Portraits of Faith: What Five Biblical Characters Teach Us About Our Life with God
About this ebook
Author Joel R. Beeke believes we can best understand faith by seeing how it operates by the Spirit in the lives of fallen sinners like us. Accordingly, he considers essential aspects of faith operating in the lives of Adam and Eve, the Shunammite woman, the Canaanite woman, and Caleb. With pastoral warmth, he challenges readers to ask themselves three questions: Do I have this kind of faith? Am I exercising the particular aspect of faith being described? How can this example of a particular dimension of faith be used in my life to make me a mature believer?
Study questions for each chapter encourage meaningful reflection for both individual and group study.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Geoff Thomas
1. Introduction
2. Adam and Eve: Childlike Faith
3. The Shunammite Woman: Submissive Faith
4. The Canaanite Woman: Mature Faith
5. Caleb: Persevering Faith
About the author
Joel R. Beeke (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) served as president of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary from 1995 to 2023 and now serves as its chancellor and professor of homiletics and systematic theology. He is a minister of the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
