Matt O'Reilly, PhD

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

Unless you have been under a rock for the last month, one of the revolving themes in culture this year are predictions regarding 2012...

The details of the controversy are available in other places; so I’ll simply sum up the core issue. In his massive book, The Resurrection...

The move to reinstate Pelagius is being led by the Rev. Benno D. Pattison, rector of the Church of the Epiphany in Atlanta. You can read...

We don’t lose justification because the doctrine is clearly taught in the very same paragraph that we have been considering. Paul says...

Earlier this week, Pat Robertson made the statement that the recent Washington DC earthquake “means that we’re closer to the coming of...

The proposal presently remains just that, a proposal. As a constitutional amendment it would require a two-thirds majority vote of the...

The question as to whether God’s wrath could possibly be righteous was raised by Paul in the middle of the first century. Paul sets out...

Earlier this week, I offered some reflections on the reports that United Methodist pastor and student at Duke Divinity School, Chad...

The good folks at the United Methodist Reporter were kind enough to publish my article on the issue of the “guaranteed appointment.”...

Has homosexuality become an idol for United Methodists despite what side of the issue they take? This is the charge leveled by Rev. Sky...

I’ve been hearing the word heresy a lot, as of late. In the wake of the controversy surrounding Rob Bell’s yet-to-be-released Love Wins,...

I left home early this morning to visit a church member at a hospital in Pensacola before her surgery. By the time I got home my family...

As we can expect, the debate continues in response to the recent “A Statement of Counsel to the Church – 2011” signed now by 36 retired...

After my recent post on the potential for improvement of the way our Annual Conference votes on our General Conference delegation, I’ve...

United Methodists are marked by our connection. Our people are part of churches that are part of Annual Conferences that make up our...

The 2012 General Conference of the United Methodist Church is still over a year away, but the controversy that we all knew would precede...

We have come to the end of yet another year, which means its time for all and sundry to post their top ten lists of this and that.  Below...

That appears to be the concern of some in the blogosphere concerning the translation of 1 Timothy 2:12 in the new edition of the NIV due...

As a philosopher, Plato’s highest desire was the attainment of truth.  For Plato, though, one major problem stood in the way of the...