zion Radio.

And he said, Puritan Reformed Theology is a treasure trove of articles and sermons that reflect godly piety and

biblical orthodoxy.

Dr. Beeky has once again served us with a valuable work, which I highly recommend.

Well, I'm sure that that gave you a lot of pleasure to receive those very high

endorsements from two very highly esteemed brothers in Christ.

We do have, first of all, let me give our email address out so that our

listeners who have questions can join us on the air.

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USA.

And please only remain anonymous if your question involves a personal and private matter.

Let's say you disagree with your own pastor about the theological

positions you are developing.

Perhaps you are a pastor, you disagree with your own fellow elders, or perhaps your own denomination

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Well, I can understand that you would want to remain anonymous, but if it's just a basic general question on history

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Do you have anything further to say about this volume before we move on to the other ones that you wanted to highlight?

Well, it is quite a massive volume, that is for sure, and

knowing you and your thorough knowledge and research into the Puritans, I am

sure it is well worth anyone plunging into this book,

whether you are a seminary student, a pastor, or even just the average Christian who wants to

learn more about what the Scriptures truly teach.

And I happen to agree with Dr. Beeke that the Puritans would be an accurate reflection

on what the Bible truly teaches.

And

one

thing,

Chris,

I

want

to

mention,

maybe,

if

you

do

it

conscientiously.

Praise God.

Well, we have to go to our first break right now.

If anybody would like to join us again, our email address is chrisarnson at gmail .com, if you have a question of your own for Dr.

Beeke.

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We've already got a number of people online, as it were, waiting to have their questions asked and

answered, and we'll try to get to as many of you as possible before the program is over.

But if you want to get in line, chrisarnson at gmail .com is the email

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And Dwayne asks, what would your

response be to people criticizing Puritans because of rumored connection

or no response at all to slavery?

Well,

now,

more

against

killing,

saying

that

Jonathan

Edwards,

that

1889, or by maybe being

included, you

read

all these articles.

I'm not sure I could even name—.

What do you make of the distinction that some historians make

about confining the Puritans to those that were

nonconformists in the Church of England who left or were banished, etc.,

and that those folks that emigrated here to the United States,

or America, I should say, that those here in North America, although they may

have carried with them much of the theology, teaching, and practice of the Puritans,

their forefathers in the faith from England, that those that were

here should not be considered a part of the Puritan movement?

What do you think about that?

The

movement

has

definitely

condemned

it.

Now, Richard Baxter was an exception to the rule with the Puritans, was he not?

When it came to theology, you said that the Puritans were thoroughly Reformed, but was he not an exception to that?

Well, Richard Baxter was—if you read 95 percent of his writing, it is thoroughly—get

reprinted, because they're very confusing, and so all the reprints—.

Praise God.

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Enough

to

technically

anthropologize

them.

When they're out

in different

languages, they can use

my textbook.

So

each course

that

we

teach,

and by

elders and

target

audiences,

why—how

do you

experience—fourth,

we try

to

usually

come up,

and

then—.

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That's also the email address to send in a question to Dr. Joel Beakey, and we are speaking of the

Puritans in general, but we are also highlighting a number of books that Dr.

Beakey has written, and you can ask a question basically on anything

in regard to Reformed theology.

Our email address again is chrisarnson at gmail dot com.

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As always, give us your first name at least, your city and state of residence, and your country of residence if you live outside the USA.

We have an anonymous listener, Dr. Beakey, who said, amongst my close circle of

friends who are fundamentalist Baptists, there are some that really love the

Puritans and promote them regularly, but there are others who are vehemently opposed to the

Puritans because they say they were very cruel and harsh and hateful towards the Baptists.

What do I say to these folks about the Puritans because I believe that they are missing out on such a

great wealth of beautiful theology and information?

So, although they would oppose the Reformed Baptists over their rejection of infant

baptism, would they be on that issue as harsh

as, and of course we can't broad brush not only the Reformers themselves or the

Puritans, but would they, in your opinion, from what you know about history, would they have been as harsh

if it was just that issue.

Of

a

rejection

of

infant

baptism?

Amen.

Yes, he was

just on

the

program

last

week.

By the way, folks, if you

want to

hear

an

excellent interview with Dr. Hagen,.

It was actually on the 18th of December, Friday the 18th of

December, and he did an absolutely fascinating interview with me

on his book, The Mayflower Pilgrims.

Actually, the exact title is Strangers and Pilgrims on the Earth, Remembering the Mayflower

Pilgrims from 1620 to 2020, and that was from

December 18th on Iron Sherpa's Iron Radio.

I highly recommend you listen to it on the archive of the Iron Sherpa's Iron Radio website.

We have another anonymous listener who says, I have a very close relative who is on

the brink of death, but it is uncertain how long that person

has left here on earth.

I believe that they could at least hear if being read to very clearly.

Is there a book by a Puritan that you would recommend to a sick or dying person?

The listener didn't say that.

In fact, if you could, Anonymous, send us another email, and we'll

take that into consideration when it comes to the book.

