Thomas Goodwin
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Thomas Goodwin made it his life's mission to take Christians' minds off themselves by filling their gaze with the glory of Christ. Today, Michael Reeves describes the Christ-centered preaching of this eminent Puritan.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
Michael Reeves is president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom. He is the featured teacher for the Ligonier teaching series The English Reformation and the Puritans. He is author of many books, including The Unquenchable Flame, Delighting in the Trinity, and Rejoice and Tremble.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | Goodwin's adamant, he's adamant that we should not think that here is a beautifully compassionate |
| 0:06.7 | Christ appeasing a heartless father. |
| 0:09.3 | No, no, says Goodwin, Christ adds not one drop of love to the Father's heart. |
| 0:15.9 | All the love of Christ is the streaming of the Father's love. |
| 0:20.6 | The Spirit fills him with the very love of the father which he's showing us and so the |
| 0:26.6 | heart of Christ in heaven is the express image of the heart of the father. |
| 0:33.0 | Our feelings change, |
| 0:38.0 | our feelings change, don't they? |
| 0:41.0 | And if we listen to our feelings, the level of our assurance of |
| 0:45.1 | salvation can change week to week day to day. But Christ is unchanging. His word and |
| 0:52.1 | the promises of God's word are unchanging. His word and the promises of God's word are unchanging. And Thomas Goodwin, who |
| 0:56.4 | you'll meet today, went from looking inside himself to looking out to our unchanging Christ, and it changed his preaching ministry. |
| 1:06.6 | You're listening to the Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:09.9 | I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham. |
| 1:13.2 | Just a reminder that if you'd like to own this complete |
| 1:16.2 | series from Dr. Reeves, the English Reformation and the Puritans, |
| 1:20.3 | it can be yours with your donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org. |
| 1:25.0 | Well zooming back in here's Michael Reeves to introduce us to Thomas Goodwin. |
| 1:31.0 | From the big picture, we're going to have the camera zoom in again on one person, this time Thomas Goodwin. |
| 1:42.0 | Now I wouldn't be surprised if Thomas Goodwin is a name that means nothing to you. |
| 1:48.0 | And if that's the case, don't be embarrassed at all because Thomas Goodwin really is a very forgotten great one. |
| 1:55.0 | It's remarkable though that he is so forgotten. |
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