Righteous By Design

Harrison Perkins (PhD, Queen’s University Belfast) is pastor at Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC), Senior Research Fellow at the Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards, associate online faculty in church history at Westminster Theological Seminary, visiting faculty at Birmingham Theological Seminary, visiting lecturer in systematic theology at Edinburgh Theological Seminary, and author of ‘Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction’.

”… Harrison Perkins tackles some difficult and nuanced questions over law and gospel, merit and mercy, and nature and grace. … Particularly, his painstaking attention to nuances in medieval views on righteousness and merit, with their lasting implications, represents ground rarely covered by Reformed Protestants.“Ryan M. McGraw(Morton H. Smith Professor of Systematic Theology, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Greenville, South Carolina)”… an exemplary and much–needed work of constructive retrieval on the relationship between nature and grace.“N. Gray Sutanto(Assistant Professor, Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.)”… a powerful argument that the covenant of nature was properly meritorious of eternal life. Perkins’s study is a stellar orientation point for the ongoing discussion on the nature–supernatural relationship.“Hans Boersma(Professor of Ascetical Theology, Nashotah House Theological Seminary, Nashotah, Wisconsin)”This is a deep and detailed study of God’s covenantal relationship and promise to Adam, rich in exegetical, historical,and doctrinal insights and pastoral reflections. Fruitful reading for anyone interested in this fascinating topic!“Lee Gatiss(Director of Church Society, and Adjunct Lecturer in Church History, Union School of Theology, Bridgend, Wales)”Perkins’ volume showcases God’s wisdom, goodness,and grace in his works of creation and redemption, as well as our high human calling—from the beginning and finally realized in Christ. This book will enrich and bless its readers.“David VanDrunen(Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, Westminster Seminary in California, Escondido, California)”The value of this book is found in its close engagement with primary and secondary sources arguing in favor of and alongside the Reformed confessional heritage since the sixteenth century on such topics as the covenant of works and the covenant of grace …. It is worth our time as pastors, theologians, and students to engage with this book and its concepts.“Todd Rester(Associate Professor of Church History, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia)