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The Doctrine Of The Church In American Presbyterian Theology In The Mid-Nineteeth Century, David Clyde Jones
The Doctrine Of The Church In American Presbyterian Theology In The Mid-Nineteeth Century, David Clyde Jones
Doctor of Theology Dissertation
There is considerable unity in the principle with respect to the essential nature of the church, a unity which the theological leaders see as grounded in evangelical theology. However, even with the evangelical principle, perhaps because of it, some differences appear with respect to the church. The main purpose of the writer of this paper is to investigate the roots of those differences. One major problem discovered is a too great reliance on the distinction between the visible church and the invisible church.
The Contemporary Charismatic Movement And The Reaction Of The Lutheran Church, David Hauschild
The Contemporary Charismatic Movement And The Reaction Of The Lutheran Church, David Hauschild
Bachelor of Divinity
Often, where there has been this experience among some of the members of a church and not among the others, there develops a misunderstanding and a divisiveness. Such is the subject of this paper. Why is there this divisiveness? Is it really true that Spirit-baptism is a separate experience, apart from baptism with water? Does God intend for people today to have this gift of Spirit-baptism? How does the church react when there is this divisiveness? How does the local congregation react? Are there any differences among the various Lutheran groups in the United States in the manner in which …