Matt O'Reilly, PhD

In this book I want to examine the distinctive view of reality that is first found in the Old Testament as it presently stands and which...

In the opening chapter of his recent book, The Bible Among the Myths, John Oswalt, of Asbury Theological Seminary, takes the opening...

In what sense was John Wesley a monergist?  Here’s a quote from Ken Collins’ The Theology of John Wesley: Holy Love and the Shape of...

“The inevitable effect for Christian schools that adopt progressive ideas uncritically is a de facto dualistic compartmentalization in...

John Wesley was no amateur when it came to the composition of English prose.  Here’s an exemplary excerpt from his sermon on “The General...

Here’s Michael Lawrence from his new book Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church: A Guide for Ministry (IX Marks; Crossway, 2010):...

In light of the wave of seeker sensitive approaches to worship in recent years, this quote from Richard John Neuhaus seemed quite...

Here’s an interesting quote from James Luther Adams from his essay “Arminius and the Structure of Society” in Man’s Faith and Freedom:...

I came across an article today by J. D. Walt called “Pragmatic Impracticality: An Open Letter on Seminary Education.”  Walt is Dean of...

Here’s a quote on Calvin and preaching from Gerald McDermott’s The Great Theologians: a Brief Introduction (IVP, 2010): “Despite his...

From Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship (Eerdmans 1995): “People do not always, perhaps, realize how natural and easy...

I started reading Gospel and Kingdom by Graeme Goldsworthy yesterday.  Goldsworthy is one of the more quotable authors I’ve read, as of...

Here are a couple more quotes on abortion from Di Mauro’s A Love for Life.  These are from some well-known church reformers. From his...

I’m presently reading Dennis Di Mauro’s A Love for Life: Christianity’s Consistent Protection of the Unborn (Wipf and Stock, 2008), in...

“The Christian teacher has to be taught before he can teach.  And the Christian teacher has to recognize an ongoing process of being...

This is Chrysostom on Philippians 1:7 from his first homily on that letter: “So then his bonds were a confirmation of the Gospel, and a...

“If the church’s teaching is deficient, then its fellowship, sacrament, and worship are likely to feel that deficiency. The primary...

“Thus Athansius insisted that theologia and theosebeia, theology and godliness, belong inseparably together: for genuine knowledge of God...