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Leaven

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Advent 1 Series B 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the First Sunday of Advent, Series B and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Learning To Pray The Lord’S Prayer For Spiritual Transformation At Tachikawa Church Of Christ, Naoyoshi Fukushima

Doctor of Ministry Theses

ABSTRACT

This thesis describes a project to lead the members of Tachikawa Church of Christ to learn and experience the power and blessings of praying the Lord’s Prayer for spiritual edification and maturity. The program consisted of eight weeks of learning the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer and doing spiritual exercises. To provide a theological foundation for this project, I delivered eight sermons on the Lord’s Prayer with strong emphasis on the relational nature of the prayer.

Those who engaged in the spiritual exercises were given opportunities to experience joy, peace, and correction as they tried to live in harmony …

The Humility And Glory Of The Lamb: Toward A Robust Apocalyptic Christology, Jeffrey Dickson

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

There exists a conspicuous void in Christological scholarship both historically and more recently as it pertains to interest in what the Revelation of John has to offer one’s understanding of the God-Man. Furthermore, those works that do investigate the Apocalypse for its Christological content fail to appreciate how its central character is portrayed. In so doing, these settle for overly simplistic interpretations of unique verbiage John employs to describe Christ—particularly the Lamb (ἀρνίον). Therefore, in an effort to cultivate the clearing that exists in the Christological forest, this dissertation will endeavor to reach a robust understanding of Revelation’s Lamb. Ultimately, …

Duncan's "Ecclesiastes" (Book Review), Larry Wild

The Christian Librarian

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Kenya's "The Power Of A Woman: You Are Not Ordinary" (Book Review), Vonda Henderson

The Christian Librarian

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Horton's "Rediscovering The Holy Spirit" (Book Review), Robert Lancaster

The Christian Librarian

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Webb's "The Second Listening Book: Loaded Question & Other Stories" (Book Review), Deborah Mcconkey

The Christian Librarian

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Portrayals Of The Pharisees And The Sadducees In The Qumran Texts And Josephus, Kenneth Atkinson

Faculty Publications

The accuracy of Josephus's portrayals of the three major schools of Jewish thought, namely the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes, continues to be the subject of scholarly debate. A related issue is whether he accurately portrayed the relationships between theses haireseis and the Hasmoneans. This paper uses a variety of Qumran texts often ignored in Josephus studies to suggest that Josephus correctly described political and religious alliances between the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the members of the Hasmonean royal family.

Oliphint's "Know Why You Believe" (Book Review), Mark Hanson

The Christian Librarian

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Trueman's "Grace Alone: Salvation As A Gift Of God" (Book Review), Robert Lancaster

The Christian Librarian

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Actions And Words: Luther And James Through An Alternative Hermeneutical Lens, Daniel Maoz

Consensus

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Wildenberg's "Messy Journey: How Grace & Truth Offer The Prodigal A Way Home" (Book Review), Susan Casstevens

The Christian Librarian

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Davis' "Rational Faith: A Philosopher's Defense Of Christianity" (Book Review), Jeff Gates

The Christian Librarian

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Taylor And Weirs' "Women In The Story Of Jesus: The Gospels Through The Eyes Of Nineteenth-Century Female Biblical Interpreters" (Book Review), Kathleen Kempa

The Christian Librarian

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Justin Martyr, Irenaeus Of Lyons, And Cyprian Of Carthage On Suffering: A Comparative And Critical Study Of Their Works That Concern The Apologetic Uses Of Suffering In Early Christianity, Aaron Kilbourn

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Suffering in Early Christianity has often been highlighted in martyrdom and the stories surrounding the persecution of the Early Church. The biblical idea of redemptive suffering was not an afterthought to the Christian community or part of what Joyce Salisbury calls, “the unintended consequences of ancient violence,” but it appears to be part and parcel of the Early Christian community as they sought to live faithfully to Christ’s teachings. As the Early Church lived out redemptive suffering, it became apparent to the surrounding culture and critics of Christianity that their suffering was different and it pointed to something else. Through …

Resuscitated Indeed: Paul And The Resurrection Age, Christopher Paul Davis

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study seeks to uncover a link between the Second Temple and patristic material as it relates to the resurrection. The methodology employed here is a diachronic interconceptual analysis. After surveying this material Paul's discussion of the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15 is then addressed. Given the surrounding milieu in which Paul was operating and the way some Fathers understood the resurrection (via Paul's writings), it is possible that Paul was not trying to discuss an individual resurrection. Instead, he was speaking of a resurrection in which the physical raising of the body is but one step. The terminology utilized …

Sawyer's "Resurrecting The Trinity" (Book Review), Howard Merrell

The Christian Librarian

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Gallaty's "The Forgotten Jesus: How Western Christians Should Follow An Eastern Rabbi" (Book Review), Lindsay Hallam

The Christian Librarian

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Fuhr And Yates' "The Message Of The Twelve: Hearing The Voice Of The Minor Prophets" (Book Review), John Palmer

The Christian Librarian

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Stott's "Confess Your Sins: The Way Of Reconciliation" (Book Review), Kyle Diroberts

The Christian Librarian

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Weaver's "Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World: Finding Intimacy With God In The Busyness Of Life" (Book Review), Julie Ellis

The Christian Librarian

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Davies' "The History Of Ancient Israel: A Guide For The Perplexed" (Book Review), Sean Mcnulty

The Christian Librarian

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Webb's "The Listening Book: The Soul Painting & Other Stories" (Book Review), Deborah Mcconkey

The Christian Librarian

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Collins' "Scriptures And Sectarianism: Essays On The Dead Sea Scrolls" (Book Review), Randall Mckinion

The Christian Librarian

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Reid's "Sharing Jesus Without Freaking Out: Evangelism The Way You Were Born To Do It" (Book Review), Rebekah Phillips

The Christian Librarian

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Anderson's "Singing God's Psalms: Metrical Psalms And Reflections For Each Sunday In The Church Year" (Book Review), Carrie Beth Lowe

The Christian Librarian

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Koukl's "The Story Of Reality: How The World Began, How It Ends, And Everything Important That Happens In Between" (Book Review), Craig Rosenbeck

The Christian Librarian

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Abundance By Grace And By New Social Relations In Isaiah 55, Mercedes L. García Bachmann

Consensus

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The Bible And Creationism, Susan L. Trollinger, William Vance Trollinger

William Vance Trollinger Jr.

Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species (1859) marked a significant challenge to traditional understandings of the Bible and Christian theology. Darwin’s theory of organic evolution stood in sharp contrast with the Genesis account of creation, with its six days, separate creations of life forms, and special creation of human beings. More than this, Darwin’s ideas raised enormous theological questions about God’s role in creation (e.g., is there a role for God in organic evolution?) and about the nature of human beings (e.g., what does it mean to talk about original sin without a historic Adam and Eve?) Of course, what really …