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Justification: The Just Shall Live By Faith, Robert E. Coleman

Papers

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The Person And Ministry Of The Holy Spirit, Kenneth Kinghorn

Papers

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Foundations For Mission, Emma Wild-Wood, Peniel Rajkumar

Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series

This volume provides an important resource for those wishing to gain an overview of significant issues in contemporary missiology whilst understanding how they are applied in particular contexts. Contributors from around the globe and from different Christian traditions explore foundations for mission. The chapters examine in what ways experience, the Bible, and theology are foundational for mission and how they together inform the missional thought of different traditions. The book also raises questions about the continued use of foundations as a helpful metaphor mission reflection and impetus.

Bible In Mission, Pauline Hoggarth, Fergus Macdonald, Knud Jorgenson, Bill Mitchell

Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series

To the authors of Bible in Mission, the Bible is the book of life, and mission is life in the Word. This core reality cuts across the diversity of contexts and hermeneutical strategies represented in these essays. The authors are committed to the boundary-crossings that characterize contemporary mission – and each sees the Bible as foundational to the Missio Dei, to God’s work in the world.

Enhancing The Koinonia At Camp Creek Baptist Church In Union Mills, North Carolina, By Expanding "Sacred Space", Tony Dwayne Mccraw

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Since the day of Pentecost, the defining characteristic of the church has been the extraordinary bond of unity and fellowship amongst Christians. Scripture refers to this intense sharing of life as koinonia. Fellowship, however, is often neglected in deference to earthly priorities.

This project aimed to inspire and enable the members of Camp Creek Baptist Church to practice the type of fellowship descriptive of first-century Christianity. Through studying Scripture, analyzing social demographics, and conducting statistical analyses, a solution for enhancing the koinonia. at CCBC emerged--namely, the regular gathering of its members into one another's homes, thereby expanding "sacred space."

The Book And Beyond, January 2013, Pepperdine University Libraries

The Book and Beyond and Faculty Newsletter

News, events, and initiatives from Pepperdine University Libraries from January 2013.

Sense-Making Bodies: Feminist Materiality And Phenomenology In Constructive Body Theologies, Heike Peckruhn

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Constructive body theology provides an ethical commitment to and a set of analytical principles for understanding bodily experience. If we insist upon the theological value of embodied experience, how can we give an adequate account of it? Are feminist appeals to the senses useful in developing theological truth claims based in embodied experiences? Feminist theologies which explicitly seek to overcome body/mind dualisms often reinscribe them when they neglect to attend to perception as a critical element of bodily experience. Phenomenological analyses of perception (such as suggested by Merleau-Ponty) strengthen and refine our conception of embodiment. Grounding constructive theology in experience …

A Divine Community Of Priests And Prophets: The Priesthood And Prophethood Of All Believers Motifs Considered Through Incorporated Trinitarianism, Raoul T. Perez

Theses and Dissertations

The "priesthood and prophethood of all believers" motifs are two theological perspectives which consider the function of all persons who make up the body of Christ to be as priests and prophets alongside their other callings. Historically though, proponents of the two motifs have neglected to interact them with one another; the priesthood motif simply casts Christians as priests and the prophethood motif depicts them solely as prophets. The perspectives have been siloed from one another, preventing a fuller understanding of both Christian identity and roles within the body of Christ. This thesis attempts to show how the two motifs …

Eschatology, Delbert R. Rose

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The Use And Abuse Of Power: A Study Of Principalities And Power, Gilbert M. James

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Man And Sin In The Perspective Of Biblical Theology, Fred D. Layman

Papers

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The Sôd Of Yhwh And The Endowment, William J. Hamblin

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

In the Hebrew Bible, the Sôd of God was a council of celestial beings who consulted with God, learned His sôd/secret plan, and then fulfilled that plan. This paper argues that the LDS endowment is, in part, a ritual reenactment of the sôd, where the participants observe the sôd/council of God, learn the sôd/ secret plan of God, and covenant to fulfill that plan.

Global Discipleship Communities Empowered By The Holy Spirit, Fueled By The Gospel For The Mission Of God, Andrew Bloemker

Doctor of Ministry

No abstract provided.

