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The Kalam Cosmological Argument

September 27, 2013 by mattperman

This is a great video summarizing the Kalam cosmological argument, which shows how science helps demonstrate that it is fully rational to believe in the existence of God. The Kalam cosmological argument was initially developed in the middle ages, but it has been updated and refined in an incredibly insightful way in recent years by […]

Filed Under: 2 Apologetics, Existence of God

Why Prayer and Bible Study Are Not Enough

September 25, 2013 by mattperman

That title sounds pretty bad on the face of it. So don’t hear me diminishing the importance and significance of prayer and Bible study in the slightest. In fact, I originally started one of the chapters in my book this way: “If you do nothing else, other than read your Bible in faith every day, […]

Filed Under: Culture

Have We Missed the Meaning of the Incarnation?

September 24, 2013 by mattperman

Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 8:9: For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. Here’s the point: Sometimes, helping the poor requires taking part of their burden on ourselves, and suffering deprivation […]

Filed Under: Poverty

The Meaning of Justice

September 19, 2013 by mattperman

In his excellent book Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City, Tim Keller quotes Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke’s very shocking, but absolutely correct, definition of justice: The righteous are willing to disadvantage themselves to advantage the community; the wicked are willing to disadvantage the community to advantage themselves. Keller expands: Most people think of […]

Filed Under: Justice

The Difference Between a Christian and Non-Christian

September 5, 2013 by mattperman

Very well said by Mark Dever in The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry on the Gospel (note: this might be slightly paraphrased, because it’s from my notes and I don’t have the actual copy of the book with me right now): The difference between Christians and non-Christians is not that non-Christians sins whereas Christians don’t. The […]

Filed Under: 3 Christian Living

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