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Cortez's " Christological Anthropology In Historical Perspective" (Book Review), Elijah Hosse

The Christian Librarian

Cortez, M. (2016). Christological anthropology in historical perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. 264 pp. $ 27.99. ISBN 9780310516422

Rubin's "The Complete Jewish Study Bible: Insights For Jews & Christians" (Book Review), Jill Botticelli

The Christian Librarian

Rubin, B. (Ed.). (2016). The complete Jewish study Bible: Insights for Jews & Christians. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 1990 pp. $49.95. ISBN 9781619708679

Bauer's " Essential Bible Study Tools For Ministry" (Book Review), Anne Mead

The Christian Librarian

Bauer, D. R. (2014). Essential Bible study tools for ministry. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press. 410 pp. $45.99. ISBN 9781426755170

Schreiner's "Faith Alone: The Doctrine Of Justification" (Book Review), Mark Hanson

The Christian Librarian

Schreiner, T. (2015). Faith alone: The doctrine of justification. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. 284 pp. $19.99. ISBN 9780310515784

Yarnell's "God The Trinity: Biblical Portraits" (Book Review), Charles Huckaby

The Christian Librarian

Yarnell, M. B., III. (2016). God the trinity: Biblical portraits. Nashville, TN: B & H Academic. 260 pp. $29.99. ISBN 9781433680748

Vandrunen's "God’S Glory Alone: The Majestic Heart Of Christian Faith And Life" (Book Review), Mark Tubbs

The Christian Librarian

VanDrunen, D. (2015). God’s glory alone: The majestic heart of Christian faith and life. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. $16.99. ISBN 9780310515807.

Hauerwas, S., & Willimon, W. H.'S "The Holy Spirit" (Book Review), Deborah Mcconkey

The Christian Librarian

Hauerwas, S., & Willimon, W. H. (2015). The Holy Spirit. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press. 67 pp. $19.50. ISBN 9781426778636

Bellinger's "Jesus V. Abortion: They Know Not What They Do." (Book Review), James Sauer

The Christian Librarian

Bellinger, C.K. (2016). Jesus v. abortion: They know not what they do. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. 340pp. $66.00. ISBN 9781498235051

Oeming, M., & Schmid, K.'S "Job’S Journey: Stations Of Suffering" (Book Review), Deborah Hunt

The Christian Librarian

Oeming, M., & Schmid, K. (2015). Job’s journey: Stations of suffering. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 110 pp. ISBN 9781575063997

Howard's "Lavish Grace: Poured Out, Poured Through, And Overflowing" (Book Review), Noelle Keller

The Christian Librarian

Howard, K. (2016). Lavish grace: Poured out, poured through, and overflowing. Birmingham, AL: New Hope Publishers. 172 pp. $12.99. ISBN 9781625915030

Thompson's "The Virtual Body Of Christ In A Suffering World" (Book Review), Deborah Mcconkey

The Christian Librarian

Thompson, D. A. (2016). The virtual body of Christ in a suffering world. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press. 144 pp. $19.99. ISBN 9781501815188

Challies' "Visual Theology: Seeing And Understanding The Truth About God" (Book Review), Linda Poston

The Christian Librarian

Challies, T., & Byers, J. (2016). Visual theology: Seeing and understanding the truth about God. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. 155 pp. $17.99. ISBN 9780310520436

Bird's "What Christians Ought To Believe: An Introduction To Christian Doctrine Through The Apostle’S Creed" (Book Review), Mark Tubbs

The Christian Librarian

Bird, M. F. (2016). What Christians ought to believe: An introduction to Christian doctrine through the Apostle’s Creed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. $24.99. ISBN 9780310520924.

The New Perspective On Paul And The Correlation With The Book Of James, Zach M. Scott

Senior Honors Theses

The New Perspective on Paul is a new theory of how to interpret the Pauline epistles through the lens of first century Judaism. Three of the leading scholars that hold to the New Perspective are E.P. Sanders, James D.G. Dunn, and N.T. Wright. These men have done their best to defend the New Perspective of Paul, but have not adequately used, or explained the arguments set forth in the book of James, specifically found in James 2:14-26. The New Perspective fails to either give an analysis of James through the proposed lens of the New Perspective, or show how the …

An Impossible Standard: The Virgin Mary And The Construction Of Southern Womanhood, Dean Symmonds

Undergraduate Research Awards

This paper examines Southern literature about white women in its religious and cultural contexts to illuminate the deeply embedded connections between the figure of the Virgin Mary and the archetypes of the white Southern Belle and Dixie Madonna, and reveal both a complex web of cultural constructions designed to control, critique, and constrain Southern women, and how women use those constructions to free themselves.

The Rationale For Canonical Theology: An Approach To Systematic Theology After Modernism, John C. Peckham

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

What should systematic theology look like after modernism? Many recent answers to this question revolve around the communitarian turn, advocating the retrieval/ressourcement of Christian tradition in order to address the situation after the failure of modernity. While advancing a cogent criticism of modernism, however, communitarianism may jeopardize the functional priority of Scripture as canon. This article introduces and explains the rationale for canonical theological method as an alternative for the theological landscape after modernism.

