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An Open Door: A Communion Meditation, Lee Crowder

Leaven

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What Shall Prevent Me? Even Me. . .From Full Participation In The Kingdom, Claire Davidson Frederick

Leaven

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Finding Their Voices--A Rhetorical Reflection, Gary S. Selby

Leaven

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Women And Order In The Household Of God, Richard T. Hughes

Leaven

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Out Of The Frying Pan Into The Fire, Josh Love

Leaven

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All People (And All Things) Made New, Lee Smith

Leaven

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Intentional Diversity In The Church Of The Nativity, Don Mclaughlin

Leaven

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Cruciformed: In The University, Robert M. Randolph

Leaven

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Cruciform Communication As Transformative Truth-Seeking, Lauren Smelser White

Leaven

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A Cruciform Template For Unity In Ephesians 2.11-22, Jason W. Locke

Leaven

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The Cruciform Church: Twenty-Five Years Later, Leonard Allen

Leaven

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Editor's Notes

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Table Of Contents

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Table Of Contents

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Advent 1 Series B 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the First Sunday of Advent, Series B and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching.

The Echo: December 1, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Tree lighting set for Sunday – Public professionals – Dressing for December – Purple poll – Another ship set to sail – Bree’s Beat international News – Students reflect on Puerto Rican crisis – The Branch: More than just coffee dates – No, there will not be a study guide for this – Dead before dead week – Party in Marion like its 1817 – President passes new purple palette – Sumo wrestling with Santa in Gerig – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Sing Noel Comes to Town – Shout to the Lord, all the earth – Film …

Justin Martyr, Irenaeus Of Lyons, And Cyprian Of Carthage On Suffering: A Comparative And Critical Study Of Their Works That Concern The Apologetic Uses Of Suffering In Early Christianity, Aaron Kilbourn

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Suffering in Early Christianity has often been highlighted in martyrdom and the stories surrounding the persecution of the Early Church. The biblical idea of redemptive suffering was not an afterthought to the Christian community or part of what Joyce Salisbury calls, “the unintended consequences of ancient violence,” but it appears to be part and parcel of the Early Christian community as they sought to live faithfully to Christ’s teachings. As the Early Church lived out redemptive suffering, it became apparent to the surrounding culture and critics of Christianity that their suffering was different and it pointed to something else. Through …

Learning To Pray The Lord’S Prayer For Spiritual Transformation At Tachikawa Church Of Christ, Naoyoshi Fukushima

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT

This thesis describes a project to lead the members of Tachikawa Church of Christ to learn and experience the power and blessings of praying the Lord’s Prayer for spiritual edification and maturity. The program consisted of eight weeks of learning the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer and doing spiritual exercises. To provide a theological foundation for this project, I delivered eight sermons on the Lord’s Prayer with strong emphasis on the relational nature of the prayer.

Those who engaged in the spiritual exercises were given opportunities to experience joy, peace, and correction as they tried to live in harmony …

The Tough Wedge: Reformation Now And Onward, Matthew R. Anderson

Consensus

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Actions And Words: Luther And James Through An Alternative Hermeneutical Lens, Daniel Maoz

Consensus

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A Blessing To All Nations: Examining Call Narratives In The Hebrew Bible, Brianna Rideout

Honors College

In the New Testament, Jesus tells his followers to go into the world and preach the good news of the kingdom of God. One aspect of this kingdom is God’s love for all creation. However, the missional call in the Old Testament has been largely ignored. Some Old Testament scholars have argued in favor of a mission to the nations in the Hebrew Bible on the basis of Isaiah 40-55. Others have argued against it saying that the prophetic message here is for reform directed toward their own community. Still, the genre of the call narrative and its role in …

Portrayals Of The Pharisees And The Sadducees In The Qumran Texts And Josephus, Kenneth Atkinson

Faculty Publications

The accuracy of Josephus's portrayals of the three major schools of Jewish thought, namely the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes, continues to be the subject of scholarly debate. A related issue is whether he accurately portrayed the relationships between theses haireseis and the Hasmoneans. This paper uses a variety of Qumran texts often ignored in Josephus studies to suggest that Josephus correctly described political and religious alliances between the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the members of the Hasmonean royal family.

The Black Church And Community: A Model For Church Community Engagement And Development, Brye Mcmillon

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This project examines the role of the Black Church in the development of the African American Community and seeks to encourage churches to embrace this role. Support for communities by churches in rural North Alabama is key to improving living conditions and achieving biblically based outreach. This project investigates the church’s theological duties for community outreach and provides a biblical mandate as a part of a larger community development model, while preparing ministry teams for outreach. This paper will consider the equipping methodology that leads to a trained ministry team able to reach, identify, and fulfill the needs of the …

Stott's "Confess Your Sins: The Way Of Reconciliation" (Book Review), Kyle Diroberts

The Christian Librarian

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Weaver's "Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World: Finding Intimacy With God In The Busyness Of Life" (Book Review), Julie Ellis

The Christian Librarian

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Kenya's "The Power Of A Woman: You Are Not Ordinary" (Book Review), Vonda Henderson

The Christian Librarian

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Davis' "Rational Faith: A Philosopher's Defense Of Christianity" (Book Review), Jeff Gates

The Christian Librarian

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Same Titles, Different Formats: Does Print Or Electronic Get More Use?, Alex Rolfe, Merrill Johnson

The Christian Librarian

This article examines the use of both print and electronic monographs at George Fox University libraries over a period of thirty-three months for 8,500 titles that were held in both formats. Results indicate that print is more likely to be used than electronic. The implications of the findings, as well as related factors determining future decision making relative to format, are discussed.

Duncan's "Ecclesiastes" (Book Review), Larry Wild

The Christian Librarian

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Gallaty's "The Forgotten Jesus: How Western Christians Should Follow An Eastern Rabbi" (Book Review), Lindsay Hallam

The Christian Librarian

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