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Luke 15: The Heart Of God, Terry N. Barnes

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

The fifteenth chapter of Luke recounts a contentious exchange between Jesus and the Pharisees, a confrontation where the Pharisees essentially attacked the moral character of Christ. After all, he accepted the company of wretched sinners.

In response to this grumbling, Jesus told them “this parable” (Luke 15:3). Yet what followed was not one but rather three stories: the story of the lost lamb, the lost coin, and what is commonly but incorrectly known as the prodigal son.

Yet these three stories are merely a three time recounting of a unified message. They were told to the same audience, they have …

Pascal Was No Fideist, David J. Baggett

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Review: Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People's Hearts The Way Jesus Did, William E. Brown

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

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Review: Invading Secular Space, William E. Brown

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

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Review: The Advancement: Keeping Faith In An Evolutionary Age, William E. Brown

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

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Review: Church Next, William E. Brown

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

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Reports Relating To The Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting Of The Society, James A. Borland

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Preaching In The 'Hear' And Now: Justification, Development, And Assessment Of 'Parabolic Engagement' Pedogogy In French-Speaking Missionary Settings, Daniel Sheard

Faculty Dissertations

This thesis argues the utility of ‘parabolic engagement’ method for preachers and listeners in the French Antillean context. The opening chapter defines key terms and clarifies how this imaged sermonic style addresses the listening habits of targeted audiences. It explains that figured delivery is often context-interpretive, involving a more personal, experiential decoding by the listener. Engagement technique increases auditor involvement and creates unique communicative rapport. The chapter points out that the entire experimental process validates the usefulness of the pedagogy. Part One addresses the theological rationale for ‘parabolic engagement’ method. Chapter Two reviews appropriate literature with respect to engagement. Chapter …

Guiding Preachers In Development Of Narrative Skills For Sermon Illustrations, Austin B. Tucker

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

Preachers can and must cultivate storytelling skills. They may find help in a Narration Worksheet charting the essential elements of story: plot, setting, character, point of view, and unity. A Plot Movements Worksheet helps keep the narrative flowing from situation, through stress and searching to solution and a new situation.

Empiricism, Edward N. Martin

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Review: There Shall Be No Poor Among You: Poverty In The Bible, Donald L. Fowler

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Review: Systematic Theology: Prolegomena, James A. Borland

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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