About the Author

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

David W. Hall is senior pastor of Midway Presbyterian Church in Powder Springs, Georgia.

Michael A. G. Haykin is professor of church history and biblical spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

Reviews

"In every generation, including his own, John Calvin had agitatedly committed detractors. They desired to render his influence of no effect and his person deeply suspect. Those persons now are largely footnotes in books about Calvin. Why? This book demonstrates that answer clearly. The authors' diversity of chapters illustrates that Calvin remains irreducibly seminal for the development of Western culture from the time of the Reformation and beyond. His experience of God and His grace, his mind and heart captive to divine revelation in Scripture, his commitment to apply clearly and succinctly the sovereignty of God and truth over all patterns of thought--these mark him out as a Christian thinker whose influence endures in every generation and who always has much to say about most things important for Christian living. You will see that conviction profoundly and sweetly foundational to the variety of Calviniana in this book." -- Tom J. Nettles, senior professor of historical theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"Theology Made Practical is written by scholar-pastors about another scholar-pastor who studied and wrote as a theologian but labored and served as a pastor. The authors ably show that Calvin was not only concerned with theological precision but also with its practical value, a theology that 'aim[s] at the needs of the soul.' I highly recommend this insightful--and edifying--work on the great Reformer." -- Joel Kim, president, Westminster Seminary California

"These essays by distinguished scholars cover important and sometimes neglected aspects of Calvin's life and thought in a stimulating way. They help us see that Calvin indeed remains a solid, lively, and encouraging theologian for Christians today." -- W. Robert Godfrey, author of John Calvin: Pilgrim and Pastor