Christ’s Portrait of the Christian

My father-in-law, Rev. Bartel Elshout, has become widely known because of his translation of Wilhelmus à Brakel’s The Christian’s Reasonable Service. He has translated numerous books from Dutch into English—including Theodore VanderGroe’s The Christian’s Only Comfort in Life and Death—and has written a book The Pastoral and Practical Theology of  Wilhelmus à Brakel (1997; his first book). I am thrilled to announce the launch of his second book Christ’s Portrait of the Christian: An Exposition of the Beatitudes (2019), which I had the privilege to edit. The book is now available through Reformation Heritage Books.

Here are some recommendations for his book:

“If you want a basic, edifying book that provides a scriptural paradigm of genuine experiential Christianity flowing from the teachings of our Lord, I would recommend this little gem. Read it slowly, meditatively, and prayerfully.”

—Dr. Joel R. Beeke, president of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation, Grand Rapids, Michigan

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“The insights of this work about the internal structure and interrelatedness of the Beatitudes will be a unique contribution to other commentaries on the Beatitudes. . . . I am thankful that by way of this book, these instructions will have wider publicity.”

—Rev. Arnoud T. Vergunst, pastor of the Netherlands Reformed Congregation, Waupun, Wisconsin

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“Rev. Elshout has the gift to bring Christ’s message close to our hearts. As always, his exegesis is thorough, and it includes the necessary call to self-examination. . . . I wholeheartedly recommend this book.”

—Rev. Cornelis Harinck, pastor of the Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands since 1962

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“I cannot think of a better remedy for the disorientation and disquiet I feel in my heart than to breathe in the orienting and quieting truths of the Beatitudes of the Lord Jesus. Here, experienced pastor and teacher Bartel Elshout provides faithful, discerning, and helpful guidance that brings me back to where I need to be every day.”

—Dr. Gerald M. Bilkes, professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids

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