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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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John Wesley on the "grand stumbling-block" to the Church's Global Mission
What barrier must be overcome for the mission of the Church to be effective?

Matt O'Reilly
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Important New Resource for the Wesleyan-Methodist Tradition
Check out this new resource from leading Wesleyan scholars.

Matt O'Reilly
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Did John Calvin Teach Christian Perfection (or Entire Sanctification)?
The answer surprised me. Check out these quotes from Calvin on Christian perfection and entire sanctification.

Matt O'Reilly
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Facing a Faceless World
Seeing the Person and the Rise of the Wesleyan-Methodist Movement Deliverance and the Face of God The Holy One who called Israel to...

Bill Ury
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Outcast No More // Sermon at Beeson Divinity School Chapel
In this sermon at Beeson Divinity School Chapel, Dr. Matt O'Reilly explains how our lives should embody God's character (2 Sam 14).

Matt O'Reilly
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