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An Analysis Of The Concept Of Believing In The Narrative Contexts Of John's Gospel, David A. Croteau Dec 2002

An Analysis Of The Concept Of Believing In The Narrative Contexts Of John's Gospel, David A. Croteau

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

The thesis explores the meaning of the concept of believing in the Gospel of John. Chapter 1 provides a discussion of the relevance of the subject and the methodology employed in the research. The methodology is primarily a semantic field approach emphasizing the importance context adds to the interpretation process. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 follow the same basic outline. The goal is to provide an analysis of [Special characters omitted.] within its syntactical relationships and verbal forms. Any relevant conclusions are then integrated into an exegetical discussion. The Gospel of John is divided into three sections, one for each …


Theistic Belief And Positive Epistemic Status: A Comparison Of Alvin Plantinga And William James, David J. Baggett Oct 2002

Theistic Belief And Positive Epistemic Status: A Comparison Of Alvin Plantinga And William James, David J. Baggett

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Captain Moroni's Wartime Strategies: An Application For The Spiritual Battles Of Our Day, Richard J. Mcclendon Sep 2002

Captain Moroni's Wartime Strategies: An Application For The Spiritual Battles Of Our Day, Richard J. Mcclendon

Faculty Publications

As Mormon abridged the Nephite record he included what he deemed most relevant for latter-day Israel including stories of war. The so-called war chapters provide a rich resource of modern-day spiritual applications for teachers and students of the gospel (see Alma 43-62). One way to apply these chapters is to draw a parallel between the physical and the spiritual between Moroni's physical battles on the field and the spiritual battles that we face in our own lives today. To be more specific we might ask these questions: (1) What strategies did Captain Moroni use to prepare and protect himself and …


Memorials 2002, James A. Borland Mar 2002

Memorials 2002, James A. Borland

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Team Designed Indigenous Generation X Worship In A New Church Plant, Vance Clifton Rains Jan 2002

Team Designed Indigenous Generation X Worship In A New Church Plant, Vance Clifton Rains

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Empowering Methodist Laity In South India For Effective Ministry, Samuel John Royappa Jan 2002

Empowering Methodist Laity In South India For Effective Ministry, Samuel John Royappa

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Of The Use Of "Interest-Based Resolution" Training To Help Park Springs Bible Church Mediate Interpersonal Conflict, Daryl D. Wilson Jan 2002

An Evaluation Of The Use Of "Interest-Based Resolution" Training To Help Park Springs Bible Church Mediate Interpersonal Conflict, Daryl D. Wilson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Prayer Practices Of Pastors, James Arthur Bradshaw Jan 2002

The Prayer Practices Of Pastors, James Arthur Bradshaw

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between Church Health And Church Growth In United Methodist Churches In The West Ohio Annual Conference, Brian Allen Law Jan 2002

The Relationship Between Church Health And Church Growth In United Methodist Churches In The West Ohio Annual Conference, Brian Allen Law

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Encountering The Son Of God: Discipleship Transformation Through A Journey In The Gospel Of Matthew, Frederick Henry Merkes Jan 2002

Encountering The Son Of God: Discipleship Transformation Through A Journey In The Gospel Of Matthew, Frederick Henry Merkes

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


How Rapidly Growing Churches Leverage Financial Resources To Maintain Or Increase Rates Of Growth, Ken Diehm Jan 2002

How Rapidly Growing Churches Leverage Financial Resources To Maintain Or Increase Rates Of Growth, Ken Diehm

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Strategy For Transforming St. James United Methodist Church: A Study In The Relationship Between Church Growth And Church Health, David Wesley Kofahl Jan 2002

A Strategy For Transforming St. James United Methodist Church: A Study In The Relationship Between Church Growth And Church Health, David Wesley Kofahl

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Turning Heritage Into Hope: Strategies For A Midlife Denomination, Kenneth John Driedger Jan 2002

Turning Heritage Into Hope: Strategies For A Midlife Denomination, Kenneth John Driedger

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Of The Christian Believer Study As A Tool For Discipleship And Life Transformation, George M. Wasson Jan 2002

An Evaluation Of The Christian Believer Study As A Tool For Discipleship And Life Transformation, George M. Wasson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Christian Leader As Overcomer Through Principled Story, John Edgar Caterson Jan 2002

Christian Leader As Overcomer Through Principled Story, John Edgar Caterson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Writing Of A Play Based On The Book Of Job: The Passion Of Job, Patricia B. Looper Jan 2002

The Writing Of A Play Based On The Book Of Job: The Passion Of Job, Patricia B. Looper

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Glimpses Of Glory: Luke 9:28-36, R. Wayne Stacy Jan 2002

Glimpses Of Glory: Luke 9:28-36, R. Wayne Stacy

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.


