Even Reformed theology has continually grappled with the major question concerning the relationship between good works and our everlasting condition. Even some who reject the idea that our good works contribute to our final entry into glorification have argued that they play a role in determining the number of rewards that we will enjoy in the new creation. Jeff Taylor, following a biblico-theological trajectory set by Meredith Kline, rejects these premises, arguing that Christ’s merit determines justification, glorification, and an equal reward—namely the everlasting blessed state—in the new creation. READ MORE HERE!! Harrison Perkins (PhD, Queen’s University Belfast; MDiv, Westminster Seminary California) is pastor of Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC), a visiting lecturer in systematic theology at Edinburgh Theological Seminary, Online Faculty in church history for Westminster Theological Seminary, and the author of Catholicity and the Covenant of Works: James Ussher and the Reformed Tradition (Oxford University Press, 2020).
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