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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

Blackhouse's "Kierkegaard: A Single Life" (Book Review), Kristin Vargas

The Christian Librarian

Backhouse, S. (2016). Kierkegaard: A single life. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 304 pp. $24.99. ISBN 9780310520887

Gushee, D. P., & Stassen, G. H.'S "Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus In Contemporary Context (2nd Ed.)" (Book Review), Rory Patterson

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Gushee, D. P., & Stassen, G. H. (2016). Kingdom ethics: Following Jesus in contemporary context (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 550 pp. $40.00. ISBN 9780802874214

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

Bennett's "Using The Bible In Practical Theology: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives" (Book Review), Jeff Gates

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Bennett, Z. (2014). Using the Bible in practical theology: Historical and contemporary perspectives. New York: Routledge. 160 pp. $31.96. ISBN 9781472456229

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

Musical Worship As A Pentecostal Sacrament: Toward A Soteriological Liturgy, Richard I. Griggs

Selected Honors Theses

This paper seeks to articulate a Pentecostal theology of worship within the framework of sacramental spirituality, asserting that music as a form of worship is a Pentecostal sacrament. After offering a literature review on the topic, the paper articulates Pentecostal sacraments as essentially participatory, transformative, and communally unifying physical actions which facilitate meaningful participation in the story of God through kinesthetic catechesis, dialectic temporality, and mutual epiclesis. It then explores the ways in which music aligns with this sacramental nature and function, recognizing music as a Pentecostal sacrament of the felt presence of the divine. Next, support for this assertion …

Psalms, Hymns, Or Spiritual Songs?: A Millennial’S Journey With The Worship Wars, Courtney E. Fritz

Selected Honors Theses

Since the 1980’s, the rise of popular and rock n’ roll music has had a significant impact on the music in Protestant churches. The emergence of the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) industry, fueled by the popularity of these types of music, changed how many churches use music in their gatherings. The widespread use of popular music in the church (often causing hymnals to be discarded) caused a major rift among congregations, a term coined the “worship wars.” This argument is still being fought today. This paper is designed to give an overview of other times in history when the church …

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

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

Paicardo's "Funding Ministry With Five Loaves And Two Fishes" (Book Review), Nancy Warwick

The Christian Librarian

Paicardo, R. (2016). Funding ministry with five loaves and two fishes. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press. 124 pp. ISBN 9781501818929

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

Walk Through The Poem: "Believing Green" By Christian Wiman, Shelbi Gesch

Student Work

"There’s magic in the sound and the rhythm of Wiman’s lines."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Christian Wiman's poetry from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/a-walk-through-the-poem-believing-green-by-christian-wiman/

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.

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 …

Resurrection Of The Dead, Gwen R. Marra

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"We press on as people of the resurrection, so that we can 'experience life to the full'."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Christ's victory over death from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/the-resurrection-of-the-dead/

Child-Like Faith, Bekah Mead

Student Work

"I am afraid to admit that it is far easier to be like Thomas, needing proof as foundation for belief."

Posting about believing without seeing from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/child-like-faith/

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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First Suffragette, James C. Schaap

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Mary's Easter morning visit to Jesus' tomb from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/the-first-suffragette/

The Shack (Movie Review), Joshua Matthews

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"[The Shack] deals head-on with the vexing questions of why a good God allows evil to exist and why people have to suffer."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the movie The Shack from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/the-shack/

The First Crusade: The Forgotten Realities, Jonathan Chang

Young Historians Conference

In the Middle Ages, Europe saw a great amassing of thousands of lords, knights, and ordinary people for an extraordinary expedition into the Holy Land. This event was called the First Crusade. The First Crusade was one of the more successful crusades, however, this fact is overshadowed by the negatives of the crusades. My paper explores the reasons for how the crusaders were able to be victorious in the First Crusade.

Haunted By The Father: The Poetry Of Li-Young Lee, Howard Schaap

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"In Lee’s poetry I find myself sharing the experience of being a lost son in a father’s world."

Posting about Li-Young Lee's poetry from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/haunted-by-the-father-the-poetry-of-li-young-lee/

Lasting Promise, Ed Starkenburg

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"You have a delightful inheritance and a faith that results in salvation and everlasting life."

Posting about celebrating new life in Christ from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/a-lasting-promise/

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.”

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

No abstract provided.

Easter Day Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.

Stained Forever By A Sanguine Glow, David Schelhaas

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"It is National Poetry Month and I want to celebrate the month with a little essay about the poet Richard Wilbur and his poem 'October Maples.'"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the delight in Richard Wilbur's poetry from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/stained-forever-by-a-sanguine-glow/