Matt O'Reilly, PhD

Lots of people struggle with sin. They long to break free but don't know how. They hear the promise of scripture that there's freedom in...

The call to humility is one of the hallmarks of Paul's letter to the Philippians. But the counter-intuitive nature of that call is often...

Colossians 1:15 describes Jesus as the "firstborn of creation." This language has led to some confusion because it has been occassoinally...

What does the Bible say to the current Global Methodist discussion over the role of bishops? The question is easier asked than answered....

In Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament, Jonathan Bernier makes a plausible case for early composition of the New Testament.

Reviews are starting to come in for Paul and the Resurrected Body: Social Identity and Ethical Practice (SBL Press). In particular, Chris...

We talk about grace in a variety of ways. Wesleyans tend to talk about prevenient grace, justifying grace, and sanctifying grace....

So what is a person? To be a person is to be "one for whom Christ died" (14). And that's all of us.

Paul's hope for future bodily resurrection functions to cultivate a shared identity among the recipients that is ethnically inclusive.

Can Christians lose their salvation? Here's why 1 Corinthians 6 indicates that they can.