Description:
The essays in The Beauty and Glory of the Father call us to stand in wonder of the First Person of the Trinity. Through an assortment of studies, readers are challenged to recognize the Father's glory displayed in His Son, to adore His beautiful attributes, to know Him as a Savior, and to rest in His loving hands. This book, along with The Beauty and Glory of Christ and The Beauty and Glory of the Holy Spirit, reinforces the ongoing necessity of cultivating a Trinitarian piety.
Contributors include Joel Beeke, Bart Elshout, Jerry Bilkes, Ryan McGraw, David Murray, Burk Parsons, Paul Smalley, Derek Thomas, and William VanDoodewaard.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Seeing the Father's Glory in His Only Begotten Son
1. The Father's Love for His Son (John 3:35) -- Bart Elshout
2. Father and Son in the Exodus (Hos. 11:1, etc.) -- Jerry Bilkes
Part 2: Adoring the Beautiful Attributes of the Father
3. The Holiness of the Father in the Old Testament (Isa. 6) -- Derek Thomas
4. The Father's Mercy (1 Peter 1:3-5) --William VanDoodewaard
5. Richard Sibbes on the Mercy and Faithfulness of the Father (2 Cor. 1:3, 18) -- Paul Smalley
Part 3: Knowing God the Father as Savior
6. Seeing the Father in the Face of Jesus (John 14:9) -- Derek Thomas
7. The Apostle John and the Puritans on the Father's Adopting, Transforming Love (1 John 3) -- Joel Beeke
Part 4: Resting in the Father's Loving Hands
8. Your Father in Heaven (Matt. 5-7) -- William VanDoodewaard
9. Counseling and the Fatherhood of God -- David Murray
10. The Father's Beautiful Hand of Blessed Chastisement (Heb. 12:4-13) -- Burk Parsons
Conclusion
11. The Need for a Trinitarian Piety (Eph. 2:18) -- Ryan McGraw
Brief description:
Dr. Burk Parsons is senior pastor of Saint Andrew's Chapel in Sanford, Fla., chief publishing officer for Ligonier Ministries, editor of Tabletalk magazine, and a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow. He is author of Why Do We Have Creeds?, editor of Assured by God and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology, and cotranslator and coeditor of A Little Book on the Christian Life by John Calvin. He is on Twitter at @BurkParsons.
Review Quotes:
"Do you earnestly long to 'delight yourself in the Lord' and grow in your knowledge of the infinite love and majesty of God the Father? Does your heart yearn for a deeper intimacy with the One who made you and sent His precious Son to die for you? Read this book! In The Beauty and Glory of the Father , not only are we given a thoroughly biblical portrait of the nature and works of our heavenly Father, but we are also helpfully taught how to think and live as His adopted children."
--Rev. Dr. Jon D. Payne, pastor of Christ Church Presbyterian, Charleston, South Carolina