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Full-Text Articles in Practical Theology
Towards A Transformed Rural Church And Community, Brian J. Mcgaffigan
Towards A Transformed Rural Church And Community, Brian J. Mcgaffigan
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
As a student of church growth in rural churches, Dr. McGaffigan writes on how to renew churches in rural settings. He has pastored in Canada for a number of years and his insights are worth noting.
Calvin Seminary Forum, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Lugene Schemper, Mariano Avila, Pieter Tuit
Calvin Seminary Forum, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Lugene Schemper, Mariano Avila, Pieter Tuit
Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)
1 - “A Community Rising” -Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
3 - “A New Editor” - Lugene Schemper
4 - “Hispanic Ministry: A twenty-first Century Challenge” - Mariano Avila
6 - “With Missionary Hearts and Eyes” - Pieter Tuit
8 - “God is Our Refuge” - Richard E. Sytsma
Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh
Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
Index 1990-2001 Of Journal Of The American Society For Church Growth, Gary L. Mcintosh
Index 1990-2001 Of Journal Of The American Society For Church Growth, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
Pastoring In The Small Community, Martin Wixson
Pastoring In The Small Community, Martin Wixson
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
This article provides insight into the cultural dynamics of small towns in America. It is an article that should be mandatory reading for any young pastor about to enter ministry in a small town.
Preaching To Generation X : The Embodiment Of Postmodernism, Matthew Christian Boda
Preaching To Generation X : The Embodiment Of Postmodernism, Matthew Christian Boda
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
"The Circumcision Of The Christ": The Significance Of Baptism In Colossians And The Churches Of The Restoration, Jeffrey Peterson
"The Circumcision Of The Christ": The Significance Of Baptism In Colossians And The Churches Of The Restoration, Jeffrey Peterson
Restoration Quarterly
Peterson, Jeffrey (2001) ""The Circumcision of the Christ": The Significance of Baptism in Colossians and the Churches of the Restoration," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 43 : No. 2.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
How To Grow A Church In The Twenty-First Century, Gary L. Mcintosh
How To Grow A Church In The Twenty-First Century, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
This article presents a summary of church growth principles for a new generation of church leaders. The writer’s basic premise is that church growth principles, rightly understood, still offer the best help in how to grow a church.
Theological Research Toward Church Growth: A Denominational Model, Matt Queen
Theological Research Toward Church Growth: A Denominational Model, Matt Queen
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
This is a theological investigation into Southern Baptist evangelism.
Emerging Trends For Effective Ministry In The 21st Century, Bill Easum
Emerging Trends For Effective Ministry In The 21st Century, Bill Easum
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
This article challenges the reader to consider the “wormhole” effect on church growth.
Repositioning Paul’S Missionary Band In A Postmodern World: A Case For Culture-Bridging, Missional Teams As The Heart And Soul Of The 21st Century Church, R. Daniel Reeves
Repositioning Paul’S Missionary Band In A Postmodern World: A Case For Culture-Bridging, Missional Teams As The Heart And Soul Of The 21st Century Church, R. Daniel Reeves
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
This article adds to our continuing quest to understand how to minister effectively in a postmodern culture.
Book Review: Home Groups For Urban Cultures By Mikel Neumann, Joseph H. Hellerman
Book Review: Home Groups For Urban Cultures By Mikel Neumann, Joseph H. Hellerman
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
Archaeology And Christian Baptism, Bill Grasham
Archaeology And Christian Baptism, Bill Grasham
Restoration Quarterly
Grasham, Bill (2001) "Archaeology and Christian Baptism," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 43 : No. 2.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Churches Of Christ And Baptism: An Historical And Theological Overview, Douglas A. Foster
Churches Of Christ And Baptism: An Historical And Theological Overview, Douglas A. Foster
Restoration Quarterly
Foster, Douglas A. (2001) "Churches of Christ and Baptism: An Historical and Theological Overview," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 43 : No. 2.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
The Renewal Of The Practice Of Adult Baptism By Immersion During The Reformation Era, 1525-1700, Wes Harrison
The Renewal Of The Practice Of Adult Baptism By Immersion During The Reformation Era, 1525-1700, Wes Harrison
Restoration Quarterly
Harrison, Wes (2001) "The Renewal of the Practice of Adult Baptism by Immersion during the Reformation Era, 1525-1700," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 43 : No. 2.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Calvin Seminary Forum, Ruth A. Tucker, Henry Zwaanstra, John W. Cooper, Henry Demoor
Calvin Seminary Forum, Ruth A. Tucker, Henry Zwaanstra, John W. Cooper, Henry Demoor
Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)
1 - “Walking Away from Faith” - Ruth A. Tucker
3 - “Calvin Seminary: Yesterday and Today” - Henry Zwaanstra
4 - “Prove It! A Reformed Perspective on Faith and Reason” - John Cooper
6 - “Office and Ordination: Another Round” - Henry DeMoor
8 - “Real Heros” - Calvin Van Reken
Book Review: Changing The Mind Of Missions: Where Have We Gone Wrong? By James F. Engel And William A. Dryness, Murray Decker
Book Review: Changing The Mind Of Missions: Where Have We Gone Wrong? By James F. Engel And William A. Dryness, Murray Decker
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean & Hispanic Perspectives By Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid, Marguerite Kraft
Book Review: Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean & Hispanic Perspectives By Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid, Marguerite Kraft
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean And Hispanic Perspectives By Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid, Barry Leach
Book Review: Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean And Hispanic Perspectives By Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid, Barry Leach
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
Innovative Ways To Plant Churches In The 21st Century, Robert E. Logan
Innovative Ways To Plant Churches In The 21st Century, Robert E. Logan
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
Church planting has taken on different dimensions and forms in the last decade. “Innovative Ways to Plant Churches in the 21st Century” by Dr. Robert Logan is a quick overview of some creative ways church planting has recently taken place. Fortunately, Dr. Logan goes beyond simple description and summarizes important principles for effective church planting in the coming decade.
