Matt O'Reilly, PhD

The governing authorities are the servants of God to uphold what is good and right. But sometimes the servants get wrong. Bad wrong....

Jerry Walls is taking a turn in Rachel Held Evan’s “Ask a…” series, and he is answering question on hell, free will, and possibility of...

“Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving (Gk. apistia) heart that turns away from the living God (3:12)…So we...

The starting point must be the comparison that Paul draws between God’s attitude toward unbelieving Israel and his audience in Rome. My...

When it comes to the so-called doctrine of eternal security (or the perseverance of the saints), the crucial passage for me is Romans...

“…they will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and they will be tormented with fire and sulfur in...

The folks at ChurchLeaders.com are hosting some interchange between Shane Hipps, successor to Rob Bell as teaching pastor at Mars Hill...

Rob Bell’s new book, Love Wins, got a lot of attention before it ever hit the shelves. Now that it is available to the masses, the...

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...

The Associated Press is reporting that United Methodist pastor and Duke Divinity School student Chad Holtz was removed from his...

In the church and seminary world, terms like Christ-centered and Christocentric get tossed around like stones in one of those little...

Continuing our reflection on heresy and Universalism, we come to the question as to whether Universalism is itself a heretical teaching....

I have, from time to time, found myself sitting around with friends having theological discussions in which the topic turns to the...

One thing is certain: Rob Bell has gotten Evangelicals talking about Hell and the question of universal salvation. As I watch the...