Matt O'Reilly, PhD

What does future bodily resurrection have to do with present life in the body? Do Paul’s pastoral goals shed light on his attitude toward...

During my recent trip to Wilmore, Kentucky, I had the opportunity to film another episode for Seedbed‘s growing Seven Minute Seminary...

For Paul, the historicity of the resurrection of Christ and its “bodily” character are crucial. The historicity of the resurrection...

Schweitzer’s extraordinary thesis throws light on almost every aspect of Paul’s theology. It accepts and makes sense out of the Pauline...

Several points should be made here. First, Paul’s letters are remarkably dissimilar from typical letters in the ancient world. They don’t...

With great confidence (and financial expenditure), May 21, 2011 is declared to be the day of Jesus’ return. Or the rapture. Or whatever....

What the ancient church teachers least wished for a theology was that it would be “fresh” or “self-expressive” or an embellishment of...

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

Such was not always the case in critical studies of Paul, though. Indeed, it was not until the early 20th century that Pauline...

Along with other student members of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), I recently received an email letter from John F. Kutsko,...

I took my first trip to England earlier this fall to get started on my PhD in New Testament at the University of Gloucestershire.  I flew...

Today is an exciting day.  This morning I mailed off my letter of acceptance for an offer to do Ph.D. studies at the University of...