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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.

"Through Many Tears" (2 Cor. 2:4): Paul's Grieving Letter And The Occasion Of 2 Corinthians 1-7, David E. Fredrickson

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Jews And Judaism In The Medieval Latin Liturgy, Lawrence Frizzell, J. Henderson

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

The purpose of this study is to sketch the positive and negative dimensions in the Latin liturgy of the Church's relationship to Judaism and the Jewish people during the period prior to the sixteenth century. Seasons of the liturgical year and particular ceremonies are discussed in some detail to present the impact of the liturgy on the perception of Catholics regarding their Jewish neighbors.Copyright of The Liturgy of the Medieval Church is held by Medieval Institute Publications (Western Michigan University).

Christians And Jews Learning Together And Remembering The Past To Shape The Future, The Institute Of Judaeo-Christian Studies

Teshuvah Institute Papers

The Reverend Remi Hoeckman, O.P., S.T.D., secretary of the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, offered the third Monsignor John M. Oesterreicher Memorial Lecture on October 29, 1995. On the occasion of a visit to New Jersey in order to receive an honorary degree from Ramapo College, he gave his second lecture at Seton Hall University on April 2, 2000. The two essays, which complement each other, are presented in print so that a wide readership may have access to these reflections on the work of the Holy See in dialogue with Jewish and Christian thinkers on …

George Keith: Biblical Apologist For The Religious Society Of Friends, Juliet Dodds

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

58th Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectureship -- Shaped By The Cross: Great Themes From I Corinthians (2001), Jerry Rushford

Pepperdine Bible Lectures: Programs

Program booklet for the 58th Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectures, held at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, May 1-4, 2001. The Pepperdine Bible Lectures is an annual event hosted by Pepperdine University featuring a wide variety of lectures and classes on topics and themes in the Bible and Christianity.

Jerry Rushford, Lectureship Director

Bill Henegar, Kelli Isaac, Patty Atkisson, and Bridget Wooton, Lectures Team

Burning Our Lamps With Borrowed Oil: The Liturgical Use Of The Psalms And The Life Of Faith, Rolf A. Jacobson

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Robertson Lafayette Whiteside: Systematic Theologian For The Churches Of Christ, Robert Peter Valentine Jr.

Stone-Campbell Books

This paper explores the life and thought of Robertson L. Whiteside. Whiteside has been largely overlooked in the historiography of the twentieth century Churches of Christ. This paper seeks to remedy that neglect by providing an in depth overview of the life of Whiteside and an exploration of key themes in his theology. In the course of telling his story an attempt is made to show that Whiteside was far more than a man in the shadows. Rather, R. L. Whiteside was, in his own right, a major shaper of theology among American Churches of Christ. Following the survey of …

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.

Calvin Seminary Forum: January 2001, 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

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.

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.

John And Mark: The Bi-Optic Gospels, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

"The relationship between the Fourth Gospel (FG) and the Synoptics is often treated as "three against one," evoking distorted perceptions ofJohn and the Synoptics alike. Differences between the presentations and contents of these four books contribute to the flawed assumption that the Synoptics are "historical" while John is "spiritual." However, if Matthew and Luke indeed used Mark in constructing their gospels, differences in perspective between the Synoptics and FG may be rooted primarily in differences between the Markan andJohannine traditions. There may even have been contacts between these two traditions, and perhaps some of their similarities and differences originated within …

Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, Nos. 97, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Is Tolerance Enough? One Christian's Perspective, Mario Daniel Sassi

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Tolerance is an ever-evolving discussion growing in complexity and importance. This paper will approach the topic from a personal perspective and a Christian bias. We begin with tolerance as seen in retrospect through the eyes of a boy growing up in a town where people of many different cultures lived and worked together. Many things came out of that experience including rudimentary working definition of tolerance and how it affected life in that small town. Tolerance is made up of certain characteristics and these either add or detract from the quality of life, it can make life more bearable in …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 35 No 2 - November 2000), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Common Grace, Theonomy, and Civic Good: The Temptations of Calvinist Politics (Reflections on the Third Point of the CRC Kalamazoo Synod, 1924) by John Bolt - 205 / What Kind of Book Is Calvin's Institutes? by Randall C. Zachman - 238 / Calvin and Catholic Trinitarianism: An Examination of Robert Reymond's Understanding of the Trinity and His Appeal to John Calvin by Paul Owen - 262 / Calvin and the Nicodemite Controversy: An Overlooked Text of 1541 by Robert White - 282 / Calvin Bibliography: 2000 by Paul Fields - 297 / Scholia et Homiletica: The Use and Abuse …

Calvin Seminary Forum: October 2000, John Bolt, Henry Zwaanstra, John W. Cooper, Jeffrey A.D. Weima

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

1 - “Tolerant Inclusivism that Excludes” - John Bolt
3 - “Christianity and the Non-Christian Religions” - Henry Zwaanstra
4 - “Christ Reforms Culture: The Gospel and Non-Christian Religions.” - John Cooper6 - “What I Most Want My Students to Know about Biblical Studies” - Jeffrey A. D. Weima
8 - “Discernment in the Kingdom of God” - Dean Deppe

