TS&TT: Joel Beeke | The Ministry of Reformation Heritage Books

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol sits down with Pastor Joel Beeke, President of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation and Editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books. They talk about Dr. Beeke's story of salvation, his love for books and how he began the ministry of Reformation Heritage Books. Joel Beeke Website: http://www.joelbeeke.org/ Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary: https://prts.edu/ Reformation Heritage Books: https://www.heritagebooks.org/ 2023 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2023conference/ Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/ Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/ The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/ Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sword and Trial, a podcast of Founders Ministries. Founders exist for the recover of the gospel and the Reformation of local churches. And we're delighted to be coming to you again from Cape Coral, Florida. And I'm here today with my good friend, Joel Beakey, all the way from Grand Rapids, Michigan. So Joel, welcome to the Sword and the Trial. Great to be with you, Tom. Delighted to have you down here and
0:20.9	for you to give a few minutes of your time to come and be a part of the Sword and the Trial
0:25.6	podcast. We do these podcasts weekly and people tune in to just hear different things that
0:30.8	are on our hearts and minds. We try to produce content that's beneficial. And one of the things
0:35.6	that you and I talked about a while back that's just
0:38.7	stuck in my mind is the various ministries that you're involved in, but the one ministry in
0:44.5	particular of Reformation Heritage Books. And to hear your passion about that and then to learn
0:50.4	the backstory of how it got started, it's just captivated my thoughts. And I wanted
0:54.8	other people to hear it as well. But before we get into that, you are a pastor of the Heritage
1:00.9	Netherlands congregation in Grand Rapids, right? Heritage Reform. Heritage Reformed. And you've been doing
1:06.6	that 36 years, almost, right? Something like that. And then you founded the Puritan Reform
1:12.3	Theological Seminary, correct? With my denomination. Okay. So you've been first president and
1:18.0	there's still a professor there. You have published over 100 books. Do you know how many
1:24.8	books you've written and edited? Oh, yeah.
1:29.1	Yeah, writing is over 100, and then editing is, yeah, well over 100 as well.
1:35.8	As well.
1:36.2	I love books.
1:37.2	Okay, yeah.
1:38.0	So that love of books led you to begin what became the Heritage Reformation publications or press, right?
1:48.2	So tell us about that.
1:49.3	I'm just intrigued by that.
1:50.5	I mean, because that started when you were just a teenager, right?
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