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Murmuring Met With Mercy And Grace: An Examination Of The Pre-Sinai Wilderness Wanderings Traditions, Anna Rask
Murmuring Met With Mercy And Grace: An Examination Of The Pre-Sinai Wilderness Wanderings Traditions, Anna Rask
Master of Theology Theses
While various OT and NT authors may employ the wilderness wanderings traditions for their own purposes, the traditions themselves generally present the Israelites in a negative light. This negative presentation is primarily due to the murmuring motif. This essay revealed the stereotyped verbs and collocations of the motif in addition to the variety of forms the murmurings can take, a prominent form being an accusatory question. When the stereotyped verbs and collocations do not occur, it is the presence of an accusatory question with stereotypical content and language regarding the Israelites’ life in Egypt and their exodus that signals the …
Preaching The Law With The Gospel, Jonathan Saur
Preaching The Law With The Gospel, Jonathan Saur
Doctor of Ministry Theses
Preaching tools like the Revised Common Lectionary infrequently draw preachers to the legal texts of the Pentateuch, even though the New Testament, and especially the four Gospels, are heavily influenced by the legal texts of the Pentateuch. Congregations are at a disadvantage in understanding the New Testament message when one of the primary sources that shaped the New Testament is ignored. This study addresses this problem by utilizing relevant scholarship focused on New Testament interpretation of the legal texts to develop suggestions for preaching these texts. The four gospels are surveyed to glean insights into how they interpret the legal …
There Is A Word: Using A Queer Hermeneutic Toward Liberative And Prophetic Biblical Preaching, Dewayne L. Davis
There Is A Word: Using A Queer Hermeneutic Toward Liberative And Prophetic Biblical Preaching, Dewayne L. Davis
Doctor of Ministry Theses
Preaching to, for, and about LGBTQ people is too often characterized by ambivalence, homophobia, and microaggressions couched as speaking truth in love. And yet, the biblical text includes themes, images, and stories with liberating and prophetic messages for LGBTQ people that include and affirm them within the body of Christ. This thesis argues that preachers can proclaim a liberating, prophetic word for the LGBTQ people within their congregations by using a queer hermeneutic, the intentional and conscious interpretation of the biblical text using the experience, information, and knowledge about LGBTQ people as the lens through which to bridge the world …
Do You Hear What I Hear? Discernment And Dialogue In A Secular Age, Andrew J. Schlecht
Do You Hear What I Hear? Discernment And Dialogue In A Secular Age, Andrew J. Schlecht
Doctor of Ministry Theses
This Participatory Action Research (PAR) utilized a mixed methods approach to address an adaptive challenge in a Lutheran church in a bedroom community in a small town and rural setting. The research involved implementing PAR interventions that cultivated four spiritual capacities: see, hear, know, and say within the realm of faith formation. Results suggest the Holy Spirit initiated a process of cultural adaptation as participants began reframing their world view, having their missional imagination transformed, discerning the triune God’s active presence, and engaging in dialogue.
The Social Role Of Worship: A Reading Of Micah 6:1-8, Khin Win Kyi
The Social Role Of Worship: A Reading Of Micah 6:1-8, Khin Win Kyi
Master of Theology Theses
This thesis provides exegesis of Micah 6:1-8 with particular focus on the relationship between worship and social ethics, as well as a consideration of the implications of this passage for the Chin Christian community.
Nearer My God To Thee: How Biblical Preaching Fosters Intimacy With God, Warren Lee Domenick Jr
Nearer My God To Thee: How Biblical Preaching Fosters Intimacy With God, Warren Lee Domenick Jr
Doctor of Ministry Theses
We desire it. We long to be in its presence. We look for it in everything we see and hear and smell and touch and taste. We someday hope to have it surrounding us, holding us close. It is intimacy with God. Moreover, in it, we are somehow able to find a connection with God. Intimacy with God first belongs to God. God is the measure by which all intimacy is evaluated. Some would say that God is intimacy. God is revealed to us through intimacy which is both accurate and right; one might say, an intimacy that is authentic …
Real People, Real Faith, Real God: Encountering The Divine In Preaching Biblical Characters, Cynthia Halvorson
Real People, Real Faith, Real God: Encountering The Divine In Preaching Biblical Characters, Cynthia Halvorson
Doctor of Ministry Theses
Using the Action/Reflection method, this project examines sermons which aim at the heart by using character development within a storytelling sermon style. This thesis considers the effectiveness of intentional reimagining of biblical witnesses by overlying behavioral styles and archetypical fears and desires onto various characters of the Gospel of John. It designs a methodology for intentional development of characters and examines the responses of the listeners. It asserts the value of creating space within a sermon for the listener to encounter the Divine by identifying with the people of scripture.
