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| name = Joel R. Beeke

| birth_date = December 9, 1952

| birth_place = [[wikipedia:Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo, Michigan]]

| residency = [[wikipedia:Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids, Michigan]]

| occupation = Pastor, Theologian, Professor, Seminary Chancellor

| affiliations = [[Reformation Heritage Books]]<br>[[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]]

| tradition_movement = [[Reformed tradition|Reformed]]

| spouse = [[Mary Beeke|Mary Kamp]] (m. 1989)

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'''Joel Robert Beeke''' (born December 9, 1952) is an American [[Calvinism|Reformed]] [[Christian theology|theologian]] who is a [[pastor]] in the [[Heritage Reformed Congregations]] and the chancellor of [[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]]. Under the oversight of the Heritage Reformed Congregations, Beeke helped found [[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]] in 1995, where he served as president until he assumed the chancellorship in 2023. He teaches there as the [[wikipedia:professor|professor]] of [[homiletics]], [[systematic theology]], and [[Pastoral theology|practical theology]]. Beeke has also taught as [[wikipedia:Adjunct professor|adjunct faculty]] at [[Reformed Theological Seminary]] and [[Grand Rapids Theological Seminary]] (now Cornerstone Theological Seminary); he was an adjunct professor of theology at [[Westminster Theological Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]], [[wikipedia:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], from 1993 to 1998; he lectured in homiletics at [[Westminster Seminary California]] in [[wikipedia:Escondido, California|Escondido, California]] from 1995 to 2001; and he has lectured at dozens of [[Seminary|seminaries]] around the world.

'''Joel Robert Beeke''' (born December 9, 1952) is an American [[Calvinism|Reformed]] [[Christian theology|theologian]] who is a [[pastor]] in the [[Heritage Reformed Congregations]] and the chancellor of [[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]]. Under the oversight of the Heritage Reformed Congregations, Beeke helped found [[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]] in 1995, where he served as president until he assumed the chancellorship in 2023. He teaches there as the [[wikipedia:professor|professor]] of [[homiletics]], [[systematic theology]], and [[Pastoral theology|practical theology]]. Beeke has also taught as [[wikipedia:Adjunct professor|adjunct faculty]] at [[Reformed Theological Seminary]] and [[Grand Rapids Theological Seminary]] (now [[Cornerstone Theological Seminary]]); he was an adjunct professor of theology at [[Westminster Theological Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]], [[wikipedia:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], from 1993 to 1998; he lectured in homiletics at [[Westminster Seminary California]] in [[wikipedia:Escondido, California|Escondido, California]] from 1995 to 2001; and he has lectured at dozens of [[Seminary|seminaries]] around the world.

Beeke founded [[Reformation Heritage Books]] (RHB) in 1994. He was the president and editorial director of RHB from 1994 to 2022 and has been the board chairman since 2022. He is the editor of the ''Puritan Reformed Journal'' and ''The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth'' magazine, the [[wikipedia:Periodical literature|periodical]] of the [[Heritage Reformed Congregations]]; he is the president of Inheritance Publishers, a ministry that republishes sermons in the Reformed tradition from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries; and he is the vice president of the [[Dutch Reformed Translation Society]].<ref>“Joel R. Beeke,” Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, January 23, 2024, <nowiki>https://prts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JoelBeeke-CV-2023.pdf</nowiki>, 1–2.</ref>

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==Early life==

Joel Robert Beeke was the fourth of five children and the third son born to John Beeke (1920–1993) and Johanna (née Van Strien) Beeke (1920–2012) on December 9, 1952, in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]].<ref>“Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108; Paul M. Smalley, “Introduction: The Puritan Piety of Joel Beeke,” in ''Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke'', ed. Michael A. G. Haykin and Paul M. Smalley (Fearn, UK: Christian Focus, 2018), 10.</ref> Beeke’s father, John Beeke, was born in [[Krabbendijke]], the [[Netherlands]], and emigrated to the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] with his family when he was seven years old.<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10.</ref> John and Johanna Beeke were devout [[Christians]] and raised their children in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregations]].<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10; “Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke,” SermonAudio, May 5, 2013, <nowiki>https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=55132115396</nowiki>. 7:00–59.</ref> John Beeke worked as a [[Carpentry|carpenter]] and served as a [[Presbyterian polity~~#Elder~~|ruling elder]] in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Kalamazoo]] for forty years.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 28:02–28:04; 34:59–35:01; “Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108.</ref>

