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Principles Of Incorporating Spirituality Into Professional Clinical Practice, Thomas G. Plante

Psychology

Incorporating spirituality into contemporary professional clinical practice has become more common in recent years most notably with the popular interest of mindfulness meditation, mindfulness based stress reduction, and yoga in particular. However, many other spiritual and religiously based assessment and treatment approaches have also been successfully utilized with a great deal of evidence-based research to support their use and effectiveness. The purpose of this brief article is to outline several guiding principles for those professionals interested in integrating spiritual and religious wisdom and approaches into their professional clinical practices in the spirit of diversity and multiculturalism sensitivity and respect. Psychology …

Rediscovering The Bible For Involvement And Insights For Spiritual Growth For The Restoration Church Member, John F. Woodward

Doctor of Ministry

This dissertation proposes that many individuals in the Restoration Church, an early nineteenth-century American church movement founded by Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell that today includes hundreds of Churches of Christ/Christian Churches, are experiencing spiritual malnourishment, while finding in the tradition a lack of resources, rhetoric, or guidance to stem the hunger. Section 1 describes the influence of contextualization, tracing the history of the Restoration Movement back to its early philosophical and social influences that resulted in a rationalist and Biblicist interpretation of the Bible that focused primarily on conversion and church organization, while distracting attention from spirituality and divine …

Equipping A Local Congregation For Saturation Evangelism At The Emmaus Missionary Baptist Church, Willie David Mcclung Ii

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of the research project was to determine if a local church has failed to equip the congregation with the tools needed to share their faith, and saturate the local community with the Gospel message; and if so, to provide immediate training and test the results for its effectiveness at the Emmaus Missionary Baptist Church, Owings Mills, Maryland. Participants heard four consecutively evangelistic sermons, which were preached during the 10:45 a.m. worship service. In addition, after each sermon the participants attended a workshop that covered: (1) The biblical mandate, biblical definition, and meaning of evangelism; (2) The biblical method …

Life Satisfaction: A Study Of Engagement And The Academic Progress Of High School Students With Specific Learning Disabilities, Rebecca Dilling

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to understand how high school students with specific learning disabilities describe life satisfaction and its impact on student motivation, academic engagement, and academic progress. Bruner’s constructivist theory guided this research. Other theories included: Piaget’s cognitive development theory, Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory, Vygotsky’s social learning theory, Erikson’s psychosocial development theory, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, Bowlby’s attachment theory, Dewey’s brain-based learning theory, Glasser’s control theory of motivation, Bandura’s social cognitive theory, Deci and Ryan’s self-determination theory, and Bandura’s self-efficacy theory. Data collection tools included the researcher’s journal, classroom observations, student interviews, two student focus …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 122 - Lent / Easter (December 2016), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Worship Series: Freedom from Fear by Marcus Roskamp....3

The Final Hours by Chris Walker....8

Called to New Life by Kathryn Roelofs and Meg Jenista Kuykendall....26

Articles

Editorial: Contemplate the Grave by Joyce Borger....2

Q&A: The Holy Spirit in Worship by John D. Witvliet....39

A Primer on Congregational Fasting by J. E. Eubanks Jr.....42

On Worship Technology by Roderick Jager....44

For Pastors: Celebrating the Reformation Graciously by Scott Hoezee....47

Resources

Walk in His Steps by Christopher Wheeler....13

The Path to the Cross by Kelly VanderWoude....19

The Light Dawns by Patricia …

Spiritual Direction With Children The Next Natural Step In The Christian Historical Progression Of Children's Spiritual Formation, Lacy Finn Borgo

Doctor of Ministry

Children without a listening and guiding companion miss opportunities to build upon their connection with God and others. Historically, from a western Protestant viewpoint, Christians have struggled to understand or acknowledge, much less encourage, the reciprocal nature of a child’s life with God. Supporting the reciprocal nature of a child’s life with God includes acknowledging their full humanity by embracing childhood as a fully human state and therefore their need for a whole person spiritual formation. The institution of Sunday School, Godly Play, and the Children’s Spirituality Movement have each helped us to understand, acknowledge and encourage a child’s life …

Anticipating Advent, Douglas Deboer

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Consider how our lives might reflect a patient optimism for righteousness to prevail in our lives and for salvation to be our destiny."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­anticipation grounded in faith from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/anticipating-advent/

