Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God's Way of Leading Sinners to Christ
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  • 297 Pages
  • Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
  • Publication Date: June 2013
  • ISBN: FBEEKEJORPREPAREDBYGRACEFORGR9781601782342

Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God's Way of Leading Sinners to Christ

Beeke, Joel R; Smalley, Paul

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Publisher’s Description:

Few teachings of the Puritans have provoked such strong reactions and conflicting interpretations as their views on preparing for saving faith. Many twentieth–century scholars dismissed preparation as a prime example of regression from the Reformed doctrine of grace for a man–centered legalism. In Prepared by Grace, for Grace, Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley make careful analysis of the Puritan understanding of preparatory grace, demonstrate its fundamental continuity with the Reformed tradition, and identify matters where even the Puritans disagreed among themselves. Clearing away the many misconceptions and associated accusations of preparationism, this study is sure to be the standard work on how the Puritans understood the ordinary way God leads sinners to Christ.

About the Authors

Joel R. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and a pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Paul M. Smalley is a teacher’s assistant for Dr. Beeke

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Publisher’s Description:

Few teachings of the Puritans have provoked such strong reactions and conflicting interpretations as their views on preparing for saving faith. Many twentieth–century scholars dismissed preparation as a prime example of regression from the Reformed doctrine of grace for a man–centered legalism. In Prepared by Grace, for Grace, Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley make careful analysis of the Puritan understanding of preparatory grace, demonstrate its fundamental continuity with the Reformed tradition, and identify matters where even the Puritans disagreed among themselves. Clearing away the many misconceptions and associated accusations of preparationism, this study is sure to be the standard work on how the Puritans understood the ordinary way God leads sinners to Christ.

About the Authors

Joel R. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and a pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Paul M. Smalley is a teacher’s assistant for Dr. Beeke

  • Cover Type:
  • 297 Pages
  • Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
  • Publication Date: June 2013
  • ISBN: FBEEKEJORPREPAREDBYGRACEFORGR9781601782342