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Program Book - 2005 Calvin Symposium On Worship: Word, Image, Music, Action, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

Program book for the 2005 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including a schedule, presenter bios, and practical information.

Building An Altar Prayer Ministry Team, Bob Moon

ATS Digital Resources

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The Bible And Theological Education: A Report And Reflections On A Journey, Patrick R. Keifert

Faculty Publications

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Out Of Nothing: A History Of Creation Ex Nihilo In Early Christian Thought, Blake T. Ostler

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Paul Copan and William Lane Craig. “Craftsman or Creator? An Examination of the Mormon Doctrine of Cration and a Defense of Creatio ex nihilo.” and Review of Paul Copan and William Lane Craig. Creation out of Nothing: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Scientific Exploration.

Metanoic Adaptation: The Necessary Experience That Precedes Church Revitalization, Wayne Evans

Doctor of Ministry

A look at the church landscape shows that once vibrant and influential churches sometimes have stagnated or died. Without a remedy, some of the EFC-ER churches I superintend have already faced this. My contention is that such churches can be revitalized. When, how, and with what tools can they be transformed? I answer these questions in this document. Revitalization is not a formula to guarantee success; it is an experience that spiritually and strategically remakes the church from the inside out. I call the experience Metanoic Adaptation. By research and experience, I frame the conditions, components, and course for …

From Vision To System: Finishing The Task Of Adventist Biblical And Systematic Theologies - Part Ii, Fernando Canale

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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The Drama Of Scripture: Finding Your Place In The Biblical Story / Craig G. Bartholomew And Michael W. Goheen [Book Review], Cristian Dumitrescu

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Calvin Bibliography 2005, Paul Fields

Calvin Bibliographies

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Book Reviews And Notes, Restoration Quarterly

Restoration Quarterly

Restoration Quarterly (2005) "Book Reviews and Notes," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 47 : No. 1.

This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 2005-2007, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

Vol.16 No.3 Summer (2005)

In Principio - 2000s

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Cd / Cs 670 Discipline For Evangelism And Social Justice, Richard Gray

Syllabi

REQUIRED READING: The following texts are required reading for the course. You are expected to be familiar with this material as it will form the basis for class discussion, lecture material. The required texts are: Sanders, Cheryl J. Ministry at the Margins: The Prophetic Mission of Women, Youth & the Poor. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997. *Miller, Haskell M., Social Ministry: An Urgent Agenda for Pastors and Churches. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2000. Richardson, Rick,. Evangelism Outside The Box. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000. *Posterski, Donald C., Reinventing Evangelism: New Strategies for Presenting Christ in Today’s World. Downers …

Book Reviews, Bill T. Arnold, Mattie Greathouse, Greg Carey, Howard A. Snyder, Joel H. Hunt, Greg Carey, Ruth Anne Reese, Michael Harstad, James Holsinger, Victor H. Matthews, Steven Tsoukalas

The Asbury Journal

The Hebrew God: Portrait of an Ancient Deity

Lang, Bernhard

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002

Reviewed By Bill T. Arnold

A Marginal Jew, vol. 3, Companions and Competitors

Meier, John P

New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, 2001

Reviewed By Mattie Greathouse

The Gospel of Mark: A Soda-Rhetorical Commentary

Witherington, Ill, Ben

Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2001

Reviewed By Greg Carey

After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity. Trans. Doug Scott

Voli, Miroslav

Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1998

Reviewed By Howard A. Snyder

The Literary Structure of the Old Testament: A Commentary …

Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Edgar S. Goins

Syllabi

The Book of Discipline, 2004; Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church; and Jack M. Tuell, The Organization of the United Methodist Church, (2005-2008 Edition).

Nt 520 New Testament Introduction, Ben Witherington

Syllabi

1) B. Witherington, The New Testament Story (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004). 2) B. Witherington, New Testament History, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001) pb. 3) B. Malina, The New Testament World, 2nd ed. (Louisville: Westminster/J. Knox, 1998) pb. 4) J.B. Green et. al. eds The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Downers Grove: I-V Press, 1993 (hb) 5) G.F Hawthorne et al. eds. The Dictionary of Paul and his Letters, Downers Grove: I-V Press, 1993 (hb). These two dictionaries are excellent reference

Cm 510 Foundations Of Campus Ministry, Chris Kiesling

Syllabi

Required Textbooks: Steve Shadrach, The Fuel and the Flame: Body Builders, 2003. Henri Nouwen. The Return of the Prodigal Son: Doubleday, 1992. Gordon MacDonald. Ordering Your Private World: Thomas Nelson, 1984. Robert Coleman. The Master Plan of Evangelism, Revell, 1994. Sharon Parks, Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Jossey Bass, 2000. Don Miller, Blue Like Jazz. Reading Packet: The following required articles are provided via electronic reserve: Jimmy Long, (1997) Chapter 3, Generating Hope, 55-79, Intervarsity Press. Joel Comiskey, (1999), Chapter 3 and 7, Reap the Harvest, 47-57, Touch Publications. Richard Mouw, (1992), Chapter 4, Uncommon Decency, 47-60, Intervarsity. Steve Moore, (1998), …

Bt 660 New Testament Theology, Joel B. Green

Syllabi

Course Reading — Required Fowl, Stephen, and L. Gregory Jones. Reading in Communion: Scripture and Ethics in Christian Life. Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1991. Green, Joel B., and Max Turner, eds. Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 2000. One of the following two titles: Caird, G.B., with L.D. Hurst. New Testament Theology. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God. Christian Origins and the Question of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996. One of the following three titles: Bauckham, Richard J. The Theology of the Book of Revelation. New …

