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Competition And Work (Overview), Theology Of Work Project, Greg Forster

Theology of Work Project

• Competition Is Essential in Work
  • Competition Gives People the Choice That Empowers Economic Productivity
  • Competition Has a Place in the Bible
• Competition Can Hurt People and Societies
• Competition as Cooperation Is the Solution
  • Competition as Cooperation Serves Customers
  • Competition as Cooperation Serves Society
  • Competition as Cooperation Serves Competitors
  • Competition as Cooperation Sometimes Requires Self-Sacrifice
  • Competition as Cooperation Requires Formation
• Loving Our Neighbors Through Competition as Cooperation

Women Workers In The New Testament, Theology Of Work Project, Alice Matthews

Theology of Work Project

• Women Happily Accept Significant Work (Luke 1)
• Women Make Jesus’ Work Possible (Luke 4:14-19)
• Jesus' Teachings Include Women
• The Businesswoman Lydia (Acts 16)
• The Intellectual Damaris (Acts 17:17)
• The Businesswoman Phoebe (Romans 16:1-2)
• The Tentmaker Priscilla (Acts 18:2)
• The Jewish Palace Insider and Benefactor Junia (Romans 16:7)
• Conclusions About Women Workers in the New Testament

Women Workers In The Old Testament, Theology Of Work Project, Alice Matthews

Theology of Work Project

• God Created Woman as an Ezer Kind of Helper (Genesis 2:18)
• Genesis 3 and the Birth of Sin
• Shiphrah and Puah: Two Ezer Midwives Defy the King (Exodus 1:8-22)
• Rahab: Diverse Situations Require Ezer Work (Joshua 2)
• Deborah: An Ezer Woman Equipped to Lead (Judges 4-5)
• Ruth: The Ezer Daughter-in-Law
• Abigail: An Ezer Ranch Wife Saves Her Household From Disaster (1 Samuel 25)
• Huldah: A Prophet and Teacher (2 Kings 22)
• Esther: A Harem Girl Grows Into a Powerful Queen (Esther 4)
• Lady Wisdom and the "Beginning of Wisdom" (Proverbs 1:20-32; 9:10)
• Lady Wisdom in Street Clothes (Proverbs 31)

'What Do You Want Me To Do For You?': Request And Relinquishment In Mark 10:35-52, Rebeccah Kay Buell

Seattle Pacific Seminary Theses

The gospels are replete with examples of individuals who approach Jesus with a specific request. Not only are these requests welcomed, but Jesus also instructs his followers on the importance of asking (Matt. 7:7-11; Luke 11:9-13). However, we also see in the gospels that not every request that is brought to Jesus is answered affirmatively. Why, then, the emphasis on asking? Does making requests of Jesus play a larger role than simply receiving or not receiving that which has been requested?
This thesis examines two accounts from the gospel of Mark where Jesus is approached with a specific petition. One …

Jesus-Immanuel: Matthew's Narrative Christology Of Divine Presence, Jacob Michael Carlson

Seattle Pacific Seminary Theses

Many Christological studies of Matthew’s Gospel, while giving particular attention to titular analyses, fail to account for one of Matthew’s most ingenious and expansive literary devices. In the opening chapter of his narrative, Matthew tells of a messiah who will be called “Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins” and also be called “Immanuel, which means God with us.” The entire gospel narrative comes to a close with Jesus-Immanuel standing in the presence of his disciples and saying to them “I am with you always.” That Matthew frames his entire narrative with this Immanuel motif of divine …