(Re)Discovering A Midrashic Biblical Imagination For The Progressive-Liberal Community, Elisabeth R. Jones
(Re)Discovering A Midrashic Biblical Imagination For The Progressive-Liberal Community, Elisabeth R. Jones
Doctor of Ministry Theses
This thesis presents the case for the development of a sustainable community practice of midrashic biblical imagination as a catalyst for transformative engagement with the Bible in progressive Christian congregations. Notes that a midrashic imagination applied to the polyvalent testimonies of the biblical canon is an apt partner for post- modern, progressive congregations, whose theology embraces diversity, plurality, and critique of hegemonic structures. Uses a longitudinal qualitative methodology, with Appreciative Inquiry, to trace the various methods used for cultivating curiosity among Scriptural skeptics over nine years, concluding with the Midrashic Imagination Project, which involves the community in study, worship, preaching …
Liberating The Imago Dei: An Examination Of Jewish And Christian Feminist Biblical Anthropology, Carissa S. Wyant
Liberating The Imago Dei: An Examination Of Jewish And Christian Feminist Biblical Anthropology, Carissa S. Wyant
Doctor of Philosophy Theses
This study provides a comparative analysis of the work of Roman Catholic feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson and that of Jewish feminist theologian Judith Plaskow, who have both sought to reconstruct the Imago Dei (“image of God”) within their respective traditions. By way of this analysis, it makes a methodological and a substantive contribution. Methodologically, it expands on Elizabeth Schüssler-Fiorenza’s feminist critical approach to reading Scripture by relating it to Francis Clooney’s comparative theological approach to reading texts in religious traditions other than one’s own. Although there have been attempts at comparisons of various religious traditions from a feminist perspective, this …
And Their Eyes Were Opened: The Call To Paradox, Bruce L. Jacobson
And Their Eyes Were Opened: The Call To Paradox, Bruce L. Jacobson
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
The Spirit's Playground: How God Speaks Through Scripture To Develop Contagious Missional Imagination, Sarah Birkedal Nye
The Spirit's Playground: How God Speaks Through Scripture To Develop Contagious Missional Imagination, Sarah Birkedal Nye
Doctor of Ministry Theses
This mixed method Action Research project sought to answer the question: How might an AR intervention involving engaging Scripture playfully expand missional imagination? The study documented play in the engagement of Scripture within worship services, Bible study, and board meeting devotions. Appreciative Inquiry interviews and a congregational event provided insight into the growth of missional imagination in this congregation. Lenses employed include those of the theology of play, narrative imagination, the Bible as metanarrative, the creative Word made flesh, playful passages, and participation in the perichoretic relationship of the triune God. Missional leadership is imagined as perichoretic play.
From Victim To Agent Of Change: The Call To Co-Creation In Job, Marie-Louise Ström
From Victim To Agent Of Change: The Call To Co-Creation In Job, Marie-Louise Ström
Milton Prize Papers
No abstract provided.
When God Attacks: Using Mythology And Lament To Understand Exodus 4:24-26, Julia Olson
When God Attacks: Using Mythology And Lament To Understand Exodus 4:24-26, Julia Olson
MA Capstone Papers
No abstract provided.
An Effort To Demythologize Missional Pedagogy In An Attempted Decolonizing Of Biblical Studies With A View Toward A Constructive Alternative, Juan Dieter Doyle
An Effort To Demythologize Missional Pedagogy In An Attempted Decolonizing Of Biblical Studies With A View Toward A Constructive Alternative, Juan Dieter Doyle
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Dystopia And Individualism, Jacob Scott Anderson
Dystopia And Individualism, Jacob Scott Anderson
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Widowhood Care And Empowerment In 1 Timothy 1:3-16: A Case Study Of The Evangelical Methodist Church Of Christ As A Paradigm For African Instituted Churches, Millicent Yeboah Asuamah
Widowhood Care And Empowerment In 1 Timothy 1:3-16: A Case Study Of The Evangelical Methodist Church Of Christ As A Paradigm For African Instituted Churches, Millicent Yeboah Asuamah
Master of Theology Theses
No abstract provided.
Essential Characteristics Of Leadership : A Leadership Framework & Study Of Ancient And Contemporary Leaders, Brigitte Kathleen Leininger
Essential Characteristics Of Leadership : A Leadership Framework & Study Of Ancient And Contemporary Leaders, Brigitte Kathleen Leininger
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Since Jesus Lived For You : Incarnation In John's Gospel : A Feminist Model Of Atonement, Joanna Flaten
Since Jesus Lived For You : Incarnation In John's Gospel : A Feminist Model Of Atonement, Joanna Flaten
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Water And Wilderness In Jeremiah 2-15 : The Semantic Network Of Metaphors, Martin Isaac Patrick
Water And Wilderness In Jeremiah 2-15 : The Semantic Network Of Metaphors, Martin Isaac Patrick
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
The Case For Incorporating Evangelism Into Discipleship : Paul's Ministry To The Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 1:1-4:12), Richard J. Bosshardt
The Case For Incorporating Evangelism Into Discipleship : Paul's Ministry To The Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 1:1-4:12), Richard J. Bosshardt
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Answering The "How" Question Regarding Healing : The Story Of The Healing Of The Blind Man, Erin M. Diericx
Answering The "How" Question Regarding Healing : The Story Of The Healing Of The Blind Man, Erin M. Diericx
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Theodicy In The Book Of Job, Bernard Chuni Sande
Theodicy In The Book Of Job, Bernard Chuni Sande
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Purification By Fire : 2 Peter 3 And The Stoic Cosmos, Peter G. Speiser
Purification By Fire : 2 Peter 3 And The Stoic Cosmos, Peter G. Speiser
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Job 31 : The Sermon On The Mount In The Old Testament, Robert Dale Brown
Job 31 : The Sermon On The Mount In The Old Testament, Robert Dale Brown
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.