Matt O'Reilly, PhD

And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made...

“And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured...

For quite some time now I’ve been tossing around the idea of featuring brief sermon summaries here on the blog.  Here’s the initial post:...

I’ve been preaching through the Gospel of Mark for nearly seven months now, and I am repeatedly considering questions regarding the...

Interest in narrative preaching has been on the rise as of late, and some leaders of emerging expressions of Christianity challenge the...

First, the book is an extended exposition of the story commonly known as “The Parable of the Prodigal Son,” which is found in Luke 15. ...

If the audience doesn’t understand this first demonstration, Mark makes it all the more explicit when Jesus gets off the boat and...

No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known. John 1:18, NIV This magnificent...

Given the discussion in previous posts about James Robinson’s book The Gospel of Jesus, it may not surprise you that he does not affirm...

As is clear from my previous post I think Robinson’s argument in The Gospel of Jesus that the Sayings Gospel Q is the best source for...

There are, however, some weaknesses to Robinson’s argument that the hypothetical Q is the best source for knowing what Jesus said and who...