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Author of Free to Be Holy: A Biblical Theology of Sanctification // Lead Pastor @CC_Bham // Director of Research @WesleyBiblical // Fellow @CenPasTheo

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What is holiness? I get that question frequently since the publication of Free to Be Holy. Here's how it's answered in the book: "God always does what’s right. He always does what he ought to do. For us, then, to be holy is to be formed in such a way that we consistently do…

mporeilly's tweet image. What is holiness? 

I get that question frequently since the publication of Free to Be Holy. Here's how it's answered in the book: 

"God always does what’s right. He always does what he ought to do. For us, then, to be holy is to be formed in such a way that we consistently do…

Most people read Romans and walk away thinking the main point is justification by faith. But Paul bookends the whole letter with something we rarely emphasize: “the obedience of faith.” Maybe the message of Romans is bigger—and more demanding—than we tend to admit. New post at…

mporeilly's tweet image. Most people read Romans and walk away thinking the main point is justification by faith.

But Paul bookends the whole letter with something we rarely emphasize: “the obedience of faith.”

Maybe the message of Romans is bigger—and more demanding—than we tend to admit.

New post at…

N. T. Wright on aspects of Pentecost we sometimes miss. Read it here: theologyproject.online/post/n-t-wrigh…

mporeilly's tweet image. N. T. Wright on aspects of Pentecost we sometimes miss. Read it here: theologyproject.online/post/n-t-wrigh…

"We live, under the rule of Jesus, between covenant fulfillment and cosmic renewal. The gift of the spirit makes us living examples of the former (covenant fulfillment) and signposts to the latter (cosmic renewal). Welcome to the missionary Church." --N.T. Wright, The…


The new birth "is that great change which God works in the soul when he brings it to life; when he raises it from the death of sin to the life of righteousness." -- John Wesley


Planning to preach through Acts next year. Thought I'd read Tom Wright's recent book (amzn.to/3Xu4ZMv).

mporeilly's tweet image. Planning to preach through Acts next year. Thought I'd read Tom Wright's recent book (amzn.to/3Xu4ZMv).

"Before it became a university department, theology was done in, for, and by the church, and it was done to help people mature in the knowledge of Christ." --@VanhoozerKevin Just finished his "Hearers and Doers" (amzn.to/480Ih3A), which has provoked all sorts of…


So very many books. So very little time.


“The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance that I owe only to the giver of all good things.” Rich Mullins is always relevant.


George Whitefield: "My brother [John] Wesley acted wisely; the souls that were awakened under his ministry he joined in class, and thus preserved the fruits of his labor. This I neglected, and my people are a rope of sand." -- as recorded by Adam Clarke.


The first chapter of the Bible pulls the rug out from under hierarchical construals of marriage -- from soft-complementarianism to so-called biblical patriarchy -- by delegating authority over creation to women alongside men. "God...said to them," the man and the woman, "rule…


Someone explain why Georgia didn’t get charged a timeout and didn’t get a delay penalty there? They were given a fresh play clock. #auburn


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