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Why don't we rebaptize?
People frequently wonder whether they should be rebaptized. Usually, it's for one of two reasons. Either they were baptized as an infant, and they ask if they should be baptized as part of their profession of faith. Or they were baptized before they got serious about following Jesus and, having later committed to serious discipleship, wonder if they should rebatized. In this video, I talk through the issues with Dr. Jonathan Powers (Asbury Seminary). We cover: WHY pastors sho
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On Not Over Correcting: Bishops, Baptism, and Seminaries in the Global Methodist Church
When things go wrong, the temptation arises to over correct. Here's why the Global Methodist Church need not do that.
Matt O'Reilly
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What Does It Mean to Be Methodist? Clarifying What's Distinctive and What's Essential
I've been asked several times of late to put together a list of beliefs that are distinctive of or essential to Methodism. The context...
Matt O'Reilly
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The Question of Bishops in the Global Methodist Church // Interview with Bishop Scott Jones
What will the role of bishops be in the Global Methodist Church? In this video, Dr. Matt O'Reilly sits down with Bishop Scott Jones to...
Matt O'Reilly
1 min read
Facing a Faceless World
Seeing the Person and the Rise of the Wesleyan-Methodist Movement Deliverance and the Face of God The Holy One who called Israel to...
Bill Ury
8 min read
John Wesley, the Apocalypse, and Theological Humility
On the willingness to say I don't know Anyone acquainted with theological discourse and debate will know that humility is not always the...
Matt O'Reilly
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Outcast No More // Sermon at Beeson Divinity School Chapel
In this sermon at Beeson Divinity School Chapel, Dr. Matt O'Reilly explains how our lives should embody God's character (2 Sam 14).
Matt O'Reilly
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The UMC is more traditional than ever, but it doesn't matter
Sexuality is no longer driving the UMC split. Institutional dysfunction is.
Matt O'Reilly
4 min read
John Wesley and Death Anxiety
Discover how the experience and preaching of John Wesley can resource pastors for ministry to those experiencing anxiety and fear of death.
Matt O'Reilly
2 min read
John Wesley on his Assurance of Salvation (#AldersgateDay)
On this day in 1738, John Wesley had an experience for which he'd been longing and that became crucial for the continued vitality of the...
Matt O'Reilly
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