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The Relationship Between Law And Sin In Romans 7, Kenneth Mangelsdorf
The Relationship Between Law And Sin In Romans 7, Kenneth Mangelsdorf
Master of Sacred Theology Thesis
It is the purpose of this thesis to develop an answer to the question, ''What is the relationship between law and sin in Romans 7?" It is important to note that this inquiry is based on two presuppositions. The first is that there really is a relationship between law and sin in Romans 7. The second is that Romans 7 can validly be studied in the light of that relationship. The second assumption is based on the first and is more significant, because it determines the method to be used in answering the problem to which this thesis proposes to …
The Groaning Creation : A Study Of Man In St. Paul And Modern Art, Joel Nickel
The Groaning Creation : A Study Of Man In St. Paul And Modern Art, Joel Nickel
Bachelor of Divinity
In order to organize this presentation, we have adopted as a structura1 outline, the Pau1ine view of man. This procedure makes us aware from the outset of the great danger involved in attempting to relate Paul and modern artists. "To begin with man is to begin at the wrong end, for Pau1's ideas did not arise from a study of man for his own sake. Paul is concerned to look at man only in relation to God.” For the artist, man becomes the sole criterion. Art, by definition, is an anthropocentric endeavor.
The Church In God's Eternal Plan: A Study In Ephesians 1:1-14, Victor A. Bartling
The Church In God's Eternal Plan: A Study In Ephesians 1:1-14, Victor A. Bartling
Concordia Theological Monthly
The Church was in the world long before our days. It existed in Ephesus before Paul wrote his Letter to the Ephesians. Essentially the church, like Christ, never changes. Its foundation, its goals, its means and resources, its message to men always remain the same. But since the church is made up of men, it necessarily reflects, in its historical manifestations, the social and cultural aspects of its historical environments. Within these environments, however, it must function according to God's unchanging design. There is always the temptation that the church may so much lose itself in its own given historical …