Joel Robert Beeke was the fourth of five children and the third son born to John Beeke (1920–1993) and Johanna (née Van Strien) Beeke (1920–2012) on December 9, 1952, in [[wikipedia:Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo, Michigan]].<ref>“Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108; Paul M. Smalley, “Introduction: The Puritan Piety of Joel Beeke,” in ''Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke'', ed. Michael A. G. Haykin and Paul M. Smalley (Fearn, UK: Christian Focus, 2018), 10.</ref> Beeke’s father, John Beeke, was born in [[wikipedia:Krabbendijke|Krabbendijke]], the [[wikipedia:Netherlands|Netherlands]], and emigrated to the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] with his family when he was seven years old.<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10.</ref> John and Johanna Beeke were devout [[Christians]] and raised their children in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregations]].<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10; “Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke,” SermonAudio, May 5, 2013, <nowiki>https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=55132115396</nowiki>. 7:00–59.</ref> John Beeke worked as a [[wikipedia:Carpentry|carpenter]] and served as a [[wikipedia:Presbyterian polity|ruling elder]] in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregation (Kalamazoo, Michigan)]] for forty years.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 28:02–28:04; 34:59–35:01; “Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108.</ref>

==Conversion==

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==Education==

As a junior in high school, Beeke relinquished his ambitions of obtaining a basketball scholarship, determining instead to devote himself to preparing for the Christian ministry.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 31:22–34:46.</ref> After briefly serving in the [[United States Army Reserve]], Beeke studied religion and history at [[Western Michigan University]] from 1971 to 1973 and later transferred to [[Thomas Edison State University|Thomas Edison State College]], where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree with a specialization in religious studies.<ref name="auto4">Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 11.</ref>

As a junior in high school, Beeke relinquished his ambitions of obtaining a basketball scholarship, determining instead to devote himself to preparing for the Christian ministry.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 31:22–34:46.</ref> After briefly serving in the [[wikipedia:United States Army Reserve|United States Army Reserve]], Beeke studied religion and history at [[wikipedia:Western Michigan University|Western Michigan University]] from 1971 to 1973 and later transferred to [[wikipedia:Thomas Edison State University|Thomas Edison State College]], where he graduated with a [[wikipedia:Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor of Arts]] degree with a specialization in religious studies.<ref name="auto4">Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 11.</ref>

In 1974, Beeke was accepted as a theological student to the [[Netherlands Reformed Theological School]] under the tutelage of [[J. C. Weststrate]], a minister from the Netherlands.<ref>“Church News: The Inaugural Sermon of Rev. Joel Beeke,” ''Banner of Truth'' 44, no. 5 (May 1978): 7; “Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 37:59–38:10.</ref> At the age of twenty-one, Beeke was unusually young to be accepted as a ministerial student in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregations]], as the youngest pastor in the denomination at the time was over twice his age.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 38:16–27.</ref> For the academic studies he moved with his first wife to Canada, supported by the Netherlands Reformed Congregations Student Support Fund.<ref name="auto1"> The Banner of Truth (US), 10/1/1974, p. 2.</ref>

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Beeke has regularly contributed to periodicals such as [[Banner of Truth|''The Banner of Truth'']], ''The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth'', ''Christian Observer'', ''Outlook'', ''Reformation and Revival'', and ''Tabletalk''. His articles have been published in theological journals such as [[Calvin Theological Journal|''Calvin'' ''Theological Journal'']], [[Master’s Seminary Journal|''Master’s Seminary Journal'']], ''Puritan Reformed Journal'', [[The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology|''Southern Baptist Journal of Theology'']], ''Unio Cum Christo'', and ''[[Westminster Theological Journal]]''. Beeke has also contributed to Reformation and post-Reformation historical-theological scholarship in such publications as ''The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin'', ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', and ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation''.

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==Select Bibliography==

*''Assurance of Faith: Calvin, English Puritanism, and the Dutch Second Reformation''. Vol. 89, ''American University Studies''. New York: Peter Lang, 1991. ISBN|0-8204-1428-X.

*''Assurance of Faith: Calvin, English Puritanism, and the Dutch Second Reformation''. Vol. 89, ''American University Studies''. New York: Peter Lang, 1991. ISBN 0-8204-1428-X.

*“Acronius, Ruardus.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 1, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 2–3. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510362-9.

*“Bastingius, Jeremias.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 1, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 127–28. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510362-9}}.

*“Bastingius, Jeremias.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 1, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 127–28. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510362-9.

*“Taffin, Jean.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 4, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 143. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510365-3.

*“Venator, Adolphus.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 4, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 224–25. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510365-3.

