Matt O'Reilly, PhD

…we see that orthodoxy and evangelism are the inseparable foci of a healthy church. Both must be kept in dynamic balance. Evangelism...

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...

I’m grateful for the opportunity to take part in a roundtable discussion for the 9 Marks Journal on the question: are denominations worth...

“Christ rules us in order to save us and saves us in order to rule us. Unlike the rulers of this age, Jesus doesn’t ask us to shed our...

One topic we covered that made a significant impact on my thinking was strategic planning. I was struck by the way in which Hamilton and...

Consider, for Paul that justification is the present faith-anticipation of the eschatological verdict. Sanctification is the Spirit-life...

Books on Christian leadership abound these days, and many take the approach of applying insights from the secular business world to the...

I’m presently reading Why We Love the Church by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck.  I’m only in the third chapter, so I’ll avoid any sort of...

Every Christian should be committed to the health of his own local church.  Likewise, every Christian should be committed to his own...