Contextualization As An Approach To Folk-Catholics In Costa Rica : A Few Examples Of How Reading The Cultural Religiosity Of Folk-Catholics Can Provide Better Options For Evangelizing Them, Osias Segua-Guzman

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

"Who Is Sleeping In The Bed Of Sodom?", Nancy Levene

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

The question that I am left with from the extraordinary presentations over the conference's two days borrows from Rabbi Steve Greenberg's and Ludger Viefhues's discussion of the multiple images of the biblical "Sodom". Conventionally Sodom has signified a place of sexual deviance or, conversely, sexual censorship. But as Greenberg pointed out, in many traditional commentaries on the story of the condemnation of Sodom, the issue was not that the townspeople were engaged in forbidden sexual practices, but that they were violent and hostile to those in need of shelter and food.

The New Fabrica, Alan L. Gillen

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Two thousand years after the writing of Psalm 139, Andreas Vesalius (Figure 1) began to unlock the mysteries of the human body. When Vesalius was born in Brussels in 1514, no one could have foreseen that anatomy would be changed forever. During Vesalius’ time, the teachings of the Greek physician Claudius Galen (130-201 A. D.) were the ultimate authority on anatomy. Because Galen had dissected very few (if any) human cadavers, his anatomical descriptions were limited to animal dissections. Galen’s works contained many errors because his conclusions regarding human body functions were based on data obtained from nonhuman animals. Vesalius …

Orthodoxy And Ecumenism In Eastern Europe Today, Leonid Kishkovsky

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Women In First Corinthians: A Perspective On Paul, Carole Gruener

Seminary Masters Theses

As women struggle for acceptance as leaders within the Christian community there is no more controversial teachings about women found in the Bible than those ofthe apostle Paul. In one breath he writes to the church in Galatians, "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male or female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus" (Gal.3: 28 NRSV). When taken at face value this passage eliminates ethnic, social and gender barriers; in this verse Paul recognizes and addresses the dignity and worth of all humanity.

Women In First Corinthians: A Perspective On Paul, Carole Gruener

Seminary Masters Theses

As women struggle for acceptance as leaders within the Christian community there is no more controversial teachings about women found in the Bible than those of the apostle Paul. In one breath he writes to the church in Galatians, "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male or female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus" (Ga1.3: 28 NRSV). When taken at face value this passage eliminates ethnic, social and gender barriers; in this verse Paul recognizes and addresses the dignity and worth of all humanity.

Christianity In Latvia In The Twentieth Century, Liva Fokrote

Seminary Masters Theses

This paper is about Christianity in Latvia in the twentieth century. The country of Latvia is located on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea in Northeastern Europe. Christianity was brought to this country at the end of the twelfth century. Only in the twentieth century did the Christian Church in Latvia become truly indigenous and diverse.

The Church history in Latvia began with the crusading attempts of German bishops and religious orders that brought Roman Catholicism to Latvia at the end of the twelfth century. The Catholic bishops and religious orders dominated both the ecclesiastical and political life in …

Calvin Seminary Forum: April 2000, Henry De Moor, Henry Zwaanstra, Carl Zylstra, Calvin Van Reken

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

1 - “A One-Week Synod?” - Henry De Moor
2 - “Women in Office: Where we are.” - Henry Zwaanstra
4 - “The Changing World of Education for Ministry” - Carl Zylstra
6 - “Compassion at the End of Life” - Calvin Van Reken

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 35 No 1 - April 2000), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Transitions: James A. De Jong - 5 / Articles: Common Grace and the Christian Reformed Synod of Kalamazoo (1924): A Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Retrospective by John Bolt - 7 / The Three Points in Most Parts Reformed: A Reexamination of the So-Called Well-Meant Offer of Salvation by Raymond A. Blacketer - 37 / Correction to Impose Silence on a Certain Scoundrel Named Antoine Cathelan, Former Gray Friar of Albigeois by John Calvin, translated by Rob Ray McGregor - 66 / Structural Elements in the Eschatology of Johannes Cocceius by Willem J. van Asselt - 76 / Useful for the …

Natural And Unnatural Use In Romans 1:24-27: Paul And The Philosophic Critique Of Eros, David E. Fredrickson

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

To A God Who Has Made Himself Known, Craig Churchill

Library Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

"The Jews" In The Fourth Gospel, Lawrence Frizzell

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

This article examines the work various scholars have endeavored to apply to themes and passages in John's Gospel so that its salutary intention is appreciated to the full.

57th Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectureship -- The Gravity Of Grace: Great Themes From The Letter To The Romans (2000), Jerry Rushford

Pepperdine Bible Lectures: Programs

Program booklet for the 57th Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectures, held at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, May 2-5, 2000. The Pepperdine Bible Lectures is an annual event hosted by Pepperdine University featuring a wide variety of lectures and classes on topics and themes in the Bible and Christianity.

Jerry Rushford, Lectureship Director

Bill Henegar, Anita McFarland, Patty Atkisson, Bridget Smith, and Emily Lemley, Lectures Team