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Revitalization 13:2, Center For The Study Of World Christian Revitalization Movements

Revitalization

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Beyond Da Vinci: The True Bride Of Christ, John Ingram

Alumni Book Gallery

The History of mankind is very cyclical. How often has it been said, "history repeats itself". Since time immemorial a repetitive theme in the human drama is Gnosticism, a teaching that special hidden knowledge leads to spiritual enlightenment. Gnostic myths have also focused on the sexual union of gods or goddesses with humans. The recent furor over the fictional novel and movie, The Da Vinci Code, has once again challenged the authenticity of the Christian Gospel, and brought new focus on Gnostic myths. Readers and movie-goers are encouraged to accept the dubious writings of "lost gospels" and reject the …

Nature's Lament For Jesus, David E. Fredrickson

Faculty Publications

Might Mark’s torn curtain, darkened sun, and descending dove have a significance different from that offered by most interpreters? In the light of Greek art and poetry, they can be seen to portray nature’s lament for Jesus in a kind of grave-relief that opens new doors of meaning.

Mapping The Recent Trend Toward The Bodily Resurrection Appearances Of Jesus In Light Of Other Prominent Critical Positions, Gary R. Habermas

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

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Deconstructing Evangelical Theology?, Fernando L. Canale

Faculty Publications

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The Scandal Of The Book Of Job, Jiri Moskala

Faculty Publications

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Learning To Read The Psalms, Howard R. Macy

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

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Donahue's "Life In Abundance: Studies In John’S Gospel In Tribute To Raymond E. Brown" - Book Review, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Review of Donahue, John R., ed. Life in Abundance: Studies of Johnís Gospel in Tribute to Raymond E. Brown Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 2005. Pp. xiv + 313. ISBN 0814630111.

Matthew As An Editor Of The Life And Teachings Of Jesus, Gaye Strathearn

Faculty Publications

The Gospel According to Matthew, or, as the Joseph Smith Translation notes, the Testimony of St. Matthew, is the first of the four Gospels in our New Testament.1 This Gospel was very influential among early Christians.2 Tertullian, one of the early Church Fathers (c. AD 155–230), described Matthew as the “most faithful chronicler of the Gospel.”3 In this dispensation, the Prophet Joseph often used the first Gospel in his sermons.4 Although modern scholars have debated the authorship of this Gospel, ancient Christian writings are unanimous in ascribing it to the tax collector named Matthew in Matthew 9:9.

Aspects Of Historicity In The Gospel Of John: Implications For Investigations Of Jesus And Archaeology, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Of the many tensions characterizing the Gospel of John, one of its perplexities most needing to be addressed critically is the set of issues related to aspects of historicity.1 On one hand, John is the most spiritual, theological, and symbolic of the canonical Gospels, leading scholars in recent decades to take seriously the literary features of the work. On the other hand, there is more archaeological, topographical, and apparently historical material in John than in any other Gospel, or even in all three combined.

Interfluential, Formative, And Dialectical - A Theory Of John's Relation To The Synoptics (Part Iii Of The Fourth Gospel And The Quest For Jesus: Modern Foundations Reconsidered), Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

While John's tradition is pervasively autonomous and independent of the Synoptics, the Johannine tradition shows evidence of engagement with various aspects of the Synoptic Gospels and traditions. Multiple non-identical similarities with Mark suggest an 'interfluential' set of relationships between the preMarkan and the early Johannine tradition. At least three dozen times Luke departs from Mark and sides with John, suggesting that Luke has drawn from the Johannine tradition, probably within John's oral stages of development. Even Q shows evidence of Johannine influence, and this fact demands investigation. Matthean and Johannine traditions appear to have engaged similar issues related to their …

Gradations Of Symbolization In The Johannine Passion Narrative: Control Measures For Theologizing Speculation Gone Awry, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

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Children's Bible Story Books In A Protestant Church Context, Louise Gilmour

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This work is an examination of children's bible story books, as found in eighteen Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and United churches in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. It briefly outlines the place of these books in the churches and closely examines a selection of the most frequently appearing and/or important children's bibles found. The thesis of this work is that these books are pulled, to varying degrees, between being "children's" and being "Bible" and that the "Bible" aspect of the books has been underappreciated in discussions of the books to date. 1149 individual children's bible story book titles were catalogued by both their …

2006 - 88th Annual Lectureship, "Messages From The Gospel Of John", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

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2006 - 89th Annual Lectureship, "Messages From The Gospel Of John 9-21", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

This is the brochure for the 2006 89thh Annual Bible Lectureship held at Abilene Christian University.

"My Soul Is On The Wing For Glory": Adventist Spirituality, 1850-1863, Beverly Beem, Ginger Hanks Harwood

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Get Up : The Art Of Elevation (Audio), Randy Jessen

ATS Chapel Services

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My Story : Omar Alrikabi, Omar Alrikabi

ATS Chapel Services

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Luke 15: The Heart Of God, Terry N. Barnes

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

The fifteenth chapter of Luke recounts a contentious exchange between Jesus and the Pharisees, a confrontation where the Pharisees essentially attacked the moral character of Christ. After all, he accepted the company of wretched sinners.

