Matt O'Reilly, PhD

After stumbling into the snowy wood of Narnia through the doors of a magical wardrobe, the first person Lucy met in that mysterious new...

My Advent series of sermons this year focuses on the significance of the Eucharist. In preparing for this series, I’ve spent some time...

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After attending part of the review panel for Richard Hays’ new short book, Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel...

When I began preparing my sermon for last Sunday on the topic of Christmas and the promise of peace, I didn’t know I would deliver it...

I’m preaching a series of four sermons on Luke 1-2 this Advent that focus on four promises that are kept in the events surrounding the...

Our Christmas celebrations have come to an end once again. Nevertheless, the many truths of Christmas endure all year long. One of those...

Have you ever been to that place? You know the one, the place where you are willing to do what you know you have to do but you are not...

Advent is a season of preparation. As we celebrate the coming of Christ as the child of Mary, we also prepare ourselves for the day when...

I love Christmas! I love it for so many different reasons. I love singing my favorite Christmas carols in church every Sunday. I love all...

First, the shepherds didn’t mess with the message. They are said to have made known that which was said to them. They are courriers for...