Doctrine for Life

When Christians fail to trust God’s promises, the results are always disastrous. 
 
This week, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke continues his sermon on Genesis 16:1-13, showing us how God responds …

You have heard it said that “God helps those who help themselves.” But is that really what the Bible teaches us about the life of faith?
 
This week, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke teaches us ho…

How do the signs of God’s covenant strengthen us when we doubt? 
 
This week, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke continues his study of Genesis 15:7-21, showing us how God assures Abraham of His prom…

How do the signs of God’s covenant strengthen us when we doubt? 
 
This week, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke continues his study of Genesis 15:7-21, showing us how God assures Abraham of His prom…

“Abraham believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness.”-Genesis 15:6 

This week, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke teaches us how faith in the Lord can help us overcome our fear…

“Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”-Genesis 15:1 

This week, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke reveals how the word of the LORD comforted a fearful Abraham in the fi…

How does Christ’s Melchizedekian priesthood encourage believers today? 

This week, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke continues exploring Abraham’s encounter with Melchizedek in the second part of h…

The author of Hebrews says Christ is “a priest after the order of Melchizedek.” But who is Melchizedek? And what can this mysterious Old Testament figure teach us about Christ today? 

This week, on Do…

"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves”—Matthew 10:16 

Today on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke helps us navigate the diff…

"As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men”—Galatians 6:10 

Today on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke answers a common question in the first part of his sermon on Genesis 14:1-16:…

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”—Matthew 5:9 

Today, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke points us to Jesus Christ as the Great Peacemaker in the second pa…

“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”—Philippians 2:4 

Today, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke unpacks biblical principles for conflict resolution in …

“He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”—Galatians 6:8 

Today on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke …

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.”—1 John 2:15  

Today, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke reminds us of the dangers of the lusts of the eyes in the first part of his se…

What can we do when our sin puts us in impossible situations? In today’s episode of Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke reveals God’s mercy toward Abraham’s foolishness in the land of Egypt in the seco…

Trusting our ways over God’s always leads to grievous consequences. In today’s episode of Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke exposes Abraham’s foolishness in the land of Egypt in the first part of his…

Much like our father, Abraham, the Christian lives out a pilgrimage of faith. In today’s episode of Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke compares Abraham’s journey to Canaan to our lives today in the se…

Much like our father, Abraham, the Christian lives out a pilgrimage of faith. In today’s episode of Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke compares Abraham’s journey to Canaan to our lives today in the fi…

What does real, vibrant faith look like? And how can we know if we have it? In today’s episode of Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke continues his message on Abraham’s calling in Genesis 12:1-3 to sho…

“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed.”—Hebrews 11:8 

In today’s episode of Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke expounds o…