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Richard Taverner (1505?--1575) And The English Reformation, James Herbert Pragman

Doctor of Theology Dissertation

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the life and work of Richard Taverner so that an assessment of his contribution to the English Reformation could be made.

A secondary purpose lies behind this study; actually, this secondary purpose provided the initial impetus for this study. Lutherans have been especially interested in Richard Taverner, because he translated the Augsburg Confession and its Apology into English for the first time in 1536. However, Lutherans did not really know Taverner, and historical curiosity suggested that a fuller knowledge of the man ought to be gained. The secondary purpose …

The Relationship Of Amos To The Cult, Alfred John Johnson

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

This thesis will examine the prophecy of Amos and attempt to show that Amos was not inimical toward the cult. Through an investigation of the background and vocation of Amos it will be shown that he did not live a life of isolation, but that he had frequent intercourse with his countrymen. Through an examination of the speech forms used by Amos, it will be shown that he had a broad acquaintance with the literary arts and skills of his culture and an intimate knowledge of the cultic system of the religion of Israel.

First Faith, Then Reason, John Philpp Koehler

Concordia Theological Monthly

John Philipp Koehler (1859-1951) was a professor of church history at the theological seminary of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod at Wauwatosa, Wis., from 1900 to 1930. This essay, translated by Philemon Hensel, was first delivered in German to a conference of pastors and professors in the early 1920s. It is here reprinted with permission from Faith-Life, XLI (May/ June 1968), 15-18.

Mission: Vol. 4, No. 10

Mission

Mission: Vol. 4, No. 10. This issue includes the following articles: "...Fully Man" by Roy Bowen Ward, "I Know Something About You Judas, a poem" by Helen McLeod, "Semantics and Biblical Interpretation" by Ray D. Dearin, "Freedom of Expression" by Perry C. Cotham, "Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish, an interview with Sister Christine Athans" by Dudley Lynch, "Why a Man and a Woman?" by A. Wayne Harris, "To David Lipscomb, a poem" by Don Reece, and "The Big Game Hunt" by Carl Thompson.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 20, No. 3, Alan G. Keyser, Don Yoder, Gregory Gizelis, Angus K. Gillespie

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Gardens and Gardening Among the Pennsylvania Germans
• Historical Sources For American Traditional Cookery: Examples from the Pennsylvania German Culture
• The Use of Amulets Among Greek-Philadelphians
• Work and the Farmer: The Almanac as Cultural Index, 1858-1898
• Pennsylvania German and High German: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 19
• Engravings of Western Pennsylvania Scenes

The Origin And Development Of The Mar Thoma Church Of India, M. Matthews

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

The purpose of this study was to make an intensive survey of the origin and develoment of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of India. The name 'St. Thomas Christians' came to be known among the Church historians and among several Christian writers much earlier on account of the long standing tradition that St. Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Christ, brought the Gospel to the South Western coast of India early in the second half of the first century and founded the first seven Churches in South India. The reliability of this tradition has been a matter of much …

The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod And World War I-A Study Of The Loyalty Problem During World War I And Theodore Conrad Graebner's Attempt To Solve It, Walter Steinbach

Master of Divinity Thesis

This paper deals with troubles experienced by the Missouri Synod in general, but its answer to the major problems are based almost exclusively on the writings of Professor Theodore Conrad Graebner. Professor Graebner was on the faculty at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1914 he assumed the role as co-editor of the Lutheran Witness, the official English periodical of the Missouri Synod. Professor Graebner was probably the most important leader of the Missouri Synod who attempted to prove its loyalty during this time. He also became the advisor, for many pastors who did not know what to do …

A Definition And An Application Of Some Hermaneutical Principles, Rodney K. Ruger

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

Excerpt: "The purpose of this study has been to research the area of Biblical hermeneutics in order to gain a historical perspective upon which the author could build his personal practical system of interpreting the Bible.

