Puritans, Piety, & Prodigals

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Reverend Joel Beeke joins us today to talk piety and backsliding. Joel has faithfully pastored for 37 years having served 29 of them at Heritage Reformed church in Grand Rapids, is President of Puritan Reformed Seminary, and has authored numerous books on the puritan writings. So why read the Puritans? Joel's answers are convicting! If you don't own any John Owen books, you will want to by the end of this show. The hosts also ask about cultivating holiness: What does it look like? How do we avoid mediocrity in your faith? And what about backsliding… how do you know you're inching back into the world? Backsliding is something none of us are immune to, so give heed to Joel's wise words and encouragements.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman,
0:23.2	Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird. Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing
0:29.4	Evangelicals. Dr. Joel Beakey is with the host this week talking about Puritans and piety.
0:35.7	Listen in as they talk with him about cultivating holiness.
0:39.1	Keep listening after the conversation to find out how to download a free MP3 from the Alliance.
0:58.2	Well, welcome to the mortification of Spin.
0:59.4	My name's Carl Truman.
1:02.2	I'm here with my usual co-hosts, Amy Bird and Todd Pruitt.
1:06.9	Today we have a special guest on the show, the Reverend Dr. Joel Beakey.
1:12.4	Joel will be well known to many of our listeners, I'm sure, because of his writings and publishing ventures, but to anyone out there is unfamiliar with the name, Joel has been a pastor for 37 years.
1:18.6	He passed us at Heritage Reform Church in Grand Rapids, and he's also president of Puritan Reformed
1:25.8	Theological Seminary. Joel has written a large number of books,
1:32.7	including a significant number which deal with themes in Puritan theology. I first came across
1:40.1	Joel's work myself when I read his published doctoral dissertation on the issue of assurance,
1:46.7	which was later abridged for an excellent banner of truth book on assurance as well.
1:52.6	He's perhaps one of his most significant recent works would be the immense Puritan theology book
2:00.2	that he co-wrote with our friend Mark Jones.
2:05.2	Joel, it's great to have you on the program.
2:08.2	Great to be with you.
2:10.6	Maybe we could start by asking a question not directly about the Puritans, but certainly connected to the Puritans.
2:17.7	The Puritans are well known as those who place a great premium on a discipline Christian walk and upon personal holiness.
2:26.1	We live in an era where certainly there is a significant trend within, even within the reform church at the moment,
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