Herb Reese

A thematic approach to good works and Old Testament poetry and wisdom literature Obedience to God’s communal good works, beginning with Ruth and Boaz and culminating in the reigns of David and Solomon, brought a time of peace and prosperity to the nation of Israel. We should not be surprised, […]

Let’s review Having looked at the practice and teaching of good works in the Pentateuch, we learned several things about doing good works. First, a believer’s sin affects in a negative way how he or she experiences God’s plan for their good works, but not God’s ultimate outworking of his […]

In the previous section of this series on a practical theology of good works we looked at the good works that God himself has done as recorded in the Bible. We did so in order to gain God’s perspective on good works. Specifically, we looked at God’s good works in […]

When it comes to God and his good works, God calls all believers to participate with him as he does them Some of my fondest and earliest memories are of my father teaching me how to straighten old nails. A survivor of the Depression, Dad made it a practice of […]

We have all been slaves to something “At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.” Titus 3:3 Never underestimate the ability of us human beings to enslave each […]

“It is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.” John 14:10 I have a thought experiment for us to do. In our fallen world, what kind of good works would a perfect person, who has direct access to a holy God and his infinite power, do? A […]

In this series of posts outlining a practical theology of good works, we are looking at what kind of good works God has done in human history in order to provide a context for the kind of good works God wants us to do. So far, we have reviewed God’s […]

I started this pursuit of a practical theology of good works by looking at the good works that God does. My thinking is that the good works that God has for us to do will resemble in many ways the good works that God himself has already done, is doing, […]

As we look at God’s good works in history. we are learning that what God does reveals his nature. In creation, we saw that God’s good works reveal his omniscience and omnipotence. In his creation of Adam and Eve in his image, we learn that God himself is personal. And […]

“My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” – Jesus Christians worship the God who does things, not lifeless, immobile idols. Nor do we worship abstract ideas, immoral demigods, or whatever other gods we might make up in our minds. We worship […]