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An Even More Excellent Way: A Response to Joel Green on the Bible in Global Methodism
Should Global Methodist doctrine define what Scripture is or describe what Scripture does? That's the question posed by Joel B. Green in a new Firebrand article that criticizes my defense of the statement "Scripture is without error in all it affirms," which is language included in the proposed Articles of Faith to be considered by the General Conference of the Global Methodist Church (GMC) later this year. Green's article came in the form of a response to my critique of an e
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A Home for Everyone? (#OneChurchPlanMyths #UMC)
Except for them The problem with the myth in question is the untold numbers of people who’ve said they won’t be at home in a denomination...
Matt O'Reilly
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The Myth of Neutrality (#OneChurchPlanMyths #UMC)
Among other things, this plan would remove the current restrictions on UMC clergy and churches from blessing same-sex unions. It would...
Matt O'Reilly
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When is a church not a church? | Mulholland on Revelation #UMC
…we see that orthodoxy and evangelism are the inseparable foci of a healthy church. Both must be kept in dynamic balance. Evangelism...
Matt O'Reilly
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N.T. Wright on Authentic Church Unity #UMC
Anyone who’s spent much time in church will know that disagreements happen. If those disagreements aren’t resolved quickly, they may soon...
Matt O'Reilly
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