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 | name = Joel R. Beeke
 | birth_date = December 9, 1952
+| birth_place = [[wikipedia:Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo, Michigan]]
+| residency = [[wikipedia:Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids, Michigan]]
 | occupation = Pastor, Theologian, Professor, Seminary Chancellor
+| affiliations = [[Reformation Heritage Books]]<br>[[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]]
 | tradition_movement = [[Reformed tradition|Reformed]]
 | spouse = [[Mary Beeke|Mary Kamp]] (m. 1989)
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 | website = [https://joelbeeke.org joelbeeke.org]
 }}
-'''Joel Robert Beeke''' (born December 9, 1952) is an American [[Calvinism|Reformed]] [[Christian theology|theologian]] who is a [[pastor]] in the [[Heritage Reformed Congregations]] and the chancellor of [[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]]. Under the oversight of the Heritage Reformed Congregations, Beeke helped found [[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]] in 1995, where he served as president until he assumed the chancellorship in 2023. He teaches there as the [[wikipedia:professor|professor]] of [[homiletics]], [[systematic theology]], and [[Pastoral theology|practical theology]]. Beeke has also taught as [[wikipedia:Adjunct professor|adjunct faculty]] at [[Reformed Theological Seminary]] and [[Grand Rapids Theological Seminary]] (now Cornerstone Theological Seminary); he was an adjunct professor of theology at [[Westminster Theological Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]], [[wikipedia:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], from 1993 to 1998; he lectured in homiletics at [[Westminster Seminary California]] in [[wikipedia:Escondido, California|Escondido, California]] from 1995 to 2001; and he has lectured at dozens of [[Seminary|seminaries]] around the world.
+'''Joel Robert Beeke''' (born December 9, 1952) is an American [[Calvinism|Reformed]] [[Christian theology|theologian]] who is a [[pastor]] in the [[Heritage Reformed Congregations]] and the chancellor of [[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]]. Under the oversight of the Heritage Reformed Congregations, Beeke helped found [[Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary]] in 1995, where he served as president until he assumed the chancellorship in 2023. He teaches there as the [[wikipedia:professor|professor]] of [[homiletics]], [[systematic theology]], and [[Pastoral theology|practical theology]]. Beeke has also taught as [[wikipedia:Adjunct professor|adjunct faculty]] at [[Reformed Theological Seminary]] and [[Grand Rapids Theological Seminary]] (now [[Cornerstone Theological Seminary]]); he was an adjunct professor of theology at [[Westminster Theological Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]], [[wikipedia:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], from 1993 to 1998; he lectured in homiletics at [[Westminster Seminary California]] in [[wikipedia:Escondido, California|Escondido, California]] from 1995 to 2001; and he has lectured at dozens of [[Seminary|seminaries]] around the world.
 Beeke founded [[Reformation Heritage Books]] (RHB) in 1994. He was the president and editorial director of RHB from 1994 to 2022 and has been the board chairman since 2022. He is the editor of the ''Puritan Reformed Journal'' and ''The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth'' magazine, the [[wikipedia:Periodical literature|periodical]] of the [[Heritage Reformed Congregations]]; he is the president of Inheritance Publishers, a ministry that republishes sermons in the Reformed tradition from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries; and he is the vice president of the [[Dutch Reformed Translation Society]].<ref>“Joel R. Beeke,” Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, January 23, 2024, <nowiki>https://prts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JoelBeeke-CV-2023.pdf</nowiki>, 1–2.</ref>
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 ==Early life==
-Joel Robert Beeke was the fourth of five children and the third son born to John Beeke (1920–1993) and Johanna (née Van Strien) Beeke (1920–2012) on December 9, 1952, in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]].<ref>“Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108; Paul M. Smalley, “Introduction: The Puritan Piety of Joel Beeke,” in ''Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke'', ed. Michael A. G. Haykin and Paul M. Smalley (Fearn, UK: Christian Focus, 2018), 10.</ref> Beeke’s father, John Beeke, was born in [[Krabbendijke]], the [[Netherlands]], and emigrated to the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] with his family when he was seven years old.<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10.</ref> John and Johanna Beeke were devout [[Christians]] and raised their children in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregations]].<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10; “Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke,” SermonAudio, May 5, 2013, <nowiki>https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=55132115396</nowiki>. 7:00–59.</ref> John Beeke worked as a [[Carpentry|carpenter]] and served as a [[Presbyterian polity#Elder|ruling elder]] in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Kalamazoo]] for forty years.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 28:02–28:04; 34:59–35:01; “Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108.</ref>