The Study On The Problems Of The Current Korean Churches, Hai Lee

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Christianity in South Korean experienced unusually rapid growth for almost 100 years: The revival of church members, the growth of prayer, worship, and evangelism. However, current Korean churches face many problems that have stopped the growth, and actually put the Korean church in a decline. The problems, but are not limited to, are unethical aspects of pastor; including tax problem, huge church constructions, and loving materials. Korean churches should know why these kinds of problems occur and what the solutions are. There are many studies regarding the development of Korean churches but there are few studies examining the problems of …

The "Lamb Of God" Title In John's Gospel: Background, Exegesis, And Major Themes, Christiane Shaker

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Abstract

This study focuses on the testimony of John the Baptist—“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” [ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου] (John 1:29, 36)—and its impact on the narrative of the Fourth Gospel. The goal is to provide a deeper understanding of this rich image and its influence on the Gospel. In an attempt to do so, three areas of concentration are explored. First, the most common and accepted views of the background of the “Lamb of God” title in first century Judaism and Christianity are reviewed. …

History Of The Camp-Meeting And Grounds At Wesleyan Grove, Martha's Vineyard, H. Vincent

Heritage Material

No abstract provided.

Exploding The Nuclear Family, Howard Schaap

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

No abstract provided.

Mysterium Tremendum Restored In The Life Of The Preacher, Sunggu Yang

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

What is your most unforgettable preaching experience? Did it happen just last week or last year? Or did it happen five or ten years ago? For me it happened immediately after my graduation from my M.Div. program.

I had arrived in New Haven from Atlanta after a twenty-hour drive to attend Yale Divinity School. I am rather a slow driver, and it had taken me almost three days and about ten fast food hamburgers to get to New Haven. That very afternoon, I got a phone call from the deacon of a local Korean American Methodist church. He said that …

Who Do Your Kids Look Like?, Leah A. Zuidema

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"We want our children to be more and more like their heavenly Father, and as parents, teachers, and mentors, we do our part to help them grow in this way."

Posting about growing Christ-likeness in our children from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/who-do-your-kids-look-like/

Advent Waiting, Gwen R. Marra

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"I often ponder on what it was like in the Old Testament: to know the promises of God, and yet to be in a time of intense waiting."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­trust and obedience during Advent from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/advent-waiting-2/

Language Of Arrival, Joshua Matthews

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"The theological problem with Arrival, then, is a seeming lack of the Christian virtue of hope."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the movie Arrival from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/the-language-of-arrival/

Raging Waters Of Advent, Teresa Terhaar

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Our baptism into Christ frees us and challenges us to move through the torrent of a broken world."

Posting about living under grace from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/the-raging-waters-of-advent/

Gratitude List, Marta Vander Top

Student Work

"No matter what is going on in your story at the moment…no matter the pain, the sorrow, and the hurt, there is always something to be grateful for."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­giving thanks all year round from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/gratitude-list/

Advent 1 One Year Series 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.

Advent 1 Series A 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.

Aspiration(S), James C. Schaap

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Achievement requires something outside of who we are, something like grace."

Posting about aspiring to achieve ­­­­­­­­from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/aspirations/

Race And Policing On The Second Anniversary Of Ferguson, Donald Roth

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"There’s a tendency to make each civilian death an indictment of all police and to make each officer death the fault of those who dare criticize police."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­changes in law enforcement from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/race-and-policing-on-the-second-anniversary-of-ferguson/

Propers 29 (Last Sunday Of The Church Year) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.

Between The World And Me, Michael Brown, And White Imagination, Howard Schaap

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"What can we do as Christians to support each other across racial lines?"

Posting about racial divide in America from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/between-the-world-and-me-michael-brown-and-white-imagination/

Become A Believer, Howard Schaap

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

No abstract provided.

The Faithful Flyer, 11-13-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Propers 28 (Pentecost 26) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.

The Faithful Flyer, 11-06-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

The Faithful Flyer, 11-20-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Finding Joy When It Isn't Easy, David J. Mulder

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Perhaps, you too have had moments in your life when you wonder, 'What is God doing?' In those moments, I encourage you to read Habakkuk."

Posting about perseverance through trials from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/finding-joy-when-it-isnt-easy/

Sola Wife, Scott Culpepper

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Debates over marriage were featured prominently in the early years of the Reformation movements."

Posting about the struggle over theological differences during the Reformation from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/sola-wife/