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Maybe A Lawyer Can Be A Servant; If Not…, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

Consider the way we American lawyers learn about the relationship between the church and the law: This grand constitutional and legal order we propose to serve is unfolded before us and built up in our minds and hearts; it comes to us out of multi-volume sets of course books, and, like the gods of Canaan, it comes to us as religious: Thomas Jefferson said America was God's New Israel; David Hoffman, the grandfather of legal ethics in America, spoke of the law as a temple and of us lawyers as priests who served in the temple; Law Day speakers commonly …

Book Reviews, Paul Anderson, T. Vail Palmer, Jr.

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Texts Are Always With You: Christians And Their Bibles, R. S. Sugirtharajah

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

What Christians call the Bible is a cultural, ideological, ritual, and spiritual depository of a people who live din West Asia. Although Christians perceive it as the Book (in spite of the implied plural meaning in Greek), it is a composition of several books, embodying the collective and individual divine-human encounters of two communities - Jews and the early converts to the Jesus movement in the Mediterranean region. The Bible has two testaments, to which the adjectives "Old" and "New" are prefixed. These adjectival prefixes give the impression that the one is outdated, archaic, and no longer applicable, and the …

The Sacred Times Prescribed In The Pentateuch : Old Testament Indicators Of The Extent Of Their Applicability, H. Ross Cole

Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the sacred times prescribed in the Pentateuch and to determine if the Old Testament itself contains indicators of the extent of their applicability. "Applicability" refers primarily to ongoing applicability throughout time. However, whether a sacred time will be universally applicable in the future may be directly related to whether it was ever meant to be universally applicable in the first place. Accordingly, this study entails a close examination of many different features of the Pentateuchal sacred times and their applicability.

Chapter 1 reviews relevant literature and describes the present investigator's methodology. On …

The Presence Of The Covenant Motif In Amos 1:2-2:16, Reinaldo W. Siqueira

Dissertations

The presence and use of the OT covenant(s) in the book of Amos has been a highly debated issue for the last century among OT scholars. The dissertation attempts to address this issue through an exegetical study of the "Oracles Against the Nations" of Amos 1:2-2:16. This pericope of Amos was chosen because it has played a central role in the argumentation that denies the existence of any notion of covenant in the book.

Chapter 1 introduces the controversy that surrounds the issue of the presence or absence of covenant in Amos, while chapter 2 surveys the scholarly debate and …

Choosing Life In The Midst Of Death: Holocaust Metaphors In Pastoral Counseling, David Robert Kaplan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Theological Purpose Of First Timothy As An Ethic For The Universal Church, Edward W. Raby Sr.

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Proposals For A Canonical Biblical Theology, Gerhard F. Hasel

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Becoming Children Of God: John's Gospel And Radical Discipleship [Review] / Wes Howard-Brook., Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Auss Honors Gerhard Hasel, Nancy Jean Vyhmeister

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

A Bibliography Of The Writings Of Gerhard Franz Hasel, Michael G. Hasel

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Biblical Theology And The Interpretation Of Messianic Texts, Walter C. Kaiser Jr.

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Accessing Theological Readings Of A Biblical Book, Elmer A. Martens

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

The Remnant And The New Covenant In The Book Of Jeremiah, Kenneth D. Mulzac

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Does Proverbs Promise Too Much?, Bruce Waltke

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Life Sketch: Gerhard F. Hasel, 1935-1994, C. Mervyn Maxwell

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

The Psychology Of Continence, Gintautas Vaitoska

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

He Hears The Cry Of The Poor: On The Spirituality Of Vincent De Paul, Robert P. Maloney, C.M.

Vincentian Digital Books

In He Hears the Cry of the Poor Robert Maloney addresses vital questions of religious communities today. His vision is filled with hope and promise as he discusses the renewal of community and prayer life, the apostolate, and the growing international character of communities. Throughout the book, Father Maloney puts into active and creative dialogue voices from the past and the present. Vincent and his spiritual friends come alive, not only as a force in seventeenth-century France, but as partners in conversation with men and women of today. This book is an excellent resource and guide for those who follow …

40 Years Of Church Growth: A View From The Theological Tower, Walter Russell Iii

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

I present these evaluative thoughts about the first forty years of the Church Growth Movement, and especially the first twenty-five years of the movement in North America (1970- 1995), with the humility appropriate to one person’s perspective on so vast and diverse a phenomenon as that of the Church Growth Movement.

Understanding Your Critics: An Outsider’S Analysis Of A Core Criticism Of The Church Growth Movement, Duane Litfin

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A call to proclamation evangelism rather than persuasion evangelism.

An Evangelistic Strategy For The Japanese In The Light Of Matthew's Concept Of Good Works And John Wesley's Concept Of Prevenient Grace, Motoo Yokoyama

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Reclaiming A Heritage, Richard T. Hughes

Restoration Quarterly

Hughes, Richard T. (1995) "Reclaiming A Heritage," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 37 : No. 3.

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.

The Cognitive Origins Of John’S Christological Unity And Disunity, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

No abstract provided.

From Pietism To Pluralism: Boston Personalism And The Liberal Era In American Methodist Theology, 1876-1953, Amos Yong

Dissertations and Theses

Boston personalism has generally been recognized as a philosophic system based upon a metaphysical idealism. What is less known, however, is that the founder of this school of thought and some of the major contributors to the early development of this tradition were committed members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The purpose of this study is to examine the contributions made by the early Boston personalists to the cause of theological liberalism in the Methodist Church. It will be shown that personalist philosophers and theologians at Boston University ushered in and consolidated the liberal era in Methodist theology. Further, it …

An Entry Level Lutheran Liturgy For Members And Guest, David Preuss

Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project

Influences inside and outside the Lutheran Church are pressing for change in worship style from liturgical to some free form alternative. Often the purpose is to make it easier for guests without a liturgical background to participate. How can Lutheran congregations and pastors make their worship service more "user-friendly” without abandoning their liturgical link with the church of all ages and places?

First, establish the essence of Lutheran liturgical worship. How did the Lutheran Reformation deal with the need for changes? How are pastors today attempting to resolve the issue? How do we evaluate these endeavors?

One resolution is to …

A Vacation Bible School Curriculum With Special Emphasis On Mission Work In Kazakhstan, Thomas Baker

Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project

The purpose of the study is to demonstrate a specific technique in teaching a Vacation Bible School course for the purpose of increasing cognitive and affective learning. In the cognitive area, the students are to learn more about what the Bible reveals as well as the opportunities for mission work in Kazakhstan. In the affective area, the students are not only to become aware of the reason for their own inner struggles but also to become concerned about reaching out to those who have as yet not heard the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In the area …

Racial Separation : The Cancer Of Structural Racism Within Evangelicalism, Keith Kei Sunahara

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Political Preaching: Treading The Razor's Edge, Eduard R. Riegert, Sarma Eglite

Consensus

Introduction and commentary by Eduard R. Riegert on S. Eglite's XVII Ecumenical Memorial Service Ottawa, 1989, with homilist's response.

Calvin Seminary Forum: April 1995, David Feddes, David Holwerda, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., James V. Brownson

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - What's the Connection? - David Feddes
3 - Clear Teaching - David Holwerda
4 - Reply to Feddes - Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
5 - Response to John Cooper's Inclusive Language for God - James V. Brownson
6 - Response to Brownson's Response - John Cooper
8 - Preach the Catechism - Wilbert M. Van Dyk

Volume 13, Number 3, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Spring 1995