Matt O'Reilly, PhD

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It’s a question that many regular churchgoers may never ask. Church, for a lot of us, is the default position. It’s just what you do. Why...

You’ve probably heard by now that Fox News host Megyn Kelly has gotten herself into a bit of a racial controversy for claiming that Santa...

The General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) has released a statement on the guilty verdict handed down earlier this week in the trial...

We must begin by recognizing that this tragic situation follows from the widespread efforts to normalize abortion in the United States....

I’ve said before that I oppose the death penalty for the same reason that I oppose abortion. When it comes to questions of life and...

The team at Juicy Ecumenism was kind enough to publish my reflections on a few things the church must learn from the initial silence on...

Forty years ago today the Supreme Court handed down it’s decision in the landmark case of Roe v. Wade making abortion-on-demand a...

Given that today is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, I decided it appropriate to read something by this great man who courageously battled...

The lines of the creation-evolution debate are boldly and firmly drawn and few plausible arguments have been made that carve a promising...

I seldom watch cable news, but yesternight I found myself taking in a program that will remain nameless, though I’ll offer the slight...

#culture #MediaEcology

The kings of Judah are categorized in scripture in terms of whether “they did what was right in the sight of the Lord” or not. Two of the...

The discussion of the book and the debate over the historical Adam have, not surprisingly, begun to float around the blogosphere. Peter...

As with so many issues, the IRD once again seems to think evangelical Christianity has basically the same values as conservative...

America’s debate over the death penalty was reignited recently with the execution of Troy Davis by the State of Georgia. The case itself...

What the ancient church teachers least wished for a theology was that it would be “fresh” or “self-expressive” or an embellishment of...

Let me begin by saying that the following reflections arise out of my evangelical and Wesleyan commitments. I say that up front because...

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...

Let me say up front that this is not my typical book review. Reviews of Love Wins are available aplenty, and if I were to try to deal...