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Made to Flourish: A Pastor's Network for the Common Good

January 22, 2015 by mattperman

This is a guest post by Ben Stafford, a program associate at the Kern Foundation. Ben has an incredible understanding of the relationship between faith, work, and economics, and the role pastors need to play in helping build up the church more fully in a robust biblical view of vocation. How might pastors affirm the […]

Filed Under: e Work and Vocation

MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Do We Still Believe These Things Today?

January 19, 2015 by mattperman

A few weeks ago I read Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail. It’s reputation is deserved. His understanding of justice, and ability to articulate it, is absolutely incredible. Here are a few of its key portions, summarized with some headings. And then at the end I have a few reflections on whether those who […]

Filed Under: Justice

Sam Storms on Insecurity in the Pastorate

January 15, 2015 by mattperman

Sam Storms, from his post What I Wish I’d Known: Reflections on Nearly 40 Years of Pastoral Ministry: 10. I wish I’d known about the destructive effects of insecurity in a pastor. This is less because I’ve struggled with it and more due to its effect I’ve seen in others. Why is insecurity so damaging? […]

Filed Under: Church Authority

Generous Justice

January 14, 2015 by mattperman

Tiim Keller speaking on his book, Generous Justice.  In my view, this is one of the most important books anyone can read this year. This message gives a good summary of the content in 30 minutes. I love the way he starts, pointing out how “many who are concerned about justice are not concerned about justification […]

Filed Under: Justice

Christians Need History, and Christians Need Heroes: Princeton Seminary (1812-1929)

January 6, 2015 by mattperman

My friend Gary Steward has just released his book Princeton Seminary (1812-1929): Its Leaders’ Lives and Works.  It has endorsements from JI Packer, Kevin DeYoung, Justin Taylor, and others. Here’s a short description: Many of the key ideas of the modern era, and Christian responses to them, were formulated at the time of “Old Princeton.” Gary […]

Filed Under: History

The Overstatement of NT Wright

January 5, 2015 by mattperman

In the upcoming book The Lost World of Adam and Eve, NT Wright has a chapter called “Paul’s Use of Adam [in Romans 5; 1 Cor 15] is More Interested in the Effect of Sin on the Cosmos Than in the Effect of Sin on Humanity and Has Nothing to Say About Human Origins: Excursus on Paul’s […]

Filed Under: Doctrine of Man

Resources for the New Year

December 31, 2014 by mattperman

Here are a few resources to help you get the new year off to a great start. What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done. Of course I’ll be recommending my book here! The beginning of the year is a good time to refine your mission, vision, roles and goals. What’s […]

Filed Under: Managing Yourself

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

Understanding Christian Freedom

December 24, 2014 by mattperman

It is incredibly important for Christians to understand the doctrine of Christian freedom. John Calvin said that if you don’t understand the doctrine of Christian freedom, it shows that you don’t understand the doctrine of justification either. For the doctrine of justification necessarily leads to the doctrine of Christian freedom. Here is a great initial summary […]

Filed Under: Christian Freedom

How Do You Balance Material Goods with the True Spirit of Christmas?

December 23, 2014 by mattperman

Anne Bradley has a great post on this at the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics. Here are three very helpful points she makes (note especially the first one — it’s why I don’t think giving gifts at Christmas necessarily equals consumerism): What are some ways we can worship God with our whole being and […]

Filed Under: e Work and Vocation

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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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