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An Even More Excellent Way: A Response to Joel Green on the Bible in Global Methodism
Should Global Methodist doctrine define what Scripture is or describe what Scripture does? That's the question posed by Joel B. Green in a new Firebrand article that criticizes my defense of the statement "Scripture is without error in all it affirms," which is language included in the proposed Articles of Faith to be considered by the General Conference of the Global Methodist Church (GMC) later this year. Green's article came in the form of a response to my critique of an e
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Seneca’s Tough Love for Book Lovers
If you are like me, and take great joy in curating your personal library, then this excerpt from Seneca’s Epistle 2 may be a little...
Matt O'Reilly
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Wisdom and Eloquence
Sadness, anger, and hope. These are the emotions that I experienced as I read Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical...
Matt O'Reilly
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Rhetorical Criticism: An Appropriate Method for New Testament Studies?
I’ve been working through some material on rhetorical critical approaches to New Testament studies, as of late, in preparation for my...
Matt O'Reilly
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A Student’s Guide to Classics by Bruce S. Thornton
One nice benefit is that Thornton sometimes points towards fields that overlap with the classics. For example, students of American...
Matt O'Reilly
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Burger King, Western Culture, and the Lordship of Christ
I thought about calling this post “The importance of studying Greek mythology for Christian parenting and discipleship.” But that would...
Matt O'Reilly
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