How Romans 9-11 (and Romans 8) Make Me Arminian
Calvinism doesn't have a monopoly on Romans 9-11. Here's an Arminian approach.
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Matt O'Reilly
- Sep 17, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Feb 14, 2017
- 2 min
N.T. Wright: Paul Was Not a "Religious" Figure (@fortresspress)
So says N.T. Wright in the opening chapter of his Paul and his Recent Interpreters (Fortress, 2015): “though we have been accustomed to...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Aug 21, 2015
- 2 min
If We Do Not Repent (#PPSellsBabyParts)
Many of us thought it couldn’t get worse than seeing a medical doctor swill her wine and crunch her croutons while speaking of “less...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Aug 8, 2014
- 3 min
Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: Grace, Progress, & the #UMC (@DrewBMcIntyre)
Do evangelicals have a double standard when it comes to sexual ethics? That’s the claim made by Drew McIntyre in a post on authority in...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Aug 4, 2014
- 1 min
New SermonCast: "Growing into Salvation" 1 Peter 2:2-10 #UMC
Much of the time we think of salvation in the past tense. We focus in on that moment when we first experienced God’s reconciling grace,...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Jul 30, 2014
- 3 min
On Priorities, Positions, and the #UMC Via Media (@eJoelWatts)
I raised a few questions last week about the current call among United Methodists for a via media (or a middle way) that might preserve...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Jul 23, 2014
- 3 min
Defining the Methodist middle: Is there a via media for the #UMC?
The United Methodist Church is increasingly embroiled in an ever more polarized debate over human sexuality. As the debate rages, many...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Jul 22, 2014
- 1 min
New SermonCast: "First Things First" #UMC
Every organization that wants to be around and be effective for the long haul must, at some point, ask the question: What is the most...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Jun 24, 2014
- 2 min
#WesleyCast Interview w/ @DrewBMcIntyre, Review by @TalbotDavis #UMC
I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to visit Lake Junaluska last week. I’ve been United Methodist for over 20 years, yet this was my...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Jun 16, 2014
- 4 min
Allowance Isn’t Affirmation, Except When It Is (@DrewBMcIntyre #UMC)
My recent post aimed at evaluating the “Way Forward” plan set forth by Adam Hamilton and others has garnered a fair bit of response, some...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Jun 6, 2014
- 3 min
Why "A Way Forward" Isn’t (#umc #umcschism)
These are difficult days in the United Methodist Church. The divide in our denomination between those who differ on the compatibility of...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Feb 25, 2014
- 2 min
Andrew T. Lincoln Interview on the Virgin Birth (@eerdmansbooks)
Eerdman’s has recently posted this interview with Andrew T. Lincoln on his new book Born of a Virgin? Reconceiving Jesus in the Bible,...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Nov 14, 2013
- 3 min
Is #UMC Conversation Still Possible?
Prominent United Methodist polity expert Dr. Thomas E. Frank has called upon the Council of Bishops to put a stop to church trials for...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Nov 13, 2013
- 3 min
If Trials Stop, Likelihood of Schism Grows (#UMC, @UMReporter)
The United Methodist Reporter has published an open letter from United Methodist polity expert Thomas E. Frank asking the Council of...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Mar 29, 2013
- 2 min
Athanasius on the "Conquest of the Cross"
Easter is around the corner. So, I thought I’d share this gem from St. Athansius’ On the Incarnation. A very strong proof of this...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Nov 13, 2012
- 3 min
Review: The Lost World of Genesis One (John H. Walton)
The lines of the creation-evolution debate are boldly and firmly drawn and few plausible arguments have been made that carve a promising...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Oct 29, 2012
- 3 min
Guaranteed Appointment Redivivus: A Few Reflections on a Major Decision
We already have a way of exiting ineffective clergy. I say that because the relevant paragraphs in the Discipline which provide clergy...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Oct 17, 2012
- 2 min
Book Giveaway: Spirituality According to Paul by Rodney Reeves
Spirituality often evokes images of quiet centeredness, meditative serenity and freedom from life’s pressures. It’s become a chic...
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Matt O'Reilly
- Sep 28, 2012
- 1 min
Report: HTR will not run article on Jesus’ wife fragment
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Matt O'Reilly
- Jul 19, 2012
- 1 min
Involuntary Retirement Recommended for Bishop
Does a Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy have the authority to involuntarily retire a bishop? Is this an implication of the General...
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