Matt O'Reilly, PhD

“There is no argument against beauty.” -Peter Kreeft It has become increasingly clear to me in recent years that North American...

If you know anyone serving as a pastor in a developing country, you may want to share this with them. Wesley Biblical Seminary is...

An interfaith seminary? The mission of the United Methodist Church is “to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the...

A new form of oppression analysis is required in our stuffy cubbyhole of academia, to show that the most marginalized and oppressed group...

One topic we covered that made a significant impact on my thinking was strategic planning. I was struck by the way in which Hamilton and...

Official United Methodist Schools of Theology that train more ministerial candidates will now receive more denominational funding than...

In light of yesterday’s post on the benefits of online learning, I was glad to learn last night that the University Senate of the United...

Commentary has recently been showing up around the blogosphere on the decision of the University Senate of the United Methodist Church to...

New Florida Governor-elect Rick Scott is catching some heat for his suggestion that all Florida children receive vouchers which can be...

Sadness, anger, and hope.  These are the emotions that I experienced as I read Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical...

“The inevitable effect for Christian schools that adopt progressive ideas uncritically is a de facto dualistic compartmentalization in...

The recent move by Claremont School of Theology to be part of an effort to train leaders of other religions alongside Christian pastors...

The record of Paul’s visit to Athens in Acts 17 provides an informative glimpse into the religious culture of the first century...

A board member from Claremont School of Theology was recently quoted as claiming that, “The confessional seminary is a dead duck.”  The...

I came across an article today by J. D. Walt called “Pragmatic Impracticality: An Open Letter on Seminary Education.”  Walt is Dean of...

I started reading Gospel and Kingdom by Graeme Goldsworthy yesterday.  Goldsworthy is one of the more quotable authors I’ve read, as of...

One nice benefit is that Thornton sometimes points towards fields that overlap with the classics.  For example, students of American...

The book opens with a critique of the way history is generally taught in public schools.  First, with regard to presentation, Mansfield...

I’ve been reading and thinking lately on what it means to have a Christian view of history. What is history and why should we study it as...

“The Christian teacher has to be taught before he can teach.  And the Christian teacher has to recognize an ongoing process of being...