This study has been limited to Biblical hermeneutics from the larger area of general hermeneutics. It has further been limited to the major historical representatives and schools of thought and the major principles which have evolved from these, because of·the vast amount of material which has been written on this subject. From these principles the writer has chosen the ones which he feels to …

An Investigation Of Some Aspects Of The Biblical Theology Of New Testament Preaching, Samuel Hayden Walsh

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of this study was to determine the Biblical theology of New Testament preaching with respect to content and character. What was it that the Apostles preached and how did they preach it? What was "preaching" in the New Testament sense of the word? Because there are many divergent opinions and volumes on preaching which have poured out of the publishing houses in this twentieth century, the author was amazed that few have come to grips with answering these questions in a realistic and complete way.

Homiletics, George W. Hoyer, Charles S. Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Homiletics: Pastoral Preaching in the Parish

Mission: Vol. 4, No. 8

Mission

Mission: Vol. 4, No. 8. This issue includes the following articles: "The Fun of Process" by Gerald C. Tiffin, "The Challenge of Suffering" by Leatha Huskey, "Young Girls' Crying, a poem" by Cled Wimbish, "Church Music: Then and Now" by Daniel Burton Harding, "The Action of God in The Black Revolution" by James Robert Ross, "The Christian Student's Perspective" by Allen Holden, Jr., "Love Is, a poem" by M. L. Ball, and "What Kind of Person Reads Mission, etc.?" by Roy Bowen Ward.

The Vanguard (Vol. 18, No. 6), Aug-Sep 1971, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

After the cruel death of their daughter in the racist bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. and Mrs. Chris McNair did not react in bitter hatred. Wanting so much that she would not have died in vain, Chris McNair pleaded: "We must work all the harder to bring about a more decent world for the children who are left."

Book Reviews, Wilber T. Dayton, Anthony Casurella Jr., George A. Turner

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Harold B. Kuhn, Robert W. Lyon, William B. Coker, Robert E. Coleman, George A. Turner, Harold B. Kuhn

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Review. - Literatur, Edgar Krentz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 20, No. 2, Carroll Hopf, Gregory Gizelis, Mac E. Barrick, Susan Dwyer Shick, Amos Long Jr., William S. Troxell, Ruth K. Hagy

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Decorated Folk Furniture
• Foodways Acculturation in the Greek Community of Philadelphia
• David Stoner: Notes on a Neglected Craftsman
• Baptist Autobiography as a Folklife Source
• Bank (Multi-Level) Structures in Rural Pennsylvania
• Der Census Enumerator
• Leisure Time Activities in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1800-1850
• Local Characters and Originals: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 18

The Design And Implementation Of A Missionary Language Course In Aymara, Joseph Orville Davidson

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a set of materials in colloquial Aymara, an indigenous language spoken by nearly one million people on the "altiplano" of Bolivia and southeastern Peru. It is designed for use by missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints assigned to the Bolivia Mission. It was prepared on the assumption that missionaries will have completed approximately three weeks of intensive Spanish language training prior to beginning this course.

Each lesson has a pre-class module which previews the vocabulary, grammar, and memorization assignments found in the in-class module, and increases the student's listening comprehension. The in-class module …

Janne Mattson Sjodahl: Baptist Minister, Convert To Mormonism, Editor, Author And Missionary, Bernt G. Lundgren

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this writing is to bring to light the life and accomplishments of Janne Mattson Sjodahl.
He was born in Karlshamn, Sweden, to Lutheran parents. While still in his teens, he joined the Baptist Church. After two years of study at Betelseminariet, he became a Baptist minister. Between 1872 and 1886, he rose to prominence among Scandinavian Baptists and became the General Secretary of the Norwegian Baptist Union in 1879. Due to irregular behavior, he was excommunicated from the Baptist Church in 1886. Introduced to Mormonism that same year, he decided to travel to Utah to investigate first …

Revolution In English Moral Theology, P. Linwood Urban

Religion Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Work And Leisure, Joseph H. Gates

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

[Mythoi (Romanized Form)] And [Genealogiai (Romanized Form)] In The Pastoral Epistles : A Reappraisal, Dale Banke

