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All Things Work for Good for Those Who Love God — But Not Automatically

March 1, 2011 by mattperman

Just a good reminder: And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28, NASB) In other words: All things work together for good for those who follow Christ, but this does not happen automatically. God […]

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Grace Does Not Need to be Kept in Check

December 28, 2010 by mattperman

Tullian Tchividjian, from his post “Does the Gospel Scare You?”: So, it’s a mistake to identify the “two cliffs” as being legalism and lawlessness. The one “cliff” is legalism but it comes in two forms—what some call license is just another form of legalism. And if people outside the church are guilty of “break the […]

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John Calvin on the Justification of Our Works

December 23, 2010 by mattperman

Calvin (from the Institutes, Book III, chapter XVII.10): A work begins to be acceptable only when it is undertaken with pardon. Now whence does this pardon arise, save that God contemplates us and our all in Christ? Therefore, as we ourselves, when we have been engrafted in Christ, are righteous in God’s sight because our […]

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The Often Missing Reality in Most Teaching that the Final Judgment Will be According to Works

December 22, 2010 by mattperman

A post I wrote for the DG blog today.

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The Opposable Mind and Alleged Contradictions in the Bible

November 16, 2010 by mattperman

A few years ago I read an excellent book called Opposable Mind. The book asks “What distinguishes a brilliant leader from a conventional one?” And the answer of the book is: “Brilliant leaders are skilled at integrative thinking — the ability to hold two opposing ideas in their minds at once, and then reach a […]

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Christians Should be Proactive in Doing Good

September 30, 2010 by mattperman

Here’s a post I did for the DG blog today.

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A Surprise at the Final Judgment

August 18, 2010 by mattperman

Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 4:1-4: This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by […]

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The Difference Between Historical Faith and Saving Faith

August 2, 2010 by mattperman

From Rod Rosenbladt’s chapter “Christ Died for the Sins of Christians, Too” in Christ the Lord: The Reformation and Lordship Salvation: I hear the reader asking, “Well then, is saving faith just a matter of knowing facts?” Hardly, and the Reformers knew that. They distinguished between historical faith and saving faith. Historical faith has human […]

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Good Works that are Performed in Order to Become Right with God are Not Really Good

July 21, 2010 by mattperman

Good observations from the Scottish preacher and writer John Colquhoun (1748 – 1827), from his book A Treatise on the Law and the Gospel: Can a man perform no good works till after he is justified in the sight of God? Hence it is manifest that they who rely on their own obedience for a […]

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Dug Down Deep

February 24, 2010 by mattperman

I haven’t read Joshua Harris’  Dug Down Deep: Unearthing What I Believe and Why It Matters yet, but it looks great. Simply what he has to say in the quote on the back of the book is well worth listening to: I know from experience that it’s possible to be a Christian but live life […]

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