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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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The State of New Testament Studies: A Quick Review
The contributions fall into four major sections. Part 1 is on the ancient context of the New Testament and attends to the relationship...
Matt O'Reilly
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Reading Romans in Context: A Review (@Zondervan, @bencblackwell)
Context is everything. That’s the first rule for interpreting scripture (or any other text, for that matter). The rule refers first to...
Matt O'Reilly
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Understanding the Little Apocalypse: Three things to remember about Matthew 24
Everything Jesus says is his answer to the question raised by the disciples in 24:3. And their question is primarily looking for a bit of...
Matt O'Reilly
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Inerrancy and Interpretation (2): More on the Licona Controversy
#BookReviews #Gospels #Hermeneutics #Scripture
Matt O'Reilly
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Was Jonah Really Swallowed by a Whale?
First, the text of Jonah doesn’t actually say that Jonah was swallowed by a sperm whale. It simply says he was swallowed by a big fish...
Matt O'Reilly
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Inerrancy and Interpretation: The Licona Controversy
The details of the controversy are available in other places; so I’ll simply sum up the core issue. In his massive book, The Resurrection...
Matt O'Reilly
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