The Transforming Power of Christ’s Glory

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 7 July 2014

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

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

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0:00.0	This week we welcome Michael Reeves to the podcast filling in for John Piper.
0:09.7	Michael is the author of several books including The Unquenchable Flame, discovering the heart
0:14.4	of the Reformation, along with The Lighting and the Trinity.
0:17.9	One of my favorite books of 2012, he just finished work on a beautiful book titled
0:22.1	Christ Our Life, which is scheduled to release on September 1st in the UK.
0:27.0	He will be titled Rejoicing in Christ and released in the US early, next year, early
0:31.8	in 2015.
0:34.1	Anyone who has read his books, no Michael is a gifted church historian, a theologian,
0:38.0	and a keen and incisive writer.
0:40.7	He lives in the UK and currently serves as the director of an online theology website,
0:44.9	uniontheology.org.
0:47.5	And senior lecturer at Wales Evangelical School of Theology.
0:51.9	We are grateful for your time, Michael.
0:54.0	You write so much about the glory of Christ.
0:55.8	Now it is being Christ-centered, focusing ministry on the glory of Christ.
1:00.9	How does this change someone's life?
1:03.7	Well, let me tell you a story of Thomas Goodwin's conversion.
1:07.6	Thomas Goodwin, he was a pure and great pure and theologian and preacher.
1:13.2	He was born in 1600.
1:15.2	Now he's born of a pure and parents, pure and stuck, and he grew up quite religious.
1:22.1	And he even decided, quite a young age, that he wanted to be a preacher.
1:27.3	But without being a Christ-centered preacher who'd experienced the sovereign grace of God
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