Matt O'Reilly, PhD

I am grateful for the invitation to contribute to the most recent volume of the 9 Marks Journal. My essay is on pastoral authority from a Wesleyan/Methodist perspective. It’s part of a round-table discussion with Kevin DeYoung offering a Presbyterian approach and Benjamin Merkle giving a Baptist perspective. Here’s an excerpt: Click through to read the rest. #Articles #UnitedMethodistChurch #WesleyandWesleyanism

I’m grateful for the opportunity to take part in a roundtable discussion for the 9 Marks Journal on the question: are denominations worth it? The other participants are pastors from a variety of contexts and denominational backgrounds and include Tim Keller, Carl Trueman, Tom Ascol, Tim Cantrell, and Rick Phillips. You can preview the roundtable discussion here, and the full journal should be available soon. Most of us answered the question with a generally positive view of d

The new issue of Preaching is out and contains my article “Evangelizing the Church”. Here’s the intro: If you are like me, there may have been a time in your preaching ministry when you thought the gospel was really only for evangelizing unbelievers and did not need to be a part of every sermon on a weekly basis. After all, aren’t we to be moving on from the milk of elementary teachings to mature spiritual meat? If we address the basic gospel on a weekly basis, are we not hin

The new issue of The Princeton Theological Review is now available online and contains my article, “Faith Comes from Hearing: The Scandal of Preaching in a Digital Age.”  The article considers whether contemporary proposals for new homiletic forms is faithful to a biblical understanding of preaching.  Here’s an excerpt: Not only is Christian preaching to be content specific, it is also often counter-intuitive. Our discussion of the factions in Corinth demonstrated just this p

The new issue of Preaching (25.6) is now online and contains my article: “Five Things You Need to Know About Preaching Through the Books of Scripture.”  The article provides five suggestions aimed at clearing away some of the intimidation that may be associated with preaching all the way through an entire book of the Bible, line upon line and precept upon precept. #Articles #Preaching