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Fasting Can Change Your Life, Jerry Falwell, Elmer L. Towns

Books

No abstract provided.

New Discoveries Among The Philistines: Archaeological And Textual Considerations, Michael G. Hasel

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

King Benjamin's Speech: "That Ye May Learn Wisdom", John W. Welch, Stephen D. Ricks

Maxwell Institute Publications

For readers of the Book of Mormon, King Benjamin’s speech is a treasure trove of inspiration, wisdom, eloquence, and spiritual insight. King Benjamin’s Speech: “That Ye May Learn Wisdom” is the most substantial collection of studies ever to focus exclusively on this landmark address.

The contributors examine this speech in the multifaceted contexts in which it was delivered: as a classic speech of a departing leader near the time of his death, as the focus of an annual festival season mandated anciently under the law of Moses, as part of a covenant renewal ceremony delivered within the sacred precinct of …

The Everychurch Guide To Growth, Elmer L. Towns, C. Peter Wagner, Thom S. Rainer

Books

No abstract provided.

Introduction To Urban Strategies, Eddie Gibbs

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article presents an introduction to church planting and evangelism in urban situations. It was presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Society for Church Growth in Orlando, FL.

The Biblical Basis For Relational Networking Among Autonomous Churches, Paul G. Thyren

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Building networks of partnerships for effective ministry in the 21st Century is often discussed within the context of denominations. Dr. Paul Thyren focuses our attention on independent churches and how they can build relational networks in the years to come. This article focuses on the biblical basis for relational networking.

Introduction Winter 1998, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Me And A Giant Kinesthetic Bee: An Attempt At An Autobiographical And Metaphoric Study Of A Totalitarian Psyche, T. R. Soidla

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.

Isaiah In The Book Of Mormon, Donald W. Parry, John W. Welch

Maxwell Institute Publications

The essays in this book, written by some of the finest LDS scholars, take a variety of approaches to help readers make the most of the Isaiah passages in the Book of Mormon. These scholars use the prophets of the Book of Mormon as knowledgeable guides, examining how and why those ancient writers used and interpreted Isaiah in order to clarify for modern readers what the Isaiah sections in the Book of Mormon are all about.

War And Its Discontents: Pacifism And Quietism In The Abrahamic Traditions (Book Review), G. Scott Davis

Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Review of the book, War and Its Discontents: Pacifism and Quietism in the Abrahamic Traditions, edited by J. Patout Burns. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1996.

Fasting For Spiritual Breakthrough Study Guide, Elmer L. Towns

Books

No abstract provided.

God And War In The Old Testament, Pierre Winandy

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

A Strategy For Public Evangelism In Russia, Mikhail K. Morar

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

After Perestroika ushered in new opportunities for public evangelism in Russia, local and foreign evangelists have been baptizing thousands of new converts every year. The rapid growth resulting from these crusades has brought about new challenges. This study analyzes some of the challenges associated with public evangelism in Russia and suggests a strategy to improve the longterm results of these campaigns.

Method

A descriptive analysis of John Carter's 1992 evangelistic campaign in Nizhniy Novgorod city was conducted in order to suggest ways to improve long-term results from public campaigns. The strengths and weaknesses of evangelistic campaigns in Russia are …

Developing Seven Bible Studies Related To The Atonement, Consistent With A Cosmic-Conflict Paradigm Of Salvation History, Richard Duane Smith

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

A new view of the atonement threatened to divide some local congregations of Seventh-day Adventists. Referred to in this study as the "trust-healing model" of atonement, the new paradigm proposed by A. Graham Maxwell was developed from a wide reading of Scripture and claimed additional support from the "great controversy" motif in the writings of Ellen G. White. However, because it seemed to call in question certain aspects of the long-accepted substitutionary model of the atonement, the new paradigm became a point of conflict.

Method

This dissertation seeks to clarify the issues by comparing the trust-healing model of atonement …

Self-Expressed Reasons Why Unchurched Persons In A Rural Appalachian Community Do Not Participate In Local Churches, Robert Gail Stoddard

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

President Mrs. Kimball: A Rhetoric Of Words And Works, Janelle M. Higbee

Theses and Dissertations

Scholars of rhetoric and speech communications have suggested that the study of a women's rhetoric should focus on the "distinctly female modes of leadership" that may be found among women in "out-groups" that challenge established political authority. Such leaders must be especially inventive to be effective, and are thus likely to be talented rhetoricians. In looking for such leaders, the religious and political rhetoric of early Latter-day Saint women provides a noteworthy, unique study. Nineteenth-century Mormon women not only battled discriminatory political norms—arguing fervently for both universal woman's suffrage and for the freedom to practice polygamy—they did so from their …