Queen Mother: A Biblical Theology Of Mary's Queenship, Edward Sri

Marian Studies

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Bt 660 New Testament Theology, Joel B. Green

Syllabi

Course Reading — Required Fowl, Stephen, and L. Gregory Jones. Reading in Communion: Scripture and Ethics in Christian Life. Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1991. Green, Joel B., and Max Turner, eds. Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 2000. One of the following two titles: Caird, G.B., with L.D. Hurst. New Testament Theology. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God. Christian Origins and the Question of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996. One of the following three titles: Bauckham, Richard J. The Theology of the Book of Revelation. New …

Bs 502 Introduction To Biblical Studies, Ruth Anne Reese

Syllabi

Required Reading: The New Testament (RSV or NRSV or a similar translation) Bauer, David. Biblical Resources for Ministry. Nappanee, IN: Evangel, 1995. DeSilva, David An Introduction to the New Testament. Downers Grove: IVP, 2004. Thompson, David. Bible Study that Works. Nappanee, IN: Evangel, 1994. Willimon, William. Shaped by the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990. Recommended Reading: Achtemeier, Paul J. Inspiration and Authority: Nature and Function of Christian Scripture. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1999.

Ch 500 Turning Points In Church History, Meesaeng Lee Choi

Syllabi

REQUIRED TEXTS: 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 Address: First Class\Wilmore Campus\School of Theology\Lecture Power Points\Choi, Meesaeng\CH500).

Bs 501 Introduction To Biblical Studies, Christopher F. Morgan

Syllabi

Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Hendrickson, 2003. (=AGBR) Drane, John Introducing the Old Testament. Completely revised and updated. Fortress Press, 2001. (=IOT) Klein, William W., Craig L. Blomberg and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation: Revised and Updated. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993. Students may omit those sections dealing specifically with the New Testament. (= IBI) Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994. Offers an overview of and introduction to the “inductive biblical studies” approach. (= BSTW) One of the following translations of the Bible, preferably …

Mi 728 Mission And Gender, Eunice L. Irwin

Syllabi

Required Readings: Houghton, Frank L. 1953 Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur. Fort Washington, PA: Christian Literature Crusade. Robert, Dana L. 1997 American Women in Mission: A Social History of their Thought and Practice. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. 2002 Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers: Missionary Women in the Twentieth Century. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Stocks, Janet 1997 “Voices from the Margins: Evangelical Feminist Negotiation in the Public Debate of a Small Denomination in the United States” IN Mixed Blessings: Gender and Religious Fundamentalism Cross Culturally, Judy Brink and Joan Mencher, eds. New York and London: Routledge, pp. 59-71. Storkey, Elaine 2001 Origins …

Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Jeff Greenway

Syllabi

Book of Discipline (2004). Polity, Practice and the Mission by Thomas Frank.

Ch 500 Turning Points In Church History, Robert Moore-Jumonville

Syllabi

Kelly, J. N. D. Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom Ascetic, Preacher, Bishop. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995. Noll, Mark A. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Books, 2000. Placher, William C. Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Vol. 1 Placher, William C. Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Vol. 2

Bs 501 Introduction To Biblical Studies, Christopher F. Morgan

Syllabi

Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Hendrickson, 2003. (=AGBR) Drane, John Introducing the Old Testament. Completely revised and updated. Fortress Press, 2001. (=IOT) Klein, William W., Craig L. Blomberg and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation: Revised and Updated. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993. Students may omit those sections dealing specifically with the New Testament. (= IBI) Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994. Offers an overview of and introduction to the “inductive biblical studies” approach. (= BSTW) One of the following translations of the Bible, preferably …

Ch 501 Church History I, Robert Moore-Jumonville

Syllabi

Chesterton, G. K., St Francis of Assisi. New York: Image, 2001. Christian History, issue 40, The Crusades Gonzalez, Justo L. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1. New York: HarperCollins, 1985. Kelly, J. N. D. Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom Ascetic, Preacher, Bishop. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995. Oden, Amy. In Her Words. Nashville: Abingdon, 1994 Placher, William C. Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1988.

Co 520 Narrative Pastoral Counseling, Burrell D. Dinkins

Syllabi

Texts: Brandt, Kevin M. (1997) Story As A Way Of Knowing, Kansas City: Sheed & Ward Dinkins, Burrell D. (2005) Narrative Pastoral Counseling, Xulon Press. (You can purchase this book from the Cokesbury Bookstore, Amazon.com, or from Burrell Dinkins. Gretz, Stanley J. (1996) A Primer On Postmodernism Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Publishing Co. Monk, Winslade, Crocket and Epston: (1997) Narrative Therapy in Practice: The Archeology of Hope, San Francisco, California: Jossey Bass. White, Michael and David Epston. (1990) Narrative Means To Therapeutic Ends, New York: W.W. Norton & company.

Do 501 Basic Christian Theology, Allan Coppedge

Syllabi

TEXTBOOKS 1. Required: Thomas Oden, The Living God. ________, The Word Of Life. ________, Life In The Spirit. John Oswalt, Call To Be Holy. Mildred Wynkoop, Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology.

Hospital Chaplaincy Under The Hipaa Privacy Rule: Health Care Or Just Visiting The Sick, Stacey A. Tovino

Faculty Articles

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