What do George Whitefield, Elisabeth Elliot, and J. Gresham Machen have in common? They were all Evangelical Heroes. In Evangelical Heroes, Joel Beeke and Douglas Bond present thirty biographical sketches of faithful evangelical leaders from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. From George Whitfield to Charles Spurgeon to R.C. Sproul, these men and women held firm to the authority of Scripture and the reality of Christ's death and resurrection in the face of rising liberalism in the Church. With vibrant imagery and study questions, these inspiring volumes introduce us to faithful Christians from the past, including:
• Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
• George Whitefield (1714–1770)
• Samuel Davies (1723–1761)
• John Newton (1725–1807)
• Lemuel Haynes (1753–1833)
• Andrew Fuller (1754–1815)
• Mary Winslow (1774–1854)
• John Charles Ryle (1816–1900)
• Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892)
• Amy Beatrice Carmichael (1867–1951)
• John Gresham Machen (1881–1937)
• Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983)
• Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981)
• Jim (1927–1956) and Elisabeth (1926–2015) Elliot
• R. C. Sproul (1939–2017)
• And more! Find encouragement from the past to stand firm today in Evangelical Heroes!
- Opening Credits
- John Charles Ryle
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- William Carey
- David Livingstone
- James Hudson Taylor
- Amy Beatrice Carmichael
- Abraham Kuyper
- Herman Bavinck
- John Gresham Machen
- Corrie Ten Boom
- John Murray
- Martyn Lloyd Jones
- Wang Mingdao
- Francis A Schaeffer
- Jim and Elisabeth Elliot
- R. C. Sproul
- Closing Credits
Joel R. Beeke
Dr. Joel R. Beeke serves as a minister at the Heritage Reformed Congregation located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also holds the positions of editor for the Puritan Reformed Journal and the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth. In addition, Dr. Beeke is the editorial director for Reformation Heritage Books, the president of Inheritance Publishers, and the vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society.
Perhaps best-known of Dr. Beeke’s esteemed academic positions, however, is with Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, where he served the Body of Christ from the school’s founding in 1995 through 2023, when he then moved to the position of Chancellor, as well as teaching Systematic Theology and Homiletics as a beloved professor.
An expert on the Puritans, Joel Beeke was honored with a Fetschrift entitled Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke.