Whereas communitarian approaches adopt a community-determined, normative, and extra-canonical interpretive arbiter of doctrine, canonical theology views the biblical canon as the uniquely authoritative and sufficient …

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Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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The “Minimal Facts Of The Resurrection” Argument Applied To Islam, Jacob Kounter

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis explores the “minimal facts” argument, an argument established by Dr. Gary Habermas concerning the minimal historical facts surrounding the death of Jesus of Nazareth that a majority of scholars, both Christian and non-Christian, attest to. It will specifically address mainstream Islamic arguments against the historicity of the resurrection. The Islamic view maintains that Jesus of Nazareth was either not crucified or that he survived his crucifixion, while Christianity posits that Jesus was crucified and resurrected. The essay examines scholarship from Muslims, Christians, and secular Atheist/Agnostics, and concludes that the biblical view of the resurrection is backed by historical …

Arminianism And Molinism On Divine Foreknowledge, Nathan S. Justice

Senior Honors Theses

Evidence is examined concerning the coherence of divine foreknowledge as defined by Arminianism and Molinism. Arminianism argues that God has complete and infallible knowledge of the future, and attempts to simultaneously maintain a strong view of libertarian freedom. Molinism agrees with the Arminian stance on foreknowledge and human freedom, but argues that middle knowledge must also be posited for God to have strong providential control over His creation. It is argued that Molinism better accounts for the biblical data and provides a more coherent theological and philosophical position, since Arminianism cannot provide a strong theory of providential control. Subsequently, a …

Prayerbook Of Christ, Prayerbook Of The Church: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’S Christological Interpretation Of The Psalms, Brad Pribbenow

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

Pribbenow, Brad A. “Prayerbook of Christ, Prayerbook of the Church: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological Interpretation of the Psalms.” Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 2017. 260pp.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), German Lutheran theologian and pastor, is known as an ethicist, church reformer, political resistor, seminary professor, and martyr. Yet overlooked by many scholars is his contribution to the history of interpretation of the Psalms. Bonhoeffer’s interpretive approach toward the Psalms, which shares many characteristics of pre-critical exegesis, is built on a two-pronged hermeneutic emphasizing the relationship of the Psalms to prayer and to Jesus Christ the Crucified One. The distinguishing mark of his unique …

Easter 2 One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

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Easter 2 Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

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Towards A Theology Of The Single Mother, Stephanie Townes

Seminary Masters Theses

Families are changing. The white picket fence nuclear family with a mother, father, 2.2 kids and a dog is no longer the norm for American society. Families look less and less like “traditional families.” Blended families, children born out of wedlock, cohabitation, step-families, multigenerational families, adopted children, single parent families, foster parents, and homosexual partners raising children are all part of the fabric of society. Society has changed so much that, as feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether points out, “it is no longer possible to speak of one predominant “normative” model of family.”

The Ancient Doctrine Of The Two Ways And The Book Of Mormon, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Scholars have long recognized that a number of ancient cultures shared a traditional doctrine of the Two Ways that could be used to instruct youth and others in the right way to live their lives. While the language of the Two Ways surfaces on occasion in both the Old and New Testaments, the doctrine is not developed or explained in any detail in the Bible. However, noncanonical texts of the Greco-Roman period display a highly developed and stylized form of the doctrine in both Jewish and Christian traditions. The earliest known version of these stylized forms of the doctrine occurs …

Resurrection Of Our Lord (Sunrise) One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

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Resurrection Of Our Lord One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

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Easter Day Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

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53 People In The [Hebrew] Bible Confirmed Archaeologically, Lawrence J. Mykytiuk

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

This is a list, with end-note documentation, of 53 people in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament who are strongly identified in published inscriptions of known authenticity, in most instances from during or quite close to their lifetimes. It includes people from ancient Egypt, Moab, Aram-Damascus, the northern kingdom of Israel, the southern kingdom of Judah, Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia.

The intent is to include only well-grounded, strong identifications that can be trusted.

Mykytiuk's publications firmly reject the haphazard, "flying by the seat of the pants" approach of numerous online lists which are created without explicit criteria or by suspect use of …

Shem, Shem, I Know Your Name: Tracing The Significance Of Naming In Genesis, Wesley Walker

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Textual or Investigative

The Makings Of An Ep: From Silence To Portable Sounds, Emily Ream

Senior Honors Theses

The creation of an EP is a process that requires skills in multiple areas. Once, creating an EP was only available to those who garnered resources and support from a record label. However, an increasing number of aspiring musicians are writing, recording, and making their music available for download or purchase without the assistance of a record label. Doing this successfully and excellently requires application of knowledge in areas such as literature, theology (for Christian artists), music theory, music technology, and marketing. This thesis will describe one process used to turn inspiration into a tangible product that one can purchase …