An Annotated Bibliography Of Literary Mormon Humor, Sherlene Hall Bartholomew

Theses and Dissertations

This "Annotated Bibliography of Literary Mormon Humor" includes over five hundred sources, cross-referenced to pertinent commentary and criticism, and divided into seven sections: "Humor in Mormon Fiction," "Humor in Mormon Non-Fiction," "Mormon Criticism Assessing ‘Inside Humor,’" "Gentile Criticism of the Saints' Humor," "Gentile Humor About Mormons," "Mormon Criticism of Gentile Humor," and "Mormon Internet Humor," all made accessible to scholars by a comprehensive index of more than one thousand topics. The author has filed selected photocopied pages of alphabetized, annotated items by author, or chronologically as periodicals, into a twenty-volume Archive of Mormon Humor in Literature, housed at the Center …

"Doamne Milueste": The Life Of A Contemporary Orthodox Christian Monastery, David George Subu

Masters Theses

The Holy Dormition Monastery demonstrates the Orthodox Christian appeal to the tradition and authority of the Church Fathers, Mothers, and the ultimate source of power, the Holy Trinity, which is enacted on the several complimentary and interactive levels of monastic history, spatial and architectural arrangements, personal relationships and community structure, and liturgical or ritual activity cycles. This appeal to authority and power is achieved most notably through a complex system of ritual acts that are typically "embedded" into the many facets of the monastic life which simultaneously orients the monastic participant towards the correct, "Orthodox" relationships with those sources of …

Calvin Seminary Forum: October 1997, John W. Cooper, David Holwerda, Melvin D. Hugen, James Dejong

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - Do we need to ‘Revisit’ 1973 - John Cooper
3 - Truth and Freedom - David Holwerda
4 - The Case for Change -Melvin D. Hugen
6 - Obliged to Support - James A. DeJong

Expectation And Reality: Theological Education Among Baptists In Ukraine, Mary Raber

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Faust's "The Ethics Of Violence: The Study Of A Fractured World" - Book Review, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

No abstract provided.

Ransomed/Redeemed - At What Price A Study Of The Λυτρον Group Of Words, Frederick Schmitt

Master of Sacred Theology Seminar Papers

A major problem in word studies is how much of the meanings and implications found in earlier word usage carries over into later usage, or in moving from one language to another. Today when we use the words "ransom" or "redeem" many of the aspects common to their usage 200 years ago will not be inferred or understood by today's average hearer. Nor is it likely that most of the nuances of the corresponding biblical Greek and Hebrew terms for "ransom" and "redeem" would be picked up by today's audience. But was there a significant change in understanding in these …

How To Be A Quaker In The Twenty-First Century, Dave Votaw

Seminary Masters Theses

Contents

Origins of the Project

Why Teach Friends Distinctives?

Review of the Literature

Testimonies, by Ben Richmond (FUM)

A Family of Friends, by Jack Willcuts (NWYM)

Quakerism 101, by Shirley Dodson (FGC)

Friends Way, by Richard Jones (FUM)

Declaring Our Faith, Brian Daniels, ed. (FUM) Let's Be Friends, Dorothy Barratt, ed. (EFI)

Format of the Lessons

How to Be a Quaker in the 21st Century

Lesson 1 - A Testimony as a Communication of Truth

Lesson 2 - The Presence of Christ

Lesson 3 - The Presence of Christ in Worship

Lesson 4 - A Sacramental View of Life

Lesson …

The Teacher Of Righteousness In The Dead Sea Scrolls, Robert H. Cooney

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Review: Putting An End To The Worship Wars, William E. Brown

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Front Matter -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 89, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

54th Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectures -- The Imitation Of Christ: Great Themes From Paul's Letter To The Philippians (1997), Jerry Rushford

Pepperdine Bible Lectures: Programs

Program booklet for the 54th Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectures, held at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, April 29 - May 2, 1997. 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

Patty Atkisson, Randy Gill, Emily Lemley, and Tara Morrow, Lectures Team

Praying The Lord's Prayer For Spiritual Breakthrough, Elmer L. Towns

Books

No abstract provided.

Holy War As An Instrument Of Theocratic And Social Ideology In Judaic, Christian, And Islamic History, Robert Bruce Brown

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, David A. Desilva, Randy L. Maddox, John Culp, B. Keith Brewer, John N. Oswalt, David P. Whitelaw D.Th.

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.