Bachelor of Divinity

This paper is a tentative reappraisal of the nature of the μυ̑θοι and δενεαλοδίαι as these reflect a portion of the heresy combatted in the Pastorals. It is not intended to be an investigation of the entire heresy, much less the complete gamut of exhortation which the Epistles contain. This might appear to pose a false separation, since the wider contexts of the passages that include mention of the μυ̑θοι and δενεαλοδίαι seem to draw in much of the polemic and even some of the advice concerning early church order contained in these letters. Nonetheless, only those aspects of the …

Erasmus-Luther: One Theology, One Method, Two Results, Gottfried G. Krodel

Concordia Theological Monthly

Luther and Erasmus were both biblical humanists, both affirmed the grace of God as central, but each constructed a different theological system. Erasmus always regarded theology as a descriptive task, best advanced by continuous disputations. Luther saw the Gospel as the crystal-clear center of Scripture, the saving knowledge revealed by God. Because of this conviction, Luther viewed theology as the task of making assertions, of boldly confessing one's faith.

An Evaluation Of The "Affirming Rural Mission" Workshop As A Vital Part Of The Preparation Of Lutheran Pastors For The Town And Country Ministry, Wilbur Gehrke

Master of Divinity Thesis

The purpose of this paper, first of all, is to examine the many problems faced by the people living in town and country communities. By citing various authorities on the rural church, I will demonstrate how these problems also affect the church in town and country.

Secondly, I will discuss the need of a more specialized training for ministerial candidates for the town and country ministry. My research for this section included a study of the placement of ministerial candidates of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod between 1962 and 1967 by Allen Nauss. I also studied the placement of the 1970 …

The Meaning Of Archaeology For The Exegetical Task, Alfred Von Rohr Sauer

Concordia Theological Monthly

The author illustrates how archaeological evidence may supplement, clarify, contradict, or confirm historical and geographical statements in the Scriptures. Biblical theologians and archaeologists need to work together in the exegetical task.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 20, No. 1, Robert D. Bethke, Earl F. Robacker, Daniel B. Reibel, Guy Tilghman Hollyday, William P. Stein

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Chapbook "Gallows-Literature" In Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania
• The Winding Road to Stick Spatter
• The Kunstfest at Old Economy
• The Ephrata Codex: Relationships Between Text and Illustration
• Report of the Living History Seminar, 1969
• Dairy Products: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 17
• Country School Photographs from Pennsylvania

Some Ancient Documents And Some Current Thoughts, Thomas C. Hartman

Concordia Theological Monthly

Critical scholarship has made many valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Old Testament. A series of examples illustrates this point. We need to be sure that we retain the priority of exegesis over dogmatics.

A Look At The Neb-Ot, Alfred Von Rohr Sauer, Frederick W. Danker

Concordia Theological Monthly

A reviewer of the New English Bible (NEB) is inclined to compare this text with that of the 18-year-old Revised Version (RSV) and the new Jerusalem Bible. Before he compares these three versions, he needs to note the difference in backgrounds in each case. The RSV is, of course, not a new translation, but as the name indicates, it is a revision of the old King James Version. Its purpose is to bring the Authorized Version up-to-date, modernizing words and phrases that might not be intelligible to the reader of the 20th century.

Sic Et Non: Are We So Sure Of Matthean Dependence On Mark?, H. P. Hamann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Let’s take another look at the view that Matthew depends on Mark, especially at the way in which G. M. Styler has recently defended it. The author then examines the pros and cons of the arguments and concludes that the case for Markan priority is not as open and shut as some would argue.

Fresh Perspectives On Matthean Theology, Frederick W. Danker

Concordia Theological Monthly

In his book The Parables of Jesus in Matthew 13 Jack Kingsbury argues that chapter 13 marks the great turning point in Matthew's theological interpretation of Jesus' life. After 13, Jesus no longer tries to teach the people of Israel, but instead concentrates on the disciples, the true people of God. But Kingsbury's analysis of λαλεῑν overlooks important evidence concerning the use of λαλεῑν and διδάσχειν. The author then presents a new interpretation of the difficult statement by Jesus concerning why He spoke in parables.