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Creational Ethics Is Public Ethics, Guenther Haas

Journal for Christian Theological Research

This paper presents the framework and key doctrines relevant to public moral engagement as found in the Reformed or neo-Calvinist tradition shaped by Abraham Kuyper and his disciples. My thesis is that Christian ethics is public ethics because it is creational ethics. Christian ethics has a place in the public arena because it is the articulation of the creational moral order that constitutes and guides all human beings. Neo-Calvinism considers the creation order as foundational. The fall of creation and its redemption must be understood in relation to this foundational doctrine. But the creational order also shapes the nature of …

Biblical Versus Sacramental Approach: A Comparative Study Of Robert P. Menzies And Simon Chan's Views On Baptism In The Holy Spirit, Ekaputra Tupamahu

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

No abstract provided.

J. Gary Millar, Now Choose Life: Theology And Ethics In Deuteronomy, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

No abstract provided.

Organic Change: 12 Emerging Communities Of Missional Theologians, Bob Whitesel

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

My journey into postmodernal progressions of ecclesial change began with an ethnographic survey of 12 Christian congregations that were largely led, staffed and populated with adults between the ages of 22 and 35. My research within these communities was designed to uncover synergies and strategies that might inform further research among our masters and doctoral students in the College of Graduate Studies at Indiana Wesleyan University. The result of the above and subsequent research has led the present author to believe that the topic of organic change among emerging communities of missional theologians will be of both research and pragmatic …

Revitalization 14:1, Center For The Study Of World Christian Revitalization Movements

Revitalization

No abstract provided.

Marvin A. Sweeney, King Josiah Of Judah: The Lost Messiah Of Israel, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

No abstract provided.

All Subjects Of The Kingdom Of Christ: John Owen's Conceptions Of Christian Unity And Schism, Sung-Ho Lee

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Throughout the seventeenth century the Church of England experienced disintegration and schism. Each Protestant party charged the other with breaking the unity of the church. For this reason, schism and unity were one of the most controversial issues that leading theologians wrestled with. However, scholars have not paid due attention to this issue. The object of this dissertation is to explore how John Owen, a great leader of the second-generation Congregationalists, defended Congregationalism, Protestantism, and Nonconformity from the charge of schism. Aware that the ecclesiological terms, such as “schism,” “unity,” and “separation,” were seriously abused by his opponents, Owen carefully …

Review: Shepherds After My Own Heart: Pastoral Traditions And Leadership In The Bible, Donald L. Fowler

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 2007-2009, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

2007 - 90th Annual Bible Lectureship, "Do Justice, Love Mercy, And Walk Humbly: Messages From Micah", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

No abstract provided.

Queenship Of Mary -- Queen-Mother, George F. Kirwin

Marian Library Studies

No abstract provided.

"Our Families For God": A Family Worship Seminar For The Hamilton Mountain Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Wesley Rocha Torres

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Family worship is highly esteemed by the members of the Hamilton Mountain Seventh-day Adventist Church, yet the quality and practice of this spiritual activity could still be improved among the church families. It was the researcher’s presupposition that the design of a practical, creative, and attractive family worship seminar, incorporating new ideas and suggestions, could motivate and assist the church members to enhance their spiritual experience and fellowship with God, as well as within their family circles.

Method

The topic of family worship was brought to the church through a series of sermons and also the children’s story segment …

Situating The Word: The Significance Of Christian Space For Evangelism, Laceye Warner

The Asbury Journal

With Protestant denominational membership declining steadily, and at times dramatically, since the 1960s, numerous local churches eagerly search for ways to attract new members. In efforts to reverse this trend, or at least slow it down, many have turned to techniques more informed by market logic and capitalist ideologies than the triune God revealed in biblical texts. One such technique insists upon creating "gathering spaces" with little if any evidence of Christian identity. Not even the nomenclature (e.g. "gathering space" instead of "worship space" or "sanctuary") indicates the nature of the purposes intended for these spaces. Many conclude the more …

The Torah As The Rhetoric Of Priesthood, James W. Watts

Religion - All Scholarship

In the Second Temple period, the Torah gained scriptural authority through its association with the priesthoods of the Jerusalem and Samaritan temples. The Torah, in tum, legitimized these priests' control over both the temples and, for much of the period, over the territory of Judah as well. An original function of the Pentateuch then was to legitimize the religious and, by extension, the political claims of priestly dynasties. This point has rarely been discussed and never been emphasized by biblical scholars, however, which makes the subject of the Torah's relationship to the Second Temple Aaronide priesthood as much about the …

Dominion! Kingdom Action Can Change The World, C. Peter Wagner

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

If social transformation is what the Spirit seems to be saying to the churches today, we would expect that the Bible would support such an idea. Many will be asking the inevitable question: Is there a biblical theology to substantiate this?

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editor's Note

Salvation Means Creation Healed: Creation, Cross, Kingdom, and Mission
Howard A. Snyder

Anticipating the New Creation: Wesleyan Foundations for Holistic Mission
Randy L. Maddox

A Biblical Theology of Creation Care
Sandra Richter

Situating the Word: The Significance of Christian Space for Evangelism
Laceye Warner

FEATURES

Believers and Engagement in Society
A Review Essay
James R. Thobaben

Dramatic Enactment of Christian Faith
A Review Essay
Sarah Heaner Lancaster

Paved with Good Intention...Sometimes
A Review Essay
Randy Woodlry

Book Notes
Kenneth J Collins

Grace Notes
Terry C. Muck

The Scriptural Foundations Of The Theology Of The Body, William Kurz

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The God-Given Marital Mandate, Ron Du Preez

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

Preacher-As-Witness : The Homiletical Approach Of E. Stanley Jones, Luke Molberg Pederson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

We Are Preaching With You Pastor : Congregational Input For The Accurate And Relevant Application Of The Word Of God, Keith Patrick Michael Missel

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Power To Become Witnesses : The Impact Of An Acts 1:8 Initiative On Three Participating Congregations Of The Zeeland Classis, Reformed Church In America, Steven A. Smallegan

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Physicians' Perceptions Of The Chaplain's Role In Critical Care, Daniel Winiger

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Biblical Model Of Leadership Through The 3l Vision Leader Of Leaders Of Leaders, Eduardo Drachenberg

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Korean Christian Understanding Of Bok And Spiritual Maturity From Missiological Perspective, Sung Il Lee

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Church-Based Bible Institutes And Master's Commission Programs Of Assemblies Of God Churches In The Great Lakes Region, Donald F. Williams

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Measuring The Impact Of The Self-Image Reformation Program On Women Pastors Of Manchu Autonomous Counties (In China), Jessie Yim Han Ng

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Work As Sacrament: The Quaker Bridge From Sunday To Monday, Kent Walkemeyer

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Social Justice: Does Who Christ Is Matter?, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Passible Potter And The Contingent Clay: A Theological Study Of Jeremiah 18:1-10, John Peckham

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Toward The Fulfillment Of The Gog And Magog Prophecy Of Ezekiel 38-39, Jiri Moskala

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.