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Worldviews: Concepts Or Narratives? An Integrative Definition To Assess Their Controlling Effect In The Biblical And Atheistic Evolutionary Models, Flavio Prestes Iii Jan 2019

Worldviews: Concepts Or Narratives? An Integrative Definition To Assess Their Controlling Effect In The Biblical And Atheistic Evolutionary Models, Flavio Prestes Iii

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

What are worldviews? What are their characteristics? How do they work? This article offers tentative responses to these questions through the integration of concepts and narratives. Using the biblical and the atheistic evolutionary narratives as case studies, it also seeks to show how worldviews have a significant, though not absolute, controlling effect on one’s perception of reality.


Book Review: The Rivers Of Paradise: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, And Muhammad As Religious Founders, David Freedman, Michael Mcclymond, Deborah Sommer Apr 2014

Book Review: The Rivers Of Paradise: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, And Muhammad As Religious Founders, David Freedman, Michael Mcclymond, Deborah Sommer

Deborah A. Sommer

In his introduction to Rivers of Paradise, David Noel Freedman explains how the book finds a guiding metaphor in a passage from Genesis (2:10–14) that relates how a river emerges from Eden and splits into four different rivers that flow to different parts of the world. He associates these five rivers with five “great personality religions of the world,” which are traditions “originating in and centering around the person, the life and experience, of a single individual—as it happens all of them men” (p. 2). These “founding fathers” are Moses, the Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad, in that order; …


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 …


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.


Amos 6:1-14: Exegesis & Sermon, R. Wayne Stacy Jan 2002

Amos 6:1-14: Exegesis & Sermon, R. Wayne Stacy

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.


The Power To Bless: James 3:1-12 (A Sermon), R. Wayne Stacy Apr 2000

The Power To Bless: James 3:1-12 (A Sermon), R. Wayne Stacy

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.


Did Jesus Really Claim To Be God?, Wayne Brindle Dec 1985

Did Jesus Really Claim To Be God?, Wayne Brindle

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Defilement By Association: Some Insights From The Usage Of Κοινός/Κοινόω In Acts 10 And 11, Colin L. House Jan 1983

Defilement By Association: Some Insights From The Usage Of Κοινός/Κοινόω In Acts 10 And 11, Colin L. House

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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The Present Status Of Text Critical Studies In The Catholic Epistles, W. Larry Richards Jan 1975

The Present Status Of Text Critical Studies In The Catholic Epistles, W. Larry Richards

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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