Living by God's Promises

Deepen Your Christian Life

by Joel R. Beeke, James A. LaBelle

In Living by God's Promises , Joel R. Beeke and James A. La Belle draw from stellar Puritan treatises on divine promises by Andrew Gray, Edward Leigh, and William Spurstowe, and offer them in contemporary language for today's readers. Moving beyond historical interest, this book explores a topic that is vital for Christian living. By God's grace, it will help you treasure the promises that God establishes in Christ and conveys in His covenant love to comfort you in sorrow and strengthen your faith. With the Spirit's blessing, this book will energize and deepen your life as you appropriate the precious promises in God's Word. Table of Contents:
Foreword Jerry Bridges
1. Understanding the Promises of God
2. The Foundation and Fountainhead of God's Promises
3. The People to Whom God's Promises Belong
4. The Characteristics of God's Promises
5. The Right Use of God's Promises
6. Using God s Promises in Affliction
7. Using God's Promises in Times of Temptation and Sin
8. Using God's Promises in Fighting Sin
9. Using God's Promises for Pursuing Holiness
Appendix: A Table of Promises by Edward Leigh

Genres: Theology, Christian, Christian Living, Nonfiction, Audiobook

192 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2010

About the author

Joel R. Beeke (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the chancellor and professor of homiletics and systematic theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He has served as a pastor since 1978 and currently ministers at the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the editor of the Puritan Reformed Journal and The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth magazine, the board chairman of Reformation Heritage Books, the president of Inheritance Publishers, and the vice president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society.

Beeke has written and coauthored 120 books, edited 120 books, and contributed 2,500 articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias. He frequently lectures at seminaries and speaks at Reformed conferences around the world. The Lord has blessed him and his wife Mary with three children and eleven grandchildren.

Reviews

[Becky Pliego · Rating 5 out of 5]

2022: Love it!

2019: Super encouraging!
Beeke and La Belle summarize what three puritans, E.Leigh, W.Spurtsowe, and A. Gray, have written about God's promises and the result is fantastic.

Read in 2017 and 2019

[Brandi Breezee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joel Beeke at his finest with a Puritan flare.

[Shawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great find on hoopla! I will definitely be revisiting portions of the book now that my paperback version has arrived.

[Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

What place do the promises of God hold in your life? I would suggest that God intends them to play an important role--which is often not the case at least among Americans today. I by no means claim that God's promises are as prominent in my life as they should be, but I am certainly seeking to work on that as a problem. This recent book is a great help to that end. The promises of God are not preached about today and as closely studied as was the case when the Puritans lived. Joel Beeke and James LaBelle have sought to bring us a compilation of what three great Puritan writers (Andrew Gray, Edward Leigh, and William Spurstowe) taught about the promises of God in such a way as to speak to people today. They do a great job and I would recommend this book to everyone.

[Shelley Johnston · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a good reminder that God is a covenant God who is faithful to keep his promises. The first half of the book is a discussion about God's promises in general: what a promise is, who's it for, the characteristics of a promise. The second half discusses promises made by God concerning different topics: affliction temptation, sin, holiness.

Plus ... full of puritan writing which is always good.

[Noah Patterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing book. About halfway through reading it I was able to meet one of the authors, James La Belle, and was blessed to see he lives out what he writes in this book. He is living out the promises of God. This book has helped me understand the importance of living out God’s promises and how to do so.

[Ashley Glassick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of those books that you should read once a year as a Christian. There is so much goodness that you have to digest it in small bites, but it is definitely worth it.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh, 3.5 stars? Read through this as a small group study. I did like the foundation building regarding the promises of God and then the application (I always jump to application too fast). However, it was written in such a seminarian way- it’s not accessible (or easily accessible) to those who aren’t familiar with church speak. The KJV is so polarizing to a good portion of denominations. We have a group of folks in different places in their spiritual walk (brand new believers and decades of believing) and ALL struggled with the ideas that were laid out in way that was difficult to understand. I truly think this could have been written in a way that would reach and encourage the non-seminary attending Christian and was disappointed the authors neglected this audience.

Unfortunately, it’s really hard to find a book on God’s promises that’s theologically sound (and doesn’t veer into prosperity gospel), so it’s what we had to work with.

[Sylvia Salmon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an absolute must read! Very uplifting and encouraging. I read through this book twice in the middle of very trying and difficult seasons and improved my prayer life and increased my hope and faith in God in the midst of being tested.

[Zach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book so much. It's easy to gloss over or take God's promises for granted and not apply them to everyday life. This book also helped me see just how many promises there are in the old testament covering s wide range of topics. Highly recommend.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book to point you to the realities to be grasped in the promises of God but it doesn't spend much time examining those promises or telling you the specific places to find this promises in the Bible. Vey good but not exactly what I thought it would be.

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fairly short book but excellent. It was filled with many Puritan quotes and Scripture references as is to be expected from a book done by RHB.

My main criticism is actually of the audio book reader. His voice was pretty soporific!

[Kyle Grindberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite encouraging.

[Erica Payne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book to be washed in regularly as it is full of truth and encouragement!

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

(I listened to this on audiobook.)

[Josiah Richardson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a treasure trove of puritan thought and practice on God’s promises. Well worth your time.

[Peter Kiss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yummy spiritual food. Very comforting and practical.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

The writing style was not for me.

[Julie Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book with my community group at church. A bit dense at times (it’s based on the writings of three Puritan ministers), but a lot of good insights on the importance of knowing God’s promises to His people and relying on those promises when life gets hard.

[Halbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

A refreshing reminder of the vast treasure of grace in the promises of Christ.