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Aggressive Personality: When Does It Develop And Why?, Rita Cantrell Schellenberg

Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this review, three primary agents of social learning (parent-child interaction, peer interaction and television) are examined in relation to the development of aggressive personality during the formative years (infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence). Research has revealed all three agents as influential in the development of aggression, with the majority of research emphasizing middle childhood as a critical period for peer relationships. This paper suggests that the success or failure of peer relationships during middle childhood is a direct reflection of the social learning that took place during parent-infant and early childhood interactions. Hence, each stage, infancy through …

Cytotoxic Mab From Rheumatic Carditis Recognizes Heart Valves And Laminin, Jeffrey E. Galvin, Mark E. Hemric, Kent Ward, Madeleine W. Cunningham

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Anti-streptococcal antibodies cross-reactive with N-acetyl-bD-glucosamine (GlcNAc) and myosin are present in the sera of patients with rheumatic fever (RF). However, their role in tissue injury is not clear. In this study, we show that anti-GlcNAc/anti-myosin mAb 3.B6 from a rheumatic carditis patient was cytotoxic for human endothelial cell lines and reacted with human valvular endothelium and underlying basement membrane. Reactivity of mAb 3.B6 with the valve was inhibited by human cardiac myosin > laminin > GlcNAc. The mAb 3.B6 epitopes were localized in fragments of human cardiac myosin, including heavy meromyosin (HMM), the S1 subfragment, and two light meromyosin (LMM) peptides containing …

The Development Of Xenopus Tropicalis Transgenic Lines And Their Use In Studying Lens Developmental Timing In Living Embryos, Martin F. Offield, Nicholas Hirsch, Robert M. Grainger

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The generation of reporter lines for observing lens differentiation in vivo demonstrates a new strategy for embryological manipulation and allows us to address a long-standing question concerning the timing of the onset of differentiation. Xenopus tropicalis was used to make GFP reporter lines with &#;1-crystallin promoter elements directing GFP expression within the early lens. X. tropicalis is a close relative of X. laevis that shares the same ease of tissue manipulation with the added benefits of a diploid genome and faster life cycle. The efficiency of the Xenopus transgenic technique was improved in order to generate greater numbers of normal, …

The Holy Spirit In The New Testament, Gregory A. Smith

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This is a series of four adult Bible lessons that combine to provide a systematic treatment of the New Testament's teaching on the Holy Spirit. The lesson titles are as follows:

• The Holy Spirit in the Gospels

• The Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts

• The Holy Spirit in the Epistles & Revelation

• Appendix: Are Tongues for Today?

12-7-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 12)

1999 -- 2000

No abstract provided.

Pastoral Evangelism: A Model For Effective Evangelism As Demonstrated By The Ministries Of John Albert Broadus, Alfred Elijah Dickinson, And John William Jones In The Revival Of The Army Of Northern Virginia In 1863, William E. Brown

Faculty Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to present the effectiveness of a pastoral evangelism methodology. John Albert Broadus, Alfred Elijah Dickinson, and John William Jones exemplified this methodology while ministering in the camps of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Chapter one explains the research parameters and introduces the historical epoch of Broadus's, Dickinson's, and Jones's army camp ministry. The revival occurred at the end of a transitional period in American revivalism. The chapter surveys sociological, theological, and denominational events in the period 1840-1861 which influenced the men's formation in ministry. This covers the period of the childhood of Broadus, Dickinson, …

11-09-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 10)

1999 -- 2000

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10-26-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 8)

1999 -- 2000

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10-12-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 7)

1999 -- 2000

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09-21-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 4)

1999 -- 2000

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09-14-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 3)

1999 -- 2000

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09-14-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 3)

1999 -- 2000

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09-07-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 2)

1999 -- 2000

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09-07-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 2)

1999 -- 2000

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08-31-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 12, Issue 1)

1999 -- 2000

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08-31-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 17, Issue 1)

1999 -- 2000

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Church Planting In Appalachian Mountain Culture, Timothy William Compton

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This project is a review of Appalachian Mountain culture and the church planting practices of the region. The purpose of the project is to review the approach being employed in establishing churches as indigenous bodies of believers. This is based on a survey of pastors in the area and an interview of an evangelist with roots in Appalachia. Problems are addressed that the church planter will face. This is a plan for the Bible school, the home mission board, and the local church to work together in the establishment of indigenous local churches.

Orality In Writing: Its Cultural And Political Function In Anglophone African, African-Caribbean, And African-Canadian Poetry, Yaw Adu-Gyamfi

Faculty Dissertations

For years, critics have used Black writers' interweaving of African-derived oral textual features and European written forms to reject the concept of the Great Divide between orality and writing in literacy studies. These critics primarily see the hybridized texts of writers of African descent as a model that assists in the complex union of writing and orality. My argument is that the integrationist model is not the only way, perhaps not even the most fruitful way, to read the hybridized texts of writers of African descent. I develop a reading of Anglophone African, African-Caribbean, and African-Canadian literature that sees the …

02-16-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 16, Issue 16)

1998 -- 1999

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02-09-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 16, Issue 15)

1998 -- 1999

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01-26-99 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 16, Issue 13)

1998 -- 1999

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Scripture As Word Of God: Evangelical Assumption Or Evangelical Question?, John D. Morrison

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

Examines the views of D. Bloesch, G. Fackre, and C. Pinnock. Indicates their disjunctive positions introduce ontological and epistemological dualism into the doctrine of revelation. Takes Packer's view of the Bible as the Word of God written, affirming that the human languages used to reflect God's person and work are competent to do so. Finds Wolterstorff's answer to Barth and John Baillie insightful, but we must move past his views to the full-orbed acceptance of the Word of God as written to avoid negating propositional revelation.

Developing A Giving Church, Elmer Towns

Books

No abstract provided.

12-08-98 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 16, Issue 12)

1998 -- 1999

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11-10-98 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 16, Issue 10)

1998 -- 1999

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10-27-98 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 16, Issue 8)

1998 -- 1999

No abstract provided.

09-01-98 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 16, Issue 1)

1998 -- 1999

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The Sword Of The Spirit: Pentecostals And Political Power In Guatemala, Thomas Joseph Metallo

Faculty Dissertations

Guatemala was predicted to become the first nation to become predominantly Protestant due to the tremendous growth of the Pentecostal church between 1960 and 1990. Historically, the Pentecostal church was very pietistic and did not involve itself in politics. However, the presidency of Efrain Rios Montt (1982-1983) and the election of Jorge Serrano Elias (1991-1993) reflect a change among Pentecostals with regard to political involvement. The Protestant church has moved from a marginalized minority to comprising almost twenty-five percent of the population. In the August, 1994 congressional elections, 20 of the 80 congressmen elected to office were evangelical Christians (25%). …

Technology And Terrorism: The New Threat For The Millennium, Stephen R. Bowers, Kimberley R. Keys

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Seminary Student Spiritual Formation: Recommendations Based On A Review Of Scripture And A Survey Of Evangelical Seminaries, William E. Wegert

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Concern for the spiritual formation in ministerial training has grown in recent years, and reasons for this are discussed. The history of spiritual formation in pastoral training as well as relevant Scriptures are reviewed. Particular attention is given to Christ's earthly ministry as well as key biblical terms related to spiritual formation. Certain expectations based on the weight of Scripture are determined. Results of a spiritual formation survey sent to thirty-five evangelical seminaries and a self-study of the writer's own seminary are analyzed. This project makes recommendations for enhancing seminary spiritual formation efforts.