The Beauty and Glory of the Father
2013
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The essays in The Beauty and Glory of the Father call us to stand in wonder of the First Person of the Trinity. Through an assortment of studies, readers are challenged to recognize the Father's glory displayed in His Son, to adore His beautiful attributes, to know Him as a Savior, and to rest in His loving hands. This book, along with The Beauty and Glory of Christ and The Beauty and Glory of the Holy Spirit, reinforces the ongoing necessity of cultivating a Trinitarian piety. Table of Part 1: Seeing the Father's Glory in His Only Begotten Son
- The Father's Love for His Son (John 3:35) - Bart Elshout
- Father and Son in the Exodus (Hos. 11:1, etc.) - Jerry Bilkes Part 2: Adoring the Beautiful Attributes of the Father
- The Holiness of the Father in the Old Testament (Isa. 6) - Derek Thomas
- The Father's Mercy (1 Peter 1:3-5) - William VanDoodewaard
- Richard Sibbes on the Mercy and Faithfulness of the Father (2 Cor. 1:3, 18) - Paul Smalley Part 3: Knowing God the Father as Savior
- Seeing the Father in the Face of Jesus (John 14:9) - Derek Thomas
- The Apostle John and the Puritans on the Father's Adopting, Transforming Love (1 John 3) - Joel Beeke Part 4: Resting in the Father's Loving Hands
- Your Father in Heaven (Matt. 5-7) - William VanDoodewaard
- Counseling and the Fatherhood of God - David Murray
- The Father's Beautiful Hand of Blessed Chastisement (Heb. 12:4-13) - Burk Parsons Conclusion
- The Need for a Trinitarian Piety (Eph. 2:18) - Ryan McGraw
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Joel R. Beeke
Author · 78 books
Dr. Joel R. Beeke serves as President and Professor of Systematic Theology, Church History, and Homiletics. He has been in the ministry since 1978 and has served as a pastor of his current church since 1986. He is also editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society. He has written, co-authored, or edited fifty books and contributed over fifteen hundred articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias. His Ph.D. (1988) from Westminster Theological Seminary is in Reformation and Post-Reformation Theology. He is frequently called upon to lecture at Reformed seminaries and to speak at conferences around the world. He and his wife, Mary, have three children: Calvin, Esther, and Lydia.
