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The Well Women Revisited, Jo Ann Davidson Oct 2007

The Well Women Revisited, Jo Ann Davidson

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The One Who Will Be Born: Preaching Isaiah's Promises In A Harry Potter Culture, Rolf A. Jacobson, Karl Jacobson Oct 2007

The One Who Will Be Born: Preaching Isaiah's Promises In A Harry Potter Culture, Rolf A. Jacobson, Karl Jacobson

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The prophetic texts for Advent are not merely historical nor merely predictive. They should be read as vital messages to their original context, as promises fulfilled in Jesus, and as living words for hearers today.


Jesus Christ And The Modern Sinner: Karl Barth's Retrieval Of Luther's Substantive Christology, Amy E. Marga Aug 2007

Jesus Christ And The Modern Sinner: Karl Barth's Retrieval Of Luther's Substantive Christology, Amy E. Marga

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How Can I Keep From Laughing?, Rolf A. Jacobson Jan 2007

How Can I Keep From Laughing?, Rolf A. Jacobson

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The Wisdom Of Forgiveness: Singing Like Birds In The Cage With Old King Lear, Janet L. Ramsey, Alan G. Padgett Jan 2007

The Wisdom Of Forgiveness: Singing Like Birds In The Cage With Old King Lear, Janet L. Ramsey, Alan G. Padgett

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Learning to forgive and to be forgiven is a lifelong curriculum from which we never really graduate. Shakespeare’s King Lear can be one guide in this educational process.


Tolerance And Democracy Instead Of Fundamentalism And Empire, Guillermo C. Hansen Jan 2007

Tolerance And Democracy Instead Of Fundamentalism And Empire, Guillermo C. Hansen

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Worship At The Edges: Redefining Evangelism, Dirk G. Lange Jan 2007

Worship At The Edges: Redefining Evangelism, Dirk G. Lange

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A Reformation Is A Terrible Thing To Waste: A Promising Theology For An Emerging Missional Church, Gary M. Simpson Jan 2007

A Reformation Is A Terrible Thing To Waste: A Promising Theology For An Emerging Missional Church, Gary M. Simpson

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No abstract provided.


Ecclesial Communion, God's Publicity And Global Citizenship, Gary M. Simpson Jan 2007

Ecclesial Communion, God's Publicity And Global Citizenship, Gary M. Simpson

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No abstract provided.


Corps Of Discovery: A Twenty-First-Century Contextual Missiology For The Denominational Church In The United States, Terri L. Elton Jan 2007

Corps Of Discovery: A Twenty-First-Century Contextual Missiology For The Denominational Church In The United States, Terri L. Elton

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No abstract provided.


Absolute Theological Truth In Postmodern Times, Fernando L. Canale Jan 2007

Absolute Theological Truth In Postmodern Times, Fernando L. Canale

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The Faith Of Christ, Gaye Strathearn Jan 2007

The Faith Of Christ, Gaye Strathearn

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AT THE 1988 MEETING OF THE Pauline Theology Group, a debate exploded that had been slowly percolating since the time of Martin Luther.¹ The debate focused on the translation and associated theological implications of eight passages (Romans 3:22, 26; Galatians 2:16, 20; 3:22, 26; Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:9).² Each of these passages consists of a phrase with the Greek word pistis (“faith”) in a genitive construction with a title for Jesus.³ Paul uses seven of them in his discussions of justification, showing how a believer is “made righteous.” The eighth passage, Ephesians 3:12, uses the genitive construction to describe how …


Before Jeremiah Was: Divine Election In The Ancient Near East, Dana M. Pike Jan 2007

Before Jeremiah Was: Divine Election In The Ancient Near East, Dana M. Pike

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FRAGMENTS OF GOSPEL TRUTHS are often detected by Latter-day Saint scholars studying ancient texts, especially texts from the ancient Near East. This essay focuses on one example of this phenomenon. Divine election—the academic designation for the choosing of people by deity for position and opportunity in mortal life—is a claim that is well attested in ancient Near Eastern texts, including the Hebrew Bible.¹ Latter-day Saints correlate certain aspects of this concept with premortal foreordination and are familiar with a few key biblical passages, such as Jeremiah 1:5, that feature divine election. However, many Latter-day Saints are less familiar with the …


Jesus, The Great Shepherd-King, Dana M. Pike Jan 2007

Jesus, The Great Shepherd-King, Dana M. Pike

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“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters” (Psalm 23:1–2). So begins one of the most beloved psalms and best-known biblical passages mentioning a shepherd. Shepherd imagery is utilized in scripture to depict three important aspects of Jesus’s identity and mission: His roles as Savior, King, and Jehovah, the God of Israel. Of these three, His role as compassionate Savior, devoted to protecting and saving the flock of God, is the aspect of shepherd symbolism that typically comes to mind. Less well known, …