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Review: Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People's Hearts The Way Jesus Did, William E. Brown

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Review: Invading Secular Space, William E. Brown

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Narrative Parallelism And The "Jehoiakim Frame": A Reading Strategy For Jeremiah 26-45, Gary E. Yates

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Ishmael's Assassination Of Gedaliah: Echoes Of The Saul-David Story In Jeremiah 40:7-41:18, Gary E. Yates

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

Presents a study on the intertextual connections between the story of Ishmael's assassination of Gedaliah and the Saul-David story in Jeremiah 40:7-41:18. Collapse of the house of David in the book of Jeremiah; Conditions in the land under Gedaliah's leadership; Several accounts in the Bible which connect the two stories.

Review: The Advancement: Keeping Faith In An Evolutionary Age, William E. Brown

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Review: Church Next, William E. Brown

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Femme Fatale Redux: Intertextual Connection To The Elijah/Jezebel Narratives In Mark 6:14–29, Gary E. Yates, David M. Hoffeditz

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

In this article we trace important intertextual connections between the pericopes of the beheading of John in Mark’s Gospel and the OT narratives surrounding the figures of Jezebel and Elijah. This form of intertextuality serves three key polemical purposes in Mark’s narrative: 1. to highlight the culpability and despicability of Herodias in having John put to death by depicting her as another Jezebel—the epitome of female wickedness in the OT; 2. to demonstrate the irony of reversal in that the OT narrative has the word of the prophet putting the wicked queen to death, while in the NT, the word …

Review: With The Grain Of The Universe: The Church's Witness And Natural Theology, John D. Morrison

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Recent Perspectives On The Reliability Of The Gospels, Gary Habermas

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

The usual attempts to defend the historical reliability of the New Testament are often fairly general in nature. These arguments are typically based on the quantity, quality, and early date of the available New Testament manuscripts; the traditional authorship of the books; extrabiblical confirmation; and a few archaeological discoveries. This evidence for the trustworthiness of the New Testament is often contrasted with ancient classical Greek and Roman writings, which do not exhibit the same wealth of data.

Lesser known among conservative scholars, however, are several, more recent and specific approaches that critical scholars apply to the Gospel texts. One of …

Guiding Preachers In Development Of Narrative Skills For Sermon Illustrations, Austin B. Tucker

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

Preachers can and must cultivate storytelling skills. They may find help in a Narration Worksheet charting the essential elements of story: plot, setting, character, point of view, and unity. A Plot Movements Worksheet helps keep the narrative flowing from situation, through stress and searching to solution and a new situation.