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Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Lawson G. Stone Jan 2003

Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Lawson G. Stone

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Basic Textbook: Dillard, R. B. and Trempor Longman, An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. A traditional OT introduction written by two evangelical scholars. An “introduction” to the OT is not a guide to the uninformed, but is a summary of current scholarly opinion about the authorship, date, origins, and composition of each OT book and the issues involved in their interpretation. Required Supplementary Texts: Three additional textbooks are required for this course W. W. Klein, C. L. Blomberg, R. L. Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpreatation. Waco: Word, 1993. Introduces essential issues involved in biblical interpretation and …


Mi 880 Seminar In Mission, Eunice L. Irwin Jan 2003

Mi 880 Seminar In Mission, Eunice L. Irwin

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Readings: Transforming Mission David J. Bosch Mission as Transformation Vinay Samuel, Chris Sugden Classical Texts in Mission & World Christianity Norman Thomas Global Mission for the 21st Century William D. Taylor, ed. Mission on the Way Charles Van Engen


Ml 700 Developing The Leaders Around You, Russell W. West Jan 2003

Ml 700 Developing The Leaders Around You, Russell W. West

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Required Texts Richards, Lawrence O. and Hoeldtke, Clyde. Church Leadership. Assignment (Study): 4-Mat Report Due by Feb 19 Allen, Roland. Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours. Assignment (Study): 4-Mat Report Due by Feb 26 Coleman, Robert. Masterplan of Evangelism. Assignment (Light Reading): 4-Mat Report Due by Clinton, Richard. Selecting and Developing Emerging Leader. Assignment (Very Light Reading): 4-Mat Report Due by Mar 12 Clinton, J. Robert. Connecting Assignment (Light Reading): 4-Mat Report Due by Mar 26 Draves, William. How to Teach Adults. Assignment (Very Light Reading): 4-Mat Report Due by Reed, Jeff. 7th Priority Life Development Portfolio. Assignment: Use in …


Ch 500 Turning Points In Church History, Meesaeng Lee Choi Jan 2003

Ch 500 Turning Points In Church History, Meesaeng Lee Choi

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Noll, Mark A. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Books, 2000. Olson, Roger E. The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999 Selected primary source and additional readings cited under each lesson (see the Course and Reading Schedule) are available in electronic and/or library reserves (Intra\School of Theology\Lecture Power Points\Choi, Meesaeng\CH500).


Cl Ms 651 Women In Ministry, Catherine Stonehouse Jan 2003

Cl Ms 651 Women In Ministry, Catherine Stonehouse

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Equal to the Task: Men and Women in Partnership, Ruth Haley Barton Women in Ministry: Four Views, Bonnidell Clouse and Robert G. Clouse, Eds., Pages 9 – 123. Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry, Stanley J. Grenz with Denise Muir Kjesbo Not Without a Struggle: Leadership Development for African American Women in Ministry, Vashti M. McKenzie Origins of Difference: The Gender Debate Revisited, Elaine Storkey. "Learning from Gender Differences" by Catherine Stonehouse.


Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth; Me 700 Principles Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter Sep 2002

Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth; Me 700 Principles Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter

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I. Course Description: "The foundational principles and strategies of the Church Growth movement pioneered by Donald McGavran, seen as one informed approach to strategy development in mission and evangelism and as a means to inform congregational and denominational outreach and expansion. Focus upon North American and Third World cases."