Let

me do

both

questions.

Now, a wonderful booklet that I have

given,.

Uh, especially to believers on the issue of sickness itself, those that are coping with sickness.

It is a booklet titled Sickness by J .C. Ryle.

It was a, uh, taken from a larger volume.

I.

Believe Ryle's Upper Room, if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah, that would be good.

Yes.

Well, I was going.

To ask you if there's something comparable from a Puritan.

That's why I brought that up.

Well, Anonymous, please give us your full name and mailing address, because you've also won a copy of Puritan Reform

Theology, and we will, uh, hopefully have many in our

audience praying for you and your loved one, and prayers not only for the

loved one, but for you and your ability to minister to that

individual, and also that your fellow family members would join with you in that effort.

And, uh, I know that I will be praying for you.

Uh, well, I want to make sure, also, before we run out of time, before we go to our next break,

uh, what other books would you like.

To highlight today?

Oh, yeah, I

have seen that

at Cumberland Valley Bible Book Service, who is an

advertiser

on our

show.

Yeah,

so

this book,

I

did

with

it

together

with

a...

It's

Jeff

Johnson,

correct,

the

publisher?

Yeah,

Jeff

Johnson,

yeah.

And so,

we

look

in this...

Great.

By

the

way,.

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And, we are going to our final break right now.

It's going to be a lot more brief than the other breaks.

If you have a question that you'd like to ask of your own, uh, send in your email, as quickly as possible, to

chrisarnsen, at gmail .com, c -h -r -i -s -a -r -n -z -e

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Welcome back.

This is Chris Arnzen, and if you just tuned us in, our guest for the entire program today is

Dr. Joel Beeky.

He is author, founder, president, and professor of systematic theology and homiletics

at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

We have been discussing Puritan Reformed theology, historical, experiential, and practical studies for

the whole life, in addition to other books that Dr. Beeky has authored or co -authored that

are new in print.

And if you have a question, send it in quickly because we are rapidly running out of time.

Our email address is ChrisArnzen at gmail .com.

ChrisArnzen at gmail .com.

Always give us your first name, at least your city and state of residence, and your country of residence.

If you live outside the USA, and we have John in Bangor, Maine, who asks, are there books by

Puritans that we should avoid because they are legalistic and may be too

intimidating, discouraging, depressing, and even frightening for the new

believer, especially, to plunge into?

Yeah,

that's

ridiculous.

Look

at that and

say,

oh, how can you?

Did they have anything

comparable?

Like, were there, in the days of the Puritans, were there theatrical performances and

so on?

Yeah, they were

very

much

against

the theater.

A new convert

with a

very,

very...

But yes,

there's a

handful of

books out

of maybe, what, 5 ,000?

Well, thank you, John, and make sure we get your full mailing address in Bangor, Maine, because you have won our

final copy that we're giving away of Puritan Reform Theology, and we'll have cvbbs .com

ship that out for you, so look for a package that has cvbbs in the return address

area on the package, cvbbs .com, Cumberland Valley Bible Books Service.

Well, before we run out of time, I want to make sure that you highlight all of the books that you.

Are intending to, so

what

would be

the

next

book?

Great,

and we have

Arnie

in

Perry

County,.

Pennsylvania, who asks, was hyper -Calvinism a problem at all amongst

the Puritans in any significant way, and are there any treatises or books written in

opposition to hyper -Calvinism.

By

Puritans?

Well,

I know

they said,

I don't...

I read

Pembroke, and

I

don't see much here that

were

a bit like

the Puritans.

And let's see, here

we have Harrison in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania,.

Who says, I understand that you are a member of a denomination called the Heritage Reformed

Congregations.

I was wondering if you could explain how they would be different from your former

denomination, the Netherlands Reformed Church, and also how they would be different from other three forms

of unity adherence, like the United Reformed Church of North America and the.

Free

Reformed

Church of

North America.

You have about seven

minutes.

Denomination,

tour,

with

very

God

-fearing,

with

the

gospel,

must be experienced,

and things I

see,

this is for them, United Reformed

Church.

Great, well,

I want to

make

sure that our

listeners

have.

All of the contact information that they need to get a hold of you, your writings, and

everything connected to your ministry.

First of all, we have joebeke .org, J -O -E -L,

B as in boy, E -E -K -E .org.

We also have the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary's website, again, p -r -t -s

-dot -e -d -u, p -r -t -s -dot -e -d -u, and Reformation Heritage

Books.

They can be found at heritagebooks .org, heritagebooks .org.

As I mentioned earlier, Cumberland Valley Bible Book Service, who cvbbs

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if they do not have what you're looking for exactly in stock.

That's cvbbs .com, and we thank them for shipping out all of our listeners the books

and other things that they win when they submit questions to our show.

Do you have any other final thoughts that you'd like to share before we go off the air,.

Just say this,

Amen,

and I

want everybody

listening to

always

remember

for the

rest.

Of your lives that Jesus Christ is a far greater Savior than you are a sinner.