+Joel Robert Beeke was the fourth of five children and the third son born to John Beeke (1920–1993) and Johanna (née Van Strien) Beeke (1920–2012) on December 9, 1952, in [[wikipedia:Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo, Michigan]].<ref>“Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108; Paul M. Smalley, “Introduction: The Puritan Piety of Joel Beeke,” in ''Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke'', ed. Michael A. G. Haykin and Paul M. Smalley (Fearn, UK: Christian Focus, 2018), 10.</ref> Beeke’s father, John Beeke, was born in [[wikipedia:Krabbendijke|Krabbendijke]], the [[wikipedia:Netherlands|Netherlands]], and emigrated to the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] with his family when he was seven years old.<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10.</ref> John and Johanna Beeke were devout [[Christians]] and raised their children in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregations]].<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10; “Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke,” SermonAudio, May 5, 2013, <nowiki>https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=55132115396</nowiki>. 7:00–59.</ref> John Beeke worked as a [[wikipedia:Carpentry|carpenter]] and served as a [[wikipedia:Presbyterian polity|ruling elder]] in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregation (Kalamazoo, Michigan)]] for forty years.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 28:02–28:04; 34:59–35:01; “Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108.</ref>
 ==Conversion==
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 ==Education==
-As a junior in high school, Beeke relinquished his ambitions of obtaining a basketball scholarship, determining instead to devote himself to preparing for the Christian ministry.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 31:22–34:46.</ref> After briefly serving in the [[United States Army Reserve]], Beeke studied religion and history at [[Western Michigan University]] from 1971 to 1973 and later transferred to [[Thomas Edison State University|Thomas Edison State College]], where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree with a specialization in religious studies.<ref name="auto4">Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 11.</ref>
+As a junior in high school, Beeke relinquished his ambitions of obtaining a basketball scholarship, determining instead to devote himself to preparing for the Christian ministry.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 31:22–34:46.</ref> After briefly serving in the [[wikipedia:United States Army Reserve|United States Army Reserve]], Beeke studied religion and history at [[wikipedia:Western Michigan University|Western Michigan University]] from 1971 to 1973 and later transferred to [[wikipedia:Thomas Edison State University|Thomas Edison State College]], where he graduated with a [[wikipedia:Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor of Arts]] degree with a specialization in religious studies.<ref name="auto4">Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 11.</ref>
 In 1974, Beeke was accepted as a theological student to the [[Netherlands Reformed Theological School]] under the tutelage of [[J. C. Weststrate]], a minister from the Netherlands.<ref>“Church News: The Inaugural Sermon of Rev. Joel Beeke,” ''Banner of Truth'' 44, no. 5 (May 1978): 7; “Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 37:59–38:10.</ref> At the age of twenty-one, Beeke was unusually young to be accepted as a ministerial student in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregations]], as the youngest pastor in the denomination at the time was over twice his age.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 38:16–27.</ref> For the academic studies he moved with his first wife to Canada, supported by the Netherlands Reformed Congregations Student Support Fund.<ref name="auto1"> The Banner of Truth (US), 10/1/1974, p. 2.</ref>
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 Beeke’s books have been translated into [[wikipedia:Albanian language|Albanian]], [[wikipedia:Arabic|Arabic]], [[wikipedia:Chinese language|Chinese]], [[wikipedia:Dutch language|Dutch]], [[wikipedia:French language|French]], [[wikipedia:German language|German]], [[wikipedia:Modern Hebrew|Hebrew]], [[wikipedia:Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[wikipedia:Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[wikipedia:Italian language|Italian]], [[wikipedia:Korean language|Korean]], [[wikipedia:Maltese language|Maltese]], [[wikipedia:Persian language|Persian]], [[wikipedia:Polish language|Polish]], [[wikipedia:Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[wikipedia:Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[wikipedia:Romanian language|Romanian]], [[wikipedia:Russian language|Russian]], [[wikipedia:Slovak language|Slovak]], [[wikipedia:Spanish language|Spanish]], [[wikipedia:Urdu|Urdu]], as well as other languages.<ref>“Joel R. Beeke,” 3–12.</ref>
