Religious Affections

Ministry Lessons from the Puritans with Joel Beeke

The Everyday Pastor, 26 October 2026. The book comes up at 27 min 55 sec in.

Joel Beeke calls Religious Affections the greatest theological classic of spirituality ever written in America, explaining that Edwards wrote it after the 1740–42 awakening to distinguish genuine grace from mere religious excitement. Beeke details how Edwards lists what can occur in religious life without being a true work of God, then provides positive marks of authentic conversion such as love for Christ, greater holiness, humility, tenderness of conscience, love of Scripture, and perseverance.

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