Ms701 Course Syllabus For Spring Semester 2002, Mark J. Hatcher Feb 2002

Ms701 Course Syllabus For Spring Semester 2002, Mark J. Hatcher

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The Senior Reflection Seminar for MA’s in World Mission and Evangelism meets on Wednesday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. The course consists of senior students leading class discussions related to their personal, academic and mission experience, and their ministry calling. The primary source informing each class discussion is the SM615 Supervised Mission paper supplied to class members by each student leader a week before his/her class leadership. In addition to the SM615 paper, student leaders are expected to: (1) open class with an appropriate devotional, (2) direct a time of sharing in prayer, and (3) give an autobiographical …


Do 501 Basic Christian Theology, Allan Coppedge Jan 2002

Do 501 Basic Christian Theology, Allan Coppedge

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(1) Thomas Oden, The Living God. (2) Thomas Oden, The Word Of Life. (3) Thomas Oden, Life In The Spirit. (4) John Oswalt, Call To Be Holy. (5) Mildred Wynkoop, Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology. (6) Allan Coppedge, Portraits of God.


Wo 510 Worship Leadership In The Church, Lester Ruth Jan 2002

Wo 510 Worship Leadership In The Church, Lester Ruth

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Authentic Worship in a Changing Culture (Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1997). Long, Thomas G. Beyond the Worship Wars: Building Vital and Faithful Worship (The Alban Institute, 2001). Mulder, Timothy J. So You've Been Asked To Lead in Prayer (Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1996). Redman, Matt. The Unquenchable Worshiper (Regal, 2001). Webber, Robert E. Planning Blended Worship: The Creative Mixture of Old & New (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998). White, James F. A Brief History of Christian Worship (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993). Witvliet, John D. So You've Been Asked To Plan a Worship Service (Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1999). Witvliet, John D. …


Bs 750 The Human Person: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Joel B. Green Jan 2002

Bs 750 The Human Person: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Joel B. Green

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(1) Brown, Warren S., Nancey Murphy, and H. Newton Maloney, eds. Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature. Theology and the Sciences. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998. Conference papers, available from the instructor. (2) Damasio, Antonio R. The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness. New York: Harcourt, 1999. (3) Gregersen, Niels Henrik, Willem B. Drees, and Ulf Görman, eds. The Human Person in Science and Theology. Issues in Science and Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 2000. (4) Hasker, William. The Emergent Self. Ithaca/London: Cornell University Press, 1999. (5) Jeeves, Malcolm …


Me 770 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder Jan 2002

Me 770 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder

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(1) Radical Renewal: The Problem of Wineskins Today, by Howard Snyder (2) The New Reformation, by Greg Ogden (3) Natural Church Development, by Christian Schwarz (4) Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, by Jim Cymbala


Ot 714 Exegesis Of Isaiah, Sandra Richter Jan 2002

Ot 714 Exegesis Of Isaiah, Sandra Richter

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Kaiser, Walter. Toward An Exegetical Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1981. Oswalt, John. The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 1-39. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1986. __________. The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 40-66. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, l998. Soulen, Richard N. Handbook of Biblical Criticism, 2nd Ed. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981.


Ch 501 X Church History I, J. Steven O'Malley Jan 2002

Ch 501 X Church History I, J. Steven O'Malley

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1. Bettenson, Henry. Documents of the Christian Church. (Oxford paperback). 2. Gonzalez, Justo. The Story of Christianity. Vol. I. (Abingdon paper ed.) 3. Irvin, Dale, and Sunquist, Scott, eds., History of the World Christian Movement 4. Kerr, Hugh T., ed. Readings in Christian Thought. (Abingdon paper ed.).


Cs 601 X Christian Ethics, Wyndy Corbin Jan 2002

Cs 601 X Christian Ethics, Wyndy Corbin

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1. Dayton, Donald W. Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988) 2. Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999) 3. Packet (to be purchased from bookstore) - readings are not necessarily in order


Nt 510 X The Gospel Of Matthew, David F. Smith Jan 2002

Nt 510 X The Gospel Of Matthew, David F. Smith

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(1) The Bible The primary text is the Bible. (2) David L. Thompson, Bible Study That Works (Hereafter: BSTW) Revised edition. (Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994). (3) David R. Bauer, Biblical Resources for Ministry: A Bibliography of Works in Biblical Studies, (Hereafter: BRM), 2d ed. (Nappanee, Illinois: Evangel Publishing House, 1995).


Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, H. O. Thomas Jan 2002

Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, H. O. Thomas

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1. The Book of Discipline 2000. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 2000. 2. Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997. 3. Tuell, Jack M., The Organization of the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997.


Bt 605 Old Testament Theology, Lawson G. Stone Jan 2002

Bt 605 Old Testament Theology, Lawson G. Stone

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(1) Sailhammer, John. H., Introduction to Old Testament Theology: A Canonical Approach. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1995. This book reviews the history and achievements of OT Theology, but does so with a thematic and methodological concern that goes beyond a mere bibliographic survey. (2) Eichrodt, Walther, The Theology of the Old Testament, 2 Vols, Westminster, 1961ff.


Nt 631 Exegesis Of Ephesians Fall 2002, Max Turner Jan 2002

Nt 631 Exegesis Of Ephesians Fall 2002, Max Turner

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Catalogue Description: The course provides an intermediate level critical, exegetical and theological study of what many regard as the crown of the Pauline epistles.


Ot 520 Foundations For Old Testament Study, Lawson G. Stone Jan 2002

Ot 520 Foundations For Old Testament Study, Lawson G. Stone

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Aspirations: OT 520 seeks to equip students for ministry by providing selected tools fundamental to responsible interpretation of the OT. The course neither offers a comprehensive approach, nor emphasizes direct textual study, but enhances both by developing a framework within which competent interpretation can take place. Students explore contemporary approaches to the literary character, historical and cultural setting, composition, authorship, and literary unity of these books, their various literary types, settings, and functions, and how these affect Christian reading of the OT. Students who realize these aspirations will be able to : 1. Show how a close reading of the …


Sm 601, 602, 603 Supervised Ministry Handbook, Daryl L. Smith, James Loftin Jan 2002

Sm 601, 602, 603 Supervised Ministry Handbook, Daryl L. Smith, James Loftin

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1. If you do not have a Mentor, line up one immediately and contact the SMin office. If she/he has not already done so, they should make arrangements for the mentor training session with the SMin office. 2. Work with your Mentor to select a cross-cultural missions ministry placement. Carefully read the section The Cross-cultural Ministry Placement in this document before you choose a ministry sight. Get ready. This is a different type class and a different type ministry setting. You, your mentor, and your local church will be stretched during this semester. Submit your proposed placement site for approval …


Do 660 The Christian Doctrine Of Holiness, Stephen A. Seamands Jan 2002

Do 660 The Christian Doctrine Of Holiness, Stephen A. Seamands

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(1) William Greathouse, WHOLENESS IN CHRIST (2) Paul Bassett & William Greathouse, EXPLORING CHRISTIAN HOLINESS, Vol. 2. (3) Melvin Dieter, FIVE VIEWS OF SANCTIFICATION (4) Leona Frances Choy, POWERLINES: What Great Evangelicals Believed About the Holy Spirit


Wo 510 Worship Leadership In The Church, Donald C. Boyd Jan 2002

Wo 510 Worship Leadership In The Church, Donald C. Boyd

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James F. White, DOCUMENTS OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP [DOC] James F. White, INTRODUCTION TO WORSHIP [ICW] Rob L. Staples, OUTWARD SIGN AND INWARD GRACE [OSIG] Hoyt L. Hickman, THE WORSHIP RESOURCES OF THE UNITED METHODIST HYMNAL [WRUM … a primary source for the mid-term examination]


Ot 610 A Exegesis Of Genesis, Bill T. Arnold Jan 2002

Ot 610 A Exegesis Of Genesis, Bill T. Arnold

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1. Course description This course explores selected exegetical issues in the Book of Genesis, and provides students with opportunities to apply original-language tools to the book’s strategic passages. The focus will be on developing appropriate interpretive skills for the pastoral ministry.


