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Filipino Group Life: A Contextual Study Of Small Groups In Free Methodist Congregations, David Warren Clemente

ATS Dissertations

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Building Church On Holy Ground: Proposals To Contextualize Church Buildings In India, Pramod Y. Aghamkar

ATS Dissertations

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Paul's Apparent Reversal Of Concern For The Weak Brother In L Corinthians 10:29b-30: An Examination Of The Text In Light Of Greco-Roman Rhetoric, Moses Oladele Taiwo

Dissertations

Problem . In 1 Cor 8:1-10:29a, Paul has been consistently on the side of the brother in 8:11 whose conscience is weak to eat food offered to idols. But, in 10:29b-30, he seems to reverse himself, here suggesting that one should be able to eat anything, regardless of its provenance or the effect such eating may have on others. Or, what should be made of the two questions asked in the text that appear neither fitted to the context nor directly answered by what precedes and follows in the discussion of εἰδωλόθυτα in 8:1-11:17?

Approach . Scholars have employed various …

Heracleon: Fragments Of Early Valentinian Exegesis. Text, Translation, And Commentary, Timothy James Pettipiece

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This thesis offers an in-depth study of Heracleon, an early Christian writer from the second century CE, who wrote the earliest known commentary on the Gospel of John. The text of this ancient commentary, written in Greek from the perspective of Valentinian theology, is known only from fragmentary citations made from it by Origen in his own later commentary on the same gospel. Although long-known as a representative of the Valentinian schools, Heracleon has often been neglected due to scholarly preoccupations with his teacher, Valentinus, as well as an ever-increasing emphasis on the Valentinian writings found within the Nag Hammadi …

A History Of The Concepts Of Zion And New Jerusalem In America From Early Colonialism To 1835 With A Comparison To The Teachings Of The Prophet Joseph Smith, Ryan S. Gardner

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis discusses the role that the idea of Zion has played in the first three centuries of American religion. Millenarian themes, such as building New Jerusalem, were common religious themes in seventeenth- to nineteenth-century America. Understanding the doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regarding this vital subject will be helpful for historians, scholars, and teachers.

When the Puritan colonists came to the New World in the early seventeenth century, they sought not only a land of religious liberty, but also a land of ultimate religious achievement: the establishment of Zion and/or New Jerusalem. Many of …

Team Designed Indigenous Generation X Worship In A New Church Plant, Vance Clifton Rains

ATS Dissertations

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The Impact Of The Alpha Course On Leaders' Attitudes Toward Evangelism In A Local Congregation, Jack Allan Shields

ATS Dissertations

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Empowering Effective Fathering Through An Informational-Relational Model Of Local Church Men's Ministry, Thomas Owen Palmer

ATS Dissertations

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An Evaluation Of The Use Of "Interest-Based Resolution" Training To Help Park Springs Bible Church Mediate Interpersonal Conflict, Daryl D. Wilson

ATS Dissertations

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Christian Communication In The Twenty-First Century: Patterns And Principles Relative To The Effective Use Of Internet-Based Communications, Kenneth Lynn Lewis

ATS Dissertations

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An Adaptation Of The Tswana Initiation Rites As A Christian Discipleship Ministry, Lynn Shmidt

ATS Dissertations

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A Study Of Church Health And Growth At Creekside Community Church, Christopher Allen Jarrett

ATS Dissertations

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Identifying And Equipping Intercessors For Prayer Evangelism At Trinity United Methodist Church, Lawrence Huston Potts

ATS Dissertations

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Turning Heritage Into Hope: Strategies For A Midlife Denomination, Kenneth John Driedger

ATS Dissertations

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Becoming A Five Star Church, Jeffrey T. Johnson

ATS Dissertations

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The Writing Of A Play Based On The Book Of Job: The Passion Of Job, Patricia B. Looper

ATS Dissertations

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Worship Change To Reach Non-Christians In Traditional Danish Evangelical Free Churches, Christian Alsted Nielsen

ATS Dissertations

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Short-Termers Over The Long Run : Assessing Missional Effectiveness Of Non-Career, Mid-Term Nazarene Missionaries, Douglas Wayne Terry

ATS Dissertations

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The Management Of Internal Transitioning As A Necessary Function Of Leaders In The Establishment Of Second-Order Change In Church Organizations, David Wayne Blackmer

ATS Dissertations

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A Study Of The Practice Of Intercessory Prayer By Short-Term Mission Participants Of The Hong Kong Evangelical Church, Yuet San Kwan

ATS Dissertations

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Understanding The Mind Of God John Owen And Seventeenth-Century Exegetical Methodology, Henry Knapp

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

The biblical exegesis of the seventeenth century has been criticized for (1) serving only to proof text dogmatic, polemic works; (2) reverting to the scholasticism of medieval times, ignoring the vitality of the Reformers' humanism; and (3) being academically inferior due to the neglect of scientific advances in biblical studies. John Owen's interpretation of the Epistle to the Hebrews is used to evaluate the legitimacy of this criticism. Seventeenth-century orthodox exegetical techniques reflect (1) precritical assumptions about Scripture (analogia fidei, analogia Scripturae, scope, contemporary application), (2) developments of Renaissance humanism (biblical and cognate languages; grammatical, linguistic, and lexical advances; text …

The Day : My Account, Jackie Pullinger

ATS Chapel Services

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Beyond The Worship Wars (Audio), Craig A. Loscalzo

ATS Chapel Services

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The Umuntu Harambee Process Towards Healing, Restoration, And Reconstruction (Audio), Gladys Mwiti

ATS Chapel Services

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Review: The Fundamentals For The Twenty-First Century: Examining The Crucial Issues Of The Christian Faith, James A. Borland

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 36 No 2 - November 2001), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: The Coherence of Exodus: Narrative Unity and Meaning by Arie C. Leder - 251 / Ecclesia, Legenda atque Intelligenda Scriptura: The Church as Discerning Community in Calvin's Hermeneutic by R. Ward Holder - 270 / Psalm 67—Blessing, Harvest, and History: A Proposal for Exegetical Methodology by Eep Talstra and Carl J. Bosma - 290 / The Starting Point of Calvin's Theology: An Essay-Review by Richard A. Muller - 314 / Calvin Bibliography 2001 by Paul Fields - 343 / Scholia et Homiletica: Proverbs: An Introduction by John H. Stek - 365 / Problems with Proof Texts: The …

The Mythological Provenance Of Isaiah 14:12-15: A Reconsideration Of The Ugaritic Material, Michael Heiser

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

Many scholars of the Hebrew Bible have postulated that the source of the taunt-song of Isa xiv 12-15 is to be found in Ugaritic religious literature Many of these scholars believe that the passage contains elements of both El and Bacal myths, an assumption that leads them to discount the proposition that all the mythological strands of Isa xiv 12-15 can be correlated with a single Ugaritic myth Still others contend that only a single myth concerning the usurpation of El can account for all of the mythological features This article disputes both of these positions, arguing that no usurpation …

Calvin Seminary Forum: October 2001, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Lugene Schemper, Mariano Avila, Pieter Tuit

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

1 - “A Community Rising” -Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
3 - “A New Editor” - Lugene Schemper
4 - “Hispanic Ministry: A twenty-first Century Challenge” - Mariano Avila
6 - “With Missionary Hearts and Eyes” - Pieter Tuit
8 - “God is Our Refuge” - Richard E. Sytsma

Volume 18, Number 1, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Fall 2001

Deep And Wide: Education Overflowing As Evangelism From Ephesus, A. Boyd Luter

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.