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Shall Be Bright At Last: Reflections On Suffering And Hope In The Letters Of Paul, Nijay Gupta, Martha Byrne Van Houten, Sarah Swartzendruber, Alec Ward, Martha Ekhoff, Anna S. Carlson, Jared Bucko, Paul C. Moldovan, Alex Finkelson

Monographs

These nine essays on suffering offer exercises in Christian hope. The contributors reveal honest and tender wounds of the many harsh realities of life in a broken world awaiting full redemption. They meditate on Paul's holy words that teach us to pray with expectation and live by faith. They encourage fellow pilgrims to trust the path and stick together.

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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 …

Preaching The Witness Of Last Words: How Biblical Farewell Speeches Shape Contemporary Listeners' Theological Legacy, Derek J. Engfelt

Doctor of Ministry Theses

This project explores several last words speeches in Scripture, in an attempt to mine core theological convictions. It considers the subject of theological legacy. It seeks to ascertain whether or not the preaching of last words of witness will be effective in influencing listeners’ consideration of their own cherished spiritual values. By means of a series of six sermons the author endeavored to encourage listeners to incorporate into their own lives of faith the treasured spiritual values that have been passed down to them as a theological legacy and to give greater thought as to what core theological convictions they …

Preaching Hope: Young Adult Fantasy And Science Fiction As Conversation Partners With Scripture, Kathleen Monson Lutes

Doctor of Ministry Theses

This thesis treats young adult science fiction and fantasy as a conversation partner with scripture, particularly but not limited to themes of apocalypse, revelation, and end-times, for the purposes of preaching God’s love and hope in a chaotic world. Included in this conversation is The Hunger Games trilogy, Divergent trilogy, A Wrinkle in Time, The Last Battle, and Warm Bodies. The dominant themes discussed are prophecy, sin/evil/repentance, resistance, and the Great Battle. This work provides a voice for preaching difficult themes, including end-times, in a world of fear and darkness. It particularly offers an example for preaching the timelessness of …

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 …

The Reflective Preacher: Effective Habits For Homiletical Self-Assessment, Brenda Froberg Legred

Doctor of Ministry Theses

Biblical preaching is the key to church growth and health. Research shows that people are choosing not to worship because of mediocre messages from the pulpit. Yet, people are hungry for what God has to say about their life and context. The pastor-preacher must take the preaching task very seriously, devoting time and energy to the endeavor and seeking to continually improve their craft. The problem is that most pastors do not develop effective habits for homiletical self-assessment. This researcher will offer strategies and tools for faithful preaching and ideas for becoming a more reflective preacher. There are acquired skills …

Invisible Poverty: Awareness, Attitudes, And Action, Joseph W. Johnson

Doctor of Ministry Theses

In small-town rural America, we do not tend to see poverty. Poverty is relatively invisible, especially among our youth and children. Invisible Poverty explores the issues, challenges, stereotypes, and causes of small-town rural poverty while presenting possible solutions. Drawing from Alvin Luedke, Craig Van Gelder, Alan Roxburgh, Patrick Keifert, Cynthia Duncan, and Shannon Jung, Invisible Poverty presents a missional theology of accompaniment seeking justice and avoiding shame. In an effort to understand the complexity of rural poverty, Invisible Poverty asks; How might Action Research interventions affect awareness, attitudes, and actions of the congregation concerning the issues of poverty?

Proclaiming Jubilee: Preaching That Sets Women Free, Jennifer Michelle Benson Moran

Doctor of Ministry Theses

In Luke 4, Jesus outlines his mission: to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and free the oppressed. Yet the marginalization and oppression of women have been structurally normalized throughout history, both in secular society as well as Christian culture. Through historical, cultural, biblical, exegetical, hermeneutical, and homiletical analysis, this study posits that a jubilee homiletic is a crucial part of embodying liberation from textual interpretations that have prioritized those who are privileged, so that women may reclaim scripture as a source of freedom.

Liberated For Mission: Theology Of The Cross Informing A Fresh Missional Imagination, Pamela M. Marolla

Doctor of Ministry Theses

“How might an action research intervention cultivate a hermeneutic of missio Dei as it relates to baptismal vocation?” This study used mixed methods action research including interventions, questionnaires, Dwelling in the Word, and interviews. Biblical and theological lenses were God’s liberating nature, baptismal vocation, theology of the cross, missio Dei and more. Theoretical lenses were leadership theories, strengths, assets, hospitality, and imaginative interaction. Interventions were a sermon series, dwelling in the word, and contextual leadership. Through these the congregation gained understanding of the liberating nature of God through prophecy, reconciliation, being known, and their own place in missio Dei.

A Hopeful Eschatology And The Role Of The Ekklesia Prior To The Parousia, Charles H. Graves

Theology Undergraduate Work

No abstract provided.

Motum Dei Immobilis: In Defense Of Aquinas’S Doctrine Of Divine Immutability, J. Elias Stone

Theology Undergraduate Work

Ever since the advent of Enlightenment Rationalism, Protestant Christianity has seen significant modifications to its intellectual approaches to philosophy and theology. Many core beliefs about the nature of God and the world have undergone radical revision, as is particularly evidenced by the genesis of theo-philosophical systems such as Process Theism. Within Evangelicalism, these ideas have become particularly widespread, with popular authors such as Gregory Boyd and scholars such as William Lane Craig and the up-and-coming R. T. Mullins subscribing, in whole or in part, to these post-Enlightenment doctrines. In this article, I offer a criticism of these modern developments in …

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Footnotes To Disciples History, Rice Haggard, John M. Imbler, J. T. M'Vay, William A. Gerrard, Alexander Campbell, Eva Jean Wrather, Perry E. Gresham

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

From the mid 1950s through the 1990s, DCHS printed short publications to remind its readers about the importance of the past. The series included reprints as well as new historical studies. Footnotes to Disciples History collects this wide-ranging series into one volume.

⁃ Rice Haggard's An Address to the Different Religious Societies, on the sacred import of the Christian Name (1804)

⁃ John M. Imbler's Beyond Buffalo: Alexander Campbell on Education for Ministry (1992)

⁃ Report of the Proceedings of a General Meeting of Messengers from Thirteen Congregations (J.T. McVay and Alexander Campbell, 1834)

⁃ William A. Gerrards's Christian Unity, …

Academic Freedom In A Christian College, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

The title "Academic Freedom in a Christian College" is not an anomaly, its two parts are not mutually exclusive, and it suggests something which is quite possible.

An Historical Sketch With Philosophical Overtones, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Academic Tenure, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Church And State: Romans 13:1-7, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

As Now, So Then, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Campus Governance At Taylor University, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Church Membership, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Easter Is The Open Tomb, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Forgetting, Or Just Not Remembering? (Outline), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Excitement And Disappointment (Article For The Echo), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Objectives In Christian Education, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Objectives, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Master Teachers, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

How Much May Taylor Expand And Still Remain "Effectively Christian?" (Response To Panel Discussion), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Global 742 (Poem), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Wtt 0552 (Poem), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Polarization Or Reconciliation, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.