In response to this grumbling, Jesus told them “this parable” (Luke 15:3). Yet what followed was not one but rather three stories: the story of the lost lamb, the lost coin, and what is commonly but incorrectly known as the prodigal son.

Yet these three stories are merely a three time recounting of a unified message. They were told to the same audience, they have …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 40 No 2 - November 2005), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: The Placement of Predestination in Reformed Theology: Issue or Non-Issue? by Richard A. Muller - 184 / The Messiness of Marriage and the Knottiness of Divorce: A Call for a Higher Theology and a Tougher Ethic by Ronald J. Nydam - 211 / The Place of Christian Worship: Gathered Around the Throne of the Almighty by Arie C. Leder - 227 / The Two Kingdoms: A Reassessment of the Transformationist Calvin by David VanDrunen - 248 / Abraham Kuyper and Michael Walzer: The Justice of the Spheres by Kent A. Van Til - 267 / Calvin Bibliography 2005 …

Review Of The Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible: New Revised Standard Version With Deuterocanonical Books, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

A review of Richard J. Foster et al, The Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible: New Revised Standard Edition Version with Deuterocanonical Books, Harper San Francisco, 2005, ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0060671082

The Art Of Vision Casting For Church Multiplication, J. D. Payne

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

“A plan in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding draws it out.” Proverbs 20:5 (NASB). The writer of the above verse reminds us of the importance of having knowledge in regard to moving one’s plans out of the deep recesses of the heart to the surface to where those plans can be carried out. This proverb has much to say about casting a vision for multiplication. Casting, or drawing out that vision from the heart so that others will take ownership of that vision and work to carry it out, requires a discerning …

Revelation And The Left Behind Novels, Craig R. Koester

Faculty Publications

The Left Behind novels appeal because they affirm God's control of history in the face of violence and moral decay. Our challenge is to be more biblical than Left Behind, not less biblical to hear Revelation's call to persevere in the face of evil and to trust in the final victory of God and the Lamb.

Tribulations Of The Patriarch Joseph And Jesus In Greek And Latin Piety, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

The dramatic account of Joseph and his brothers in Genesis 37-50 has been the subject of many commentaries and reflections, by both Jews and Christians. How have the questions of crime and forgiveness been treated as a major theme by Christians? From early texts the pious effort to interpret the biblical message into a coherent whole led to a link between Joseph and Jesus. How has this been developed in the first millennium of Christianity? Father Frizzell examined this theme in “Tribulations of the Patriarch Joseph and Jesus in Greek and Latin Piety,” which he originally presented at the Medieval …

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum: April 2005, Duane Kelderman, John D. Witvliet, Arie C. Leder, Emily R. Brink

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum (2002- )

Reflection on Worship Space Matters
3 - Embracing Tensions: The Story of How the Seminary Chapel Renovation Project Became an Occasion for Christian Formation by Duane Kelderman
5 - How Space Matters by John D. Witvliet
7 - Questions on Worship Space Edited by John D. Witvliet
8 - Well-Designed Walls Make for Good Christian Worship by Arie C. Leder
10 - Worship Around the World by Emily R. Brink

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13 - Making Connections
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Those Who Revise And Those Who Revolt, Jo Ann Davidson

Faculty Publications

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Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 40 No 1 - April 2005), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Embracing Ritual: Sacraments as Rites by Peter J. Leithart - 6 / “Supporters of the Devil”: Calvin’s Image of the Libertines by Mirjam van Veen - 21 / Calvin on Epicurus and the Epicureans: Background to a Remark in Article 13 of the Belgic Confession by Nicolaas H. Gootjes - 33 / If Knowledge Then God: The Epistemological Theistic Arguments of Alvin Plantinga and Cornelius Van Til by James Anderson - 49 / Short Studies and Sermons: Isaiah 24–27: Songs in the Night by John N. Oswalt - 76 / Isaiah 52:13–53:12: Servant of All by John …

Comparing Seneca's Ethics In Epistulae Morales To Those Of Paul In Romans, Peggy Vining

Restoration Quarterly

Vining, Peggy (2005) "Comparing Seneca's Ethics in Epistulae Morales to Those of Paul in Romans," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 47 : 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.

For God So Loved The Cosmos: The Good News, Ecology And Christian Ethics, Duane Barron

Restoration Quarterly

Barron, Duane (2005) "For God So Loved the Cosmos: The Good News, Ecology and Christian Ethics," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 47 : 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 Challenges Of Poverty To The North American Church, Michael Landon

Restoration Quarterly

Landon, Michael (2005) "The Challenges of Poverty to the North American Church,"Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 47 : 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.