Lost In America: Helping Your Friends Find Their Way Home, Tom Clegg, Warren Bird
Lost In America: Helping Your Friends Find Their Way Home, Tom Clegg, Warren Bird
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
Tom Clegg and Warren Bird have teamed together to write a thought provoking new book Lost in America. Chapter Two of their new book is excerpted here and presents “Seven Deadly Statistics” that will cause most of us to think twice about what is taking place in evangelism in North America.
Book Reviews And Notes, Restoration Quarterly
Book Reviews And Notes, Restoration Quarterly
Restoration Quarterly
Restoration Quarterly (2001) "Book Reviews and Notes," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 43 : No. 1.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Breaking Free From Sin's Grip: Holiness Defined For A New Generation, Frank M. Moore
Breaking Free From Sin's Grip: Holiness Defined For A New Generation, Frank M. Moore
Books and Manuscripts – Theology
Includes full text of Chapter 1 only.
Exploring the ongoing story of the relationship between God and humanity, this book looks at God’s plan for His children, how we have derailed that plan, and how God involves himself in our lives to bring us back to His original plan for us.
Contents: An Adventure Story – The Test – Who Is He? – The Cure – A Long-Awaited Dream Comes True – The Transformation – The Helper – ETA – Perfect Yet? – False Advertising – The Test-Drive – Steve: A Case Study – Christlikeness.
All Suffer The Affliction Of The One: Metaphysical Holism And The Presence Of The Spirit, Brad Kallenberg
All Suffer The Affliction Of The One: Metaphysical Holism And The Presence Of The Spirit, Brad Kallenberg
Religious Studies Faculty Publications
When Copernicus and Galileo proposed that the earth circled the sun and not the 217 other way around, Christian believers faced the difficult prospect of surrendering a long-held belief that had seemingly undeniable support from the biblical text. After all, Joshua reported that the sun, not the earth, stood still; what could this mean if not that the sun orbited the earth? Today, centuries later, believers unanimously hold a heliocentric view of the solar system and are somewhat embarrassed by the ignorance of our pre-Enlightenment brothers and sisters. Ironically, however, such embarrassment masks the possibility that we ourselves may one …
Ethics As Grammar: Changing The Postmodern Subject, Brad Kallenberg
Ethics As Grammar: Changing The Postmodern Subject, Brad Kallenberg
Religious Studies Faculty Publications
Wittgenstein, one of the most influential, and yet widely misunderstood, philosophers of our age, confronted his readers with aporias—linguistic puzzles—as a means of countering modern philosophical confusions over the nature of language without replicating the same confusions in his own writings. In Ethics as Grammar, Brad Kallenberg uses the writings of theological ethicist Stanley Hauerwas as a foil for demonstrating how Wittgenstein’s method can become concrete within the Christian tradition. Kallenberg shows that the aesthetic, political, and grammatical strands epitomizing Hauerwas’s thought are the result of his learning to do Christian ethics by thinking through Wittgenstein.
Kallenberg argues that …
Evangelical Theology And Open Theism: Toward A Biblical Understanding Of The Macro Hermeneutical Principles Of Theology?, Fernando Canale
Evangelical Theology And Open Theism: Toward A Biblical Understanding Of The Macro Hermeneutical Principles Of Theology?, Fernando Canale
Journal of the Adventist Theological Society
No abstract provided.
Is There Room For Systematics In Adventist Theology?, Fernando Canale
Is There Room For Systematics In Adventist Theology?, Fernando Canale
Journal of the Adventist Theological Society
No abstract provided.
Sanctified Entirely: The Theological Focus Of Paul's Instructions For Church Discipline, Stacy R. Obenhaus
Sanctified Entirely: The Theological Focus Of Paul's Instructions For Church Discipline, Stacy R. Obenhaus
Restoration Quarterly
Obenhaus, Stacy R. (2001) "Sanctified Entirely: The Theological Focus of Paul's Instructions for Church Discipline," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 43 : No. 1.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
The Stone-Campbell Millennium: A Historical Theological Perspective, Kevin J. Gilbert
The Stone-Campbell Millennium: A Historical Theological Perspective, Kevin J. Gilbert
Restoration Quarterly
Gilbert, Kevin J. (2001) "The Stone-Campbell Millennium: A Historical Theological Perspective," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 43 : No. 1.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Calvin Seminary Forum, Andrew Bandstra, Henry Zwaanstra, Roger S. Greenway, James A. Dejong
Calvin Seminary Forum, Andrew Bandstra, Henry Zwaanstra, Roger S. Greenway, James A. Dejong
Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)
1 - “God Who Called You is Faithful” - Andrew Bandstra
2 - “Calvin Seminary: An Historical Sketch 1876-2001” - Henry Zwaanstra
4 - “Calvin Seminary and the CRC: Changes and Challenges” - Roger S. Greenway
6 - “Trends and Challenges” - James A. De Jong