Portraits of Faith, Joel R. Beeke
Portraits of Faith, Joel R. Beeke
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Portraits of Faith
What Five Biblical Characters Teach Us About Our Life with God

Author: Joel R. Beeke

Narrator: Joel R. Beeke

Unabridged: 3 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/15/2017


Synopsis

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 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zach

The average Bible study analyzing biblical examples of faith would normally turn with rapidity to Hebrews 11. It's the "Hall of Faith," and rightfully so, there are plenty of great examples there. But what if we can learn the beauty, the extraordinariness, the profundity of Christian faith from chap......more

Goodreads review by Wesley

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this book. Was this one of those little devotional type books that pick out little tidbits from the lives of Biblical characters? Kind of. But it goes much deeper than that. Presenting five Biblical characters as examples of faith, the author really delves int......more

This was a great book and very, very convicting at times. I took off one star because I thought his writing was maybe a little over the top at times. It started coming off as borderline cheesy, I'm not sure if that makes any sense. Overall, a great short book.......more