The Person And Work Of Jesus Christ, Robert W. Lyon

Papers

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Biblical Authority, G. Herbert Livingston

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Entire Sanctification, William M. Arnett

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Apologetics, Harold B. Kuhn

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"Review Of Mesopotamian Ritual-Prayers Of Hand-Lifting” (Akkadian Šuillas): An Investigation In Light Of The Idiomatic Meaning Of The Rubric", Dale Launderville Osb

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

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Covenant Of Redemption In The Theology Of Jonathan Edwards: The Nexus Between The Immanent And The Economic Trinity, Reita Yazawa

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Contemporary trinitarian theologies tend to hold that the doctrine of the Trinity, especially the immanent Trinity, became impractical, speculative, and abstruse over the years in the history of Christian theology. In response, the recent theologies of the Trinity explore various practical implications of the doctrine of the Trinity with emphasis on God’s economic work of redemption in history. However, the Reformed idea of the covenant of redemption helps us to reconsider whether the doctrine of the Trinity, even of the immanent Trinity, has been really so impractical. In this study, I argue that the Reformed idea of the covenant of …

Addressing Roman Jews: Paul's View On The Law In The Letter To The Romans, Dennis Haugh

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

For many years, Pauline scholars have wrestled with two related questions: (1) how did Paul envision the composition of the audience for his letter to Rome? (2) What did Paul see as the role of the Law in the community of Jesus followers? As to the first question, I contend that Paul wrote to an implied audience composed of non-Judeans who had first converted to Judaism and then acknowledge Jesus as Messiah, or who became Jews at the time of their acceptance of Jesus as Messiah. In either case, they adopted the beliefs and practices of the followers of Jesus …

Book Reviews, Ruth Anne Reese, Dale F. Walker, Randall Hardman, Robert A. Danielson, Brian Yeich

The Asbury Journal

Understanding Biblical Theology: A Comparison of Theory and Practice
Edward W. Klink III and Darian R. Lockett
Grand Rapids: Zondervan
2012, 193 pp. paper, $17.99
ISBN: 978-0310-49223-8
Reviewed by Ruth Anne Reese

Prepositions and Theology in the Greek New Testament
Murray J. Harris
Grand Rapids: Zondervan
2012, 304 pp. cloth, $42.99
ISBN: 978-0310-49392-1
Reviewed by Dale F. Walker

The New Testament: A Historical and Theological Introduction
Donald Alfred Hagner
Grand Rapids: Baker Academic
2012, 896 pp. cloth, $49.99
ISBN: 978-0-8010-3931-7
Reviewed by Randall Hardman

Contextualization in World Missions: Mapping and Assessing Evangelical Models
A. Scott Moreau
Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications …

On Hearing (Rather Than Reading) Intertextual Echoes: Christology And Monotheistic Scriptures In An Oral Context, James F. Mcgrath

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

While recent studies of the New Testament have found the methods of intertextuality and orality studies to be fruitful approaches, there has been insufficient interplay between the two. This article explores the capacity of hearers of texts to pick up on echoes of familiar texts, stories, and songs. Using as an example Paul’s interpretation of Scripture in connection with the topics of monotheism and Christology, the article suggests that, in the absence of explicit and emphatic statements of the difference or distinctiveness of his views, Paul’s allusions to key monotheistic texts would have been understood to indicate Paul’s agreement with …

The Role Of Nature In The Eschatology Of George Macdonald’S Unspoken Sermons, Joshua Wise

North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies

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John The Baptist And The Jewish Setting Of Matthew, Brian C. Dennert

Dissertations

Although recent discussions on the Gospel of Matthew have emphasized the document's setting within first-century Judaism, these studies have not analyzed how the figure of John the Baptist functions within this setting. The failure to address the significance of the Baptist for the Gospel's Jewish setting is striking because recent study on the historical Baptist has emphasized his ministry and place within first-century Judaism. Therefore, this dissertation places a perennial topic within a new framework, believing that attention to the Jewish setting of the Gospel may prompt fresh observations and explanations of the role of John the Baptist within the …

Asbury Theological Seminary Academic Catalog : 2013-2014, Asbury Theological Seminary

Academic Catalogs

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Christ’S Death For Sinners, Norm Mathers

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Christ’s Death for Sinners “for all have sinned and they themselves fall short of the glory of God being justified freely by his grace through the redemption which in Christ Jesus:” (Romans 3:23-24) [author’s translation]

Hearing The Voices Of Those Who Are Educating For Shalom: What They Are Saying About Institutional Vision, Missional Goals, And Educational Models, Patricia R. Harris

Doctor of Education (EdD)

For the past 30 years, philosopher and educator, Nicholas Wolterstorff, has been speaking and writing about the multi-faceted, biblical idea of shalom and the phrase, educating for shalom. This study describes and analyzes the content of more than 100 voices of Christian higher educators who have written about the idea of educating for shalom as it refers to institutional vision, missional goals, and educational models. Within the context of this study, Wolterstorff's ideas about educating for shalom frame these educators' ideas in Chapter 3, as a summary of his ideas from his writings and speeches are presented in Chapter 2, …

Friendship With God In The African Context, Emmanuel Takyi

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Responding Biblically And Missiologically To The Threat Of Religious Syncretism, Boubakar Sanou

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Death And Resurrection In John 11: Implications For Seventh-Day Adventist Mission In Africa, Michael Akpa, Sampson Nwaomah, Gaius Umahi

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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