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A Fresh Look At Two Genesis Creation Accounts: Contradictions?, Jiri Moskala

Faculty Publications

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Interpretation Of BereʼŠît In The Context Of Genesis 1:1-3, Jiri Moskala

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The Gospel According To God’S Judgment: Judgment As Salvation, Jiri Moskala

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The Validity Of The Levitical Food Laws Of Clean And Unclean Animals: A Case Study Of Biblical Hermeneutics, Jiri Moskala

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Justification By The Faithfulness Of Jesus Christ, Chad Harrington

The Asbury Journal

This essay focuses on Paul's description of justification by faith in Galatians 2:16. Scholars such as J.D.G. Dunn and N.T. Wright have recently challenged more traditional perspectives on justification. This essay appropriates some of these challenges to Paul's letter to the Galatians. The problem for Paul is that some Christians are distorting the gospel (Gall:7) and excluding Gentiles Christians (2:12-13). Paul's solution is gospel reorientation. Instead of being a Torah-focused church, he instructs the Galatian church to be Christ-centered. This essay examines justification, works of law, and faith/fulness to reveal Paul's rhetorical purposes by analyzing socio-rhetorical backgrounds and literary, grammatical, …

Toward Trinitarian Thinking In The Hebrew Scriptures, Jiri Moskala

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Sōma Sēma: The Influence Of “The Body Is A Tomb” In Early Christi An Debates And The New Testament, Gaye Strathearn

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As we study the second half of the New Testament, it becomes evident very quickly that the early Church struggled with doctrinal drift. One of the central responsibilities of having a Church with apostles and prophets, we learn in Ephesians, is so “that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive” (Ephesians 4:14). Therefore, most of Paul’s epistles were written to combat this doctrinal drift. But what happens when the people no longer listen to …

Old Testament Contributions To Ecclesiology: Engaging And Extending The Insights Of John Howard Yoder, John C. Nugent

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Conspicuously absent from ecclesiological literature is a volume dedicated exclusively to assessing the Old Testament‘s relevance to ecclesiology. With only a few exceptions, scant use is made of the Old Testament in ecclesiological primers and that use tends to be highly selective and often decontextualized. This dissertation argues that indepth engagement of the Old Testament furnishes a helpful context for ecclesiological reflection and that John Howard Yoder‘s canonical-directional approach to Scripture exemplifies such engagement. Though Yoder did not dedicate a treatise exclusively to the Old Testament‘s ecclesiological relevance, his numerous scattered essays on this topic evince a rich and coherent …

[Book Review Of] Tidings Out Of The Northeast: A General Historical Survey Of Daniel 11, By Marc Alden Swearingen, Denis Kaiser

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Finding The ‘World’ In Biblical Studies: God-Talk, Culture, And Hermeneutics In The Study (And Teaching) Of Faith, Gerald A. Klingbeil

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Summing Up A Life’S Work: Some Recent Festschriften In Biblical And Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Gerald A. Klingbeil

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The Message Of God's People In The Old Testament, Jiri Moskala

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Toward The Fulfillment Of The Gog And Magog Prophecy Of Ezekiel 38-39, Jiri Moskala

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Before Jeremiah Was: Divine Election In The Ancient Near East, Dana M. Pike

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FRAGMENTS OF GOSPEL TRUTHS are often detected by Latter-day Saint scholars studying ancient texts, especially texts from the ancient Near East. This essay focuses on one example of this phenomenon. Divine election—the academic designation for the choosing of people by deity for position and opportunity in mortal life—is a claim that is well attested in ancient Near Eastern texts, including the Hebrew Bible.¹ Latter-day Saints correlate certain aspects of this concept with premortal foreordination and are familiar with a few key biblical passages, such as Jeremiah 1:5, that feature divine election. However, many Latter-day Saints are less familiar with the …

The Faith Of Christ, Gaye Strathearn

Faculty Publications

AT THE 1988 MEETING OF THE Pauline Theology Group, a debate exploded that had been slowly percolating since the time of Martin Luther.¹ The debate focused on the translation and associated theological implications of eight passages (Romans 3:22, 26; Galatians 2:16, 20; 3:22, 26; Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:9).² Each of these passages consists of a phrase with the Greek word pistis (“faith”) in a genitive construction with a title for Jesus.³ Paul uses seven of them in his discussions of justification, showing how a believer is “made righteous.” The eighth passage, Ephesians 3:12, uses the genitive construction to describe how …

The Use Of People As Information Sources In Biblical Studies Research, David H. Michels

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

In this exploratory study, I examined the role that people play as informal information sources in biblical studies research. Using semi-structured interviews, I asked a group of seven biblical studies researchers specific questions about their information-seeking behaviour. The study demonstrated that the majority of the researchers regularly used people as information sources in their research. Sometimes they sought factual information from these sources but most frequently they sought affective information; they sought evaluation and affirmation from their colleagues regarding the direction of their research.

The President's Page: Creation—The Sine Qua Non Of Adventism, Jiri Moskala

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The President's Page: The New Constitution And Bylaws Of The Adventist Theological Society, Jiri Moskala

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Toward A Biblical Theology Of God's Judgment: A Celebration Of The Cross In Seven Phases Of Divine Universal Judgment (An Overview Of A Theocentric-Christocentric Approach), Jiri Moskala

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Book Review Of A Letter That Has Not Been Read: Dreams In The Hebrew Bible, By Shaul Bar, Jiri Moskala

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Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni And Friends (Fall 1996), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Fall 1996 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

How Much Is He Worth?, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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Priestly Mediator And Judge, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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Angry Love, Miroslav Kis

Faculty Publications

The question of God’s wrath is an old thorny problem for Christian theology. Simply expressed, one wonders how can a loving God be angry when anger is associated with a loss of temper, and a loss of self-control, and love is expressed in forbearance, patience, and graciousness. Can love be angry?

Yet, the scriptures speak often about an angry God (Nehemiah 1:6; Mark 3:5; and John 2:13-17).

Some treated this problem as only a human metaphor. Others as a pedagogical tool. Cultural anthropologists saw in it a vestige of primitive fear of taboos.

Lactantius claims that God is slow to …

Christ's Remnant People, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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God's Perpetual Gift To Man, Gerhard F. Hasel

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What Took Place In 1844, Edwin R. Thiele

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Gabriel's Testimony Concerning 1844, Edwin R. Thiele

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The Disciples' Prayer, James J. C. Cox

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The Sabbath And Human Relations, Sakae Kubo

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