Friends In The Delaware Valley, Christopher Densmore Jan 2002

Friends In The Delaware Valley, Christopher Densmore

Library Staff Works

No abstract provided.


Filipino Group Life: A Contextual Study Of Small Groups In Free Methodist Congregations, David Warren Clemente Jan 2002

Filipino Group Life: A Contextual Study Of Small Groups In Free Methodist Congregations, David Warren Clemente

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Church Health And Growth At Creekside Community Church, Christopher Allen Jarrett Jan 2002

A Study Of Church Health And Growth At Creekside Community Church, Christopher Allen Jarrett

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Seeking The Rhetoric Of Jesus, Susan L. Trollinger Jan 2002

Seeking The Rhetoric Of Jesus, Susan L. Trollinger

English Faculty Publications

I come to the questions posed by this volume from a somewhat different background than one might expect. Whereas one might anticipate that I was an Anabaptist first and a scholar second, just the opposite was the case. I Before beginning my graduate studies I had never heard of Anabaptism. Indeed, I was poring over Aristotle's Rhetoric before I was even a Christian. I thus went through much of my graduate studies (not to mention all of college, high school, and elementary school) without giving a thought to how my studies were impacting my faith-never mind how my faith might …


Live To Tell, Brad Kallenberg Jan 2002

Live To Tell, Brad Kallenberg

Religious Studies Faculty Publications

In recent years, countless Christians have found evangelism a difficult and even baffling scriptural mandate. Those we encounter, particularly young people, are often entirely unfamiliar with the basics of the Gospel. Traditional means of communicating the faith, from cold-calling to mass-mailings, simply no longer speak the language of the culture.

Brad Kallenberg recognizes that evangelism, even in our own backyard, has become a cross-cultural task. Like missionaries serving in foreign countries, we must become "students of the host culture." Much more than a "sinner's prayer," conversion requires a change of social identity.

Indeed, becoming a follower of Christ involves gaining …


Becoming A Five Star Church, Jeffrey T. Johnson Jan 2002

Becoming A Five Star Church, Jeffrey T. Johnson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Adaptation Of The Tswana Initiation Rites As A Christian Discipleship Ministry, Lynn Shmidt Jan 2002

An Adaptation Of The Tswana Initiation Rites As A Christian Discipleship Ministry, Lynn Shmidt

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Worship Change To Reach Non-Christians In Traditional Danish Evangelical Free Churches, Christian Alsted Nielsen Jan 2002

Worship Change To Reach Non-Christians In Traditional Danish Evangelical Free Churches, Christian Alsted Nielsen

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Paradox For The Church: Time-Limited Counseling Tools For Pastoral Care, Charles Phillip Redwine Jan 2002

Paradox For The Church: Time-Limited Counseling Tools For Pastoral Care, Charles Phillip Redwine

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Church Health And Church Growth Among General Association Of General Baptist Churches, James Vernon Kinder Jan 2002

Church Health And Church Growth Among General Association Of General Baptist Churches, James Vernon Kinder

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Christian Communication In The Twenty-First Century: Patterns And Principles Relative To The Effective Use Of Internet-Based Communications, Kenneth Lynn Lewis Jan 2002

Christian Communication In The Twenty-First Century: Patterns And Principles Relative To The Effective Use Of Internet-Based Communications, Kenneth Lynn Lewis

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Risk-Taking Leadership, Dennis Ralph Oetting Jan 2002

Risk-Taking Leadership, Dennis Ralph Oetting

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Attracting And Assimilating The Unchurched In The 21st Century, David Duane Durey Jan 2002

Attracting And Assimilating The Unchurched In The 21st Century, David Duane Durey

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.