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Michael Reeves

Michael Reeves is president and professor of theology at the Union School of Theology.

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Shepherding Criticism: Serious Joy Speakers Panel

Shepherding Criticism

Serious Joy Speakers Panel

How can pastors serve so that praise doesn’t puff them up and criticism doesn’t crush them? By loving the reward of the Father more than the opinions of men.

Panel Discussion

Pastoring in a World of Suffering: Treasuring Christ Together Panel

Pastoring in a World of Suffering

Treasuring Christ Together Panel

Though suffering is promised to every Christian and will likely be experienced even more by pastors, God has given us a glorious Savior and promised us a glorious future to give us courage.

Are You Really Preaching Christ?

Are You Really Preaching Christ?

Preachers can think they are preaching Christ, hope they are preaching Christ, and genuinely attempt to preach Christ without actually preaching Christ.

Simply Divine: Worshiping a God Who Lacks Nothing

Simply Divine

Worshiping a God Who Lacks Nothing

The self-existent, simple God is the only God who is not lacking. He is the only God who is inherently loving, abundant, and inclined to be gracious.

A God I Could Love: The Sentence That Unveiled the Father

A God I Could Love

The Sentence That Unveiled the Father

If our thoughts about God are based on something other than the Son, we will have to assume that God has none of the loveliness we see in Christ.

The Great Contribution of the Reformation

The Great Contribution of the Reformation

Where sin is a smaller problem, Christ is a smaller savior, and ours is a smaller salvation and a smaller happiness.

The Happiest Saints in History: Augustine, Calvin, Edwards, and You

The Happiest Saints in History

Augustine, Calvin, Edwards, and You

The story of the saints down through history is a story of joy and glory — of joy lost and found, of glory smothered and shining.

Suffering Taught Him to Look to Christ: Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892)

Suffering Taught Him to Look to Christ

Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892)

As a young man, Charles Spurgeon heard a poor preacher tell him, “Look to Christ!” He did, and then spent the rest of his life telling others to do the same.

Faith That Changed the Culture: How Luther Inspired Music, Charity, and Abolition

Faith That Changed the Culture

How Luther Inspired Music, Charity, and Abolition

The Reformation was never about theology alone. It was about a view of God and the world that changes everything.

The First Followers and the Fight for Jesus

The First Followers and the Fight for Jesus

The dominating issue of the early church revolved around the question, “Who exactly is Jesus?” The orthodox church had to fight to show that Jesus is truly God and truly man.

Augustine, Pelagius, and the Pursuit of Pleasure

Augustine, Pelagius, and the Pursuit of Pleasure

After the apostles, St. Augustine may be the most influential Christian in history. At the core of his theology was that God cannot be glorified unless our hearts enjoy him.

The Chief End of Man and Secret to Happiness

The Chief End of Man and Secret to Happiness

In retrieving the doctrine of justification by faith, the Protestant Reformers retrieved man’s hope for happiness and the full display of God’s glory in saving sinners.

Happy Sinners in the Hands of a Holy God

Happy Sinners in the Hands of a Holy God

Joy and glory are at the heart of the divide between conservative and liberal theology. If God is put first, his glory shines, and the saints are filled with joy. If man is put first, we lose both.

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How Do I Delight Myself in the Trinity?

How Do I Delight Myself in the Trinity?

Tony Reinke interviews Michael Reeves on delighting in the Trinity.

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Our Triune God Among the False gods

Our Triune God Among the False gods

Tony Reinke interviews guest Michael Reeves on the Trinity.

Peculiar Glory

The glory of God is shining through the Bible. British scholar Michael Reeves sat down with Piper to wrestle with ‘A Peculiar Glory,’ including some key objections.

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Christian Life as Union with Christ

Christian Life as Union with Christ

Union with Christ is not a side benefit of the Christian life — it defines it.

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How Do I Pursue Joy in Christ?

How Do I Pursue Joy in Christ?

“We were created to share the Father’s sweet pleasure in his Son.” But how do we pursue that goal? Michael Reeves offers practical advice to help.

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Why Do Catholics Pray to Mary?

Why Do Catholics Pray to Mary?

Historian Michael Reeves explores the Catholic tradition of praying to Mary, and encourages Christians toward Jesus, our great high priest.

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Robust Theology Fuels Ambitious Evangelism

Robust Theology Fuels Ambitious Evangelism

Armed with the life of John Calvin, Dr. Michael Reeves shows how sound doctrine produces driven saints.

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The Transforming Power of Christ’s Glory

The Transforming Power of Christ’s Glory

Doubt pursued the Puritan Thomas Goodwin for seven years until he finally understood Christ’s work. Then, his whole life changed.

Why the Good News Turns Bad Without Adam

Picture the scene: George Whitefield has just been preaching. Everywhere, eyes are shining and people are talking of the wonderful grace of Christ. Thousands of hearts have been overthrown and melted; lives have been remade. Now, if the church gives…

Delighting in the Trinity: An Interview with Michael Reeves

Authors on the Line

In this second episode of the Authors on the Line podcast I talk with author, theologian, and historian Michael Reeves about his new book Delighting in the Trinity (IVP, 2012). We discuss the nature of God in three persons, why…

The Spreading Goodness

The Father is the lover, the Son is the beloved. The Bible is awash with talk of the Father’s love for the Son, but while the Son clearly does love the Father, hardly anything is said about it. The Father’s…

The Highest Beauty

God’s holiness. “Oh dear!” you might sigh — and I’d understand, for without the Trinity, holiness does have the smell of mothballs about it, the look of a Victorian matron administering castor oil. And much of what purports to be…

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