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Matthew 5:16, Paraphrased

April 23, 2018 by mattperman

Matthew 5:16 tells us the purpose of our productivity: “Let your light so shine before others, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” Where is productivity there? In the phrase “good works.” Good works are not just rare and special things we do, but any good thing […]

Filed Under: Knowing God

5 Questions on Faith and Doubt

April 23, 2015 by mattperman

Barnabas Piper’s new book Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt is Not the Enemy of Faith releases July 1st. In the weeks leading up to its release, he is interviewing several people on questions of faith and doubt. Today his interview with me is up. The five questions are: What does “I believe, help my unbelief” mean to […]

Filed Under: a Personal Discipleship

Christmas: A Time to Turn To God

December 24, 2014 by mattperman

It doesn’t make much sense to celebrate the coming of Christ into the world without acknowledging the very reason he came. He came to earth to save us from our sins and give us eternal life. It would be a tragedy to enjoy the presents, food, time with family and friends, and everything else and […]

Filed Under: Knowing God

Why Do People Like John Piper Put an Emphasis on Being Radical, Rather than Ordinary?

November 5, 2014 by mattperman

I’m still looking forward to reading Michael Horton’s Ordinary. As I’ve mentioned before, the title makes me wonder a bit, but I am expecting Horton to get the balance right between the “ordinary” and “radical” themes in the Bible. I tend to gravitate more to the “radical” theme, because I think the Scriptures do. However, the affirmation […]

Filed Under: Life Design

Advice on Prayer from Tim Keller

October 29, 2014 by mattperman

Tim Keller’s new book on prayer comes out next week, and it looks excellent. When I was at Catalyst a few weeks ago, I saw him doing an interview on the book and he made a very insightful point. In talking about how to become better at making time for prayer, he said this: “If […]

Filed Under: Prayer

Real Christian

October 17, 2014 by mattperman

I am very excited about Todd Wilson’s excellent new book, Real Christian: Bearing the Marks of Authentic Faith.  Todd and I go way back, having studied together under John Piper at The Bethlehem Institute back in our early days of seminary. Todd has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and is now senior pastor at […]

Filed Under: Character, Sanctification

Radical? Yes!

October 14, 2014 by mattperman

I’m looking forward to reading Michael Horton’s book Ordinary. There is no missing the allusion in the title to a book like David Platt’s Radical, though — which is another book I’ve found to be very helpful.  I like Horton a lot, and I assume that rather than disagreeing with what Jonathan Edwards called “the necessity of engaging in […]

Filed Under: Life Design

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

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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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