Mu 510 Musical Foundations For Pastoral Ministry, William C. Goold Jan 2002

Mu 510 Musical Foundations For Pastoral Ministry, William C. Goold

Syllabi

Case, Riley B., Understanding Our United Methodist Hymnal. Bristol Books, 308 East Main Street, Wilmore, KY. Frame, John M., Contemporary Worship Music/A Biblical Defense. P&R Publishing, P.O. Box 817, Phillipsburg, New Jersey. 08865. Hurst, Lynn, Changing Your Tune! The Musician's Handbook for Creating Contemporary Worship. Abingdon Press. ISBN 0-687-02297-5. Hustad, Donald P., Jubilate II: Church Music in Worship and Renewal. Hope Publishing, Carol Stream, IL


Co 515 Forgiveness In The Counseling Process, Virginia Todd Holeman Jan 2002

Co 515 Forgiveness In The Counseling Process, Virginia Todd Holeman

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1. Augsburger, D. (1995). Helping People Forgive. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. 2. Jones, G. (1995). Embodying Forgiveness. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans. 3. McCullough, M.E., Sandage, S.J., & Worthington, E.L., Jr. (1997). To Forgive Is Human: How to Put Your Past in the Past. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. 4. Nowuen, H. J.M. (1992). The Return of the Prodigal Son. New York: Image Books. 5. Worthington, E.L. (2001). Five Steps to Forgiveness. New York: Crown Publishers. 6. Course Readings Packet and class handout packet– purchase at Cokesbury Bookstore before class starts.


Lay Committee Hand Book, Asbury Theological Seminary Jan 2002

Lay Committee Hand Book, Asbury Theological Seminary

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This booklet is designed to provide guidance for the Local Church Lay Committee within your church. Near the beginning of the student’s internship and in consultation with the student, your pastor will select three to five persons which you feel would be committed and qualified to carry out the educational ministry described in these pages by meeting with the student at least once a month during the internship?


Mu 510 Musical Foundations For Pastoral Ministry, William C. Goold Jan 2002

Mu 510 Musical Foundations For Pastoral Ministry, William C. Goold

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Course Description: This course explores and informs with the pastor, the content, context, purpose, function(s) and biblical/theological foundations of music and its dynamic role(s) within the local church. Emphasis is given to content and mode of presentation(s). The intended focus of this course is towards pastors who, though perhaps not formally trained as musicians, anticipate weekly involvement with music in congregational worship.


Ot 615 Minor Prophets, David Loren Thompson Jan 2002

Ot 615 Minor Prophets, David Loren Thompson

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1. A standard contemporary English translation. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, or some other contemporary, standard (non-paraphrasing) version such as The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, New American Standard Bible, with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. 2. A Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible. Either Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 4th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1990, or The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament. John Kohlenberger III, editor. Zondervan, 1993, or its equivalent. 3. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. David L. Thompson. Do not use the 1982 edition for class! 4. Biblical Resources for Ministry, …


Wo 601: Public Worship: Discussion, Lester Ruth Jan 2002

Wo 601: Public Worship: Discussion, Lester Ruth

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Clark, Linda J. et al. How We Seek God Together (The Alban Institute, 2001). Frankforter, A. Daniel. Stones for Bread (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2001). Long, Thomas G. Beyond the Worship Wars: Building Vital and Faithful Worship (The Alban Institute, 2001). Webber, Robert E. Planning Blended Worship: The Creative Mixture of Old & New (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998).


Extended Case Guidelines, Asbury Theological Seminary Jan 2002

Extended Case Guidelines, Asbury Theological Seminary

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The case study is a way of doing theology which does not divorce theory from practice or action from reflection. It may be helpful to read The Bible in Human Transformation by Walter Wink in this connection. The case study will help the participant in the following ways. 1. One will be encouraged to cultivate and sharpen tools of observation, critical analysis, integration of theory and practice, theological reflection, and ways to evaluate a particular act of ministry. 2. It is a method which fosters an integration with, and interaction with theological issues. 3. It encourages the participant to think …