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Reframing Holiness: Human Flourishing, not Legalistic Rule-Keeping
One of the problems with the word holiness is the baggage. When people hear you talk about holiness, their minds tend to think of it...
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Do We Need the Creed? In Dialogue with @umjeremy #UMC
Should churches stop using the historic Creeds in weekly worship? Rev. Jeremy Smith seems to think so and attempts to make the case with...

Matt O'Reilly
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Joel Green on the Centrality of Scripture for Wesley (#AndCanItBe)
Given the ongoing discussion with regard to our “invisible Wesleyan message” and my recent reflections on finding our Wesleyan voice, I...

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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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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Can Wrath Be Righteous? And Are We Blinded by Culture?
The question as to whether God’s wrath could possibly be righteous was raised by Paul in the middle of the first century. Paul sets out...

Matt O'Reilly
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John Wesley & the Trustworthiness of Scripture
Here’s a gem from John Wesley on the trustworthiness (dare I say, inerrancy) of scripture: Two observations are noteworthy. First, Wesley...

Matt O'Reilly
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