-Beeke has spoken, preached, and lectured throughout the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] and in fifty countries around the world, including [[wikipedia:Aruba|Aruba]], [[wikipedia:Australia|Australia]], [[wikipedia:Brazil|Brazil]], [[wikipedia:Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], [[wikipedia:Colombia|Colombia]], [[wikipedia:Dominican Republic|The Dominican Republic]], [[wikipedia:Egypt|Egypt]], [[wikipedia:England|England]], [[wikipedia:Ethiopia|Ethiopia]], [[wikipedia:France|France]], [[wikipedia:Germany|Germany]], [[wikipedia:Greece|Greece]], [[wikipedia:Hungary|Hungary]], [[wikipedia:Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[wikipedia:Ireland|Ireland]], [[wikipedia:Israel|Israel]], [[wikipedia:Italy|Italy]], [[wikipedia:Jordan|Jordan]], [[wikipedia:Kenya|Kenya]], [[wikipedia:Latvia|Latvia]], [[wikipedia:Mexico|Mexico]], [[wikipedia:Mozambique|Mozambique]], [[wikipedia:Netherlands|The Netherlands]], [[wikipedia:New Zealand|New Zealand]], [[wikipedia:Philippines|The Philippines]], [[wikipedia:Portugal|Portugal]], [[wikipedia:Russia|Russia]], [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]], [[wikipedia:Singapore|Singapore]], [[wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovakia]], [[wikipedia:South Africa|South Africa]], [[wikipedia:South Korea|South Korea]], [[wikipedia:Spain|Spain]], [[wikipedia:Switzerland|Switzerland]], [[wikipedia:Thailand|Thailand]], [[wikipedia:Turkey|Türkiye]], [[wikipedia:United Arab Emirates|The United Arab Emirates|]], [[wikipedia:Wales|Wales]], and [[wikipedia:Zambia|Zambia]].<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 14.</ref>
+Beeke has spoken, preached, and lectured throughout the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] and in fifty countries around the world, including [[wikipedia:Aruba|Aruba]], [[wikipedia:Australia|Australia]], [[wikipedia:Brazil|Brazil]], [[wikipedia:Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], [[wikipedia:Colombia|Colombia]], [[wikipedia:Dominican Republic|The Dominican Republic]], [[wikipedia:Egypt|Egypt]], [[wikipedia:England|England]], [[wikipedia:Ethiopia|Ethiopia]], [[wikipedia:France|France]], [[wikipedia:Germany|Germany]], [[wikipedia:Greece|Greece]], [[wikipedia:Hungary|Hungary]], [[wikipedia:Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[wikipedia:Ireland|Ireland]], [[wikipedia:Israel|Israel]], [[wikipedia:Italy|Italy]], [[wikipedia:Jordan|Jordan]], [[wikipedia:Kenya|Kenya]], [[wikipedia:Latvia|Latvia]], [[wikipedia:Mexico|Mexico]], [[wikipedia:Mozambique|Mozambique]], [[wikipedia:Netherlands|The Netherlands]], [[wikipedia:New Zealand|New Zealand]], [[wikipedia:Philippines|The Philippines]], [[wikipedia:Portugal|Portugal]], [[wikipedia:Russia|Russia]], [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]], [[wikipedia:Singapore|Singapore]], [[wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovakia]], [[wikipedia:South Africa|South Africa]], [[wikipedia:South Korea|South Korea]], [[wikipedia:Spain|Spain]], [[wikipedia:Switzerland|Switzerland]], [[wikipedia:Thailand|Thailand]], [[wikipedia:Turkey|Türkiye]], [[wikipedia:United Arab Emirates|The United Arab Emirates]], [[wikipedia:Wales|Wales]], and [[wikipedia:Zambia|Zambia]].<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 14.</ref>
 Beeke has regularly contributed to periodicals such as [[Banner of Truth|''The Banner of Truth'']], ''The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth'', ''Christian Observer'', ''Outlook'', ''Reformation and Revival'', and ''Tabletalk''. His articles have been published in theological journals such as [[Calvin Theological Journal|''Calvin'' ''Theological Journal'']], [[Master’s Seminary Journal|''Master’s Seminary Journal'']], ''Puritan Reformed Journal'', [[The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology|''Southern Baptist Journal of Theology'']], ''Unio Cum Christo'', and ''[[Westminster Theological Journal]]''. Beeke has also contributed to Reformation and post-Reformation historical-theological scholarship in such publications as ''The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin'', ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', and ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation''.
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 ==Select Bibliography==
-*''Assurance of Faith: Calvin, English Puritanism, and the Dutch Second Reformation''. Vol. 89, ''American University Studies''. New York: Peter Lang, 1991. ISBN|0-8204-1428-X.
+*''Assurance of Faith: Calvin, English Puritanism, and the Dutch Second Reformation''. Vol. 89, ''American University Studies''. New York: Peter Lang, 1991. ISBN 0-8204-1428-X.
 *“Acronius, Ruardus.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 1, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 2–3. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510362-9.
-*“Bastingius, Jeremias.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 1, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 127–28. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510362-9}}.
+*“Bastingius, Jeremias.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 1, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 127–28. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510362-9.
 *“Taffin, Jean.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 4, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 143. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510365-3.
 *“Venator, Adolphus.” In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation'', vol. 4, edited by Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, 224–25. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-510365-3.