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A Christ-Centered Wedding

August 27, 2014 by mattperman

Catherine Strode Parks and her mom, Linda Strode, have done the church a great service by writing the excellent book A Christ-Centered Wedding: Rejoicing in the Gospel on Your Big Day.  There has been a growing proliferation in the last few years of books applying the gospel to all areas of life. But this is the first I’ve […]

Filed Under: Marriage

The New Resource Site for Tim Keller, Redeemer, and Redeemer City to City

August 23, 2014 by mattperman

At Gospel in Life, you can now find all of Tim Keller’s sermons and other resources together in one spot. The site also includes all resources from Redeemer Presbyterian and Redeemer City to City. It is fantastic to see this! Here’s the brief description: We are excited to announce gospelinlife.com, our new site for all […]

Filed Under: 1 Theology

The Gospel in Ecclesiastes?

August 20, 2014 by mattperman

In the latest issue of The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Eric Ortland has an excellent article called “The Gospel in the Book of Ecclesiastes.” It is an excellent article. I don’t think the JETS articles are online, but if you subscribe to JETS, check it out. Here is one of the most helpful […]

Filed Under: The Gospel

Your Obedience is Not Filthy Rags

August 15, 2014 by mattperman

Michael Kruger nails it at The Gospel Coalition: When it comes to our justification — our legal standing before God — our own good works are in no way the grounds of God’s declaration that we are “righteous.” Indeed, the gospel is good news because we are saved not by what we have done, but […]

Filed Under: Sanctification

11 Objections on Giving to the Poor Answered by Jonathan Edwards

August 11, 2014 by mattperman

One of the best sermons of all time is Jonathan Edwards’s “The Duty of Christian Charity: Explained and Defended.” In it, he argues that helping the poor is one of the highest duties of the Christian. It is not a just a small duty, but a great duty — and even heaven and hell lie in the […]

Filed Under: Poverty

The Nature of Pastoral Authority in One Sentence

August 3, 2014 by mattperman

This is really, really important to understand: “The true picture in the New Testament is not that of a congregation under the authority of the preacher; but of both preacher and congregation under the authority of God’s written word” (Eric Alexander, What is Biblical Preaching).

Filed Under: Church Authority

Jesus' Absolute Calls to Discipleship

July 23, 2014 by mattperman

These are hard texts, but the are good news because they show that Jesus is God, and therefore worthy of all allegiance. For if Jesus is not God, he could not have called for absolute allegiance. But if he is God, then anything less than a call to absolute, unqualified allegience would have been a massive disservice […]

Filed Under: a Personal Discipleship, Christ

Can You Love Yourself Too Much?

July 14, 2014 by mattperman

The answer is no. Absolutely not. The issue is not how much you love yourself. The issue is how much you love yourself in comparison to God.  Jonathan Edwards discusses this in great detail in his excellent work Charity and Its Fruits. He writes: I do not suppose it can be said of any, that their love of their […]

Filed Under: Love

3 Characteristics of Gospel-Driven Christians

June 10, 2014 by mattperman

From my book, What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done: Known by their love, and also sound in theology. Both/and, not either/or. Engaged in their communities and workplaces and working for the good of others, not retreating to the hills to grow wheat until Jesus comes. Not afraid of culture, but not […]

Filed Under: Character

What is the Gospel?

April 20, 2014 by mattperman

On Easter, it is always good to refresh our understanding of the gospel so we can avoid the trap of being pulled away by additions to it that undermine our relationship with God. Here’s how I summarize it in a call-out box in What’s Best Next, in a chapter where I talk about the relationship between the […]

Filed Under: Justification, The Gospel

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I am the director of career development at The King’s College NYC, co-founder of What’s Best Next, and the author of What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done. This is my personal website where I blog on four of my favorite topics: theology, apologetics, culture, and living in New York City.

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