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Fostering Hope: The Christian Healthcare Chaplain In A Caring Relationship, Felix O. Otuorimuo
Fostering Hope: The Christian Healthcare Chaplain In A Caring Relationship, Felix O. Otuorimuo
Masters Theses
In 2017, the data from suicide prevention resource center (National Survey on Drug Use and Health) showed an increasing rate of 10.6 million persons between the ages 18-65 that have had suicidal thoughts, a precipitating factor from hopelessness that triggers the goal of killing themselves. Given this challenge, the study seeks to understand how the Christian healthcare chaplain in a caring relationship, fosters biblical hope as spiritual care intervention to persons with suicidal thoughts to promote recovery, repair and restoration. The research was designed to use purposeful sampling to collect responses by anonymous online survey from 35 Christian healthcare chaplains …
Maximizing Discipleship Via An Adult Small Group Ministry, Wendell Jeff Jackson
Maximizing Discipleship Via An Adult