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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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Don’t Just Give Up, Take Up: A Lenten Reflection #UMC
A sermon preached on Ash Wednesday 2015 at St. Mark United Methodist Church in Mobile, Alabama. The invitation to observe a holy Lent is...

Matt O'Reilly
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Tertullian on the Sign of the Cross #AshWednesday (HT: @scotmcknight)
I came across this quote this morning while reading Scot McKnight’s book Praying with the Church: Following Jesus Daily, Hourly, Today:...

Matt O'Reilly
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Practicing Freedom: A Lenten Reflection
My homily from Ash Wednesday has been published at Seedbed and can be found here. This reflection was born out of reading Douglass...

Matt O'Reilly
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