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Michael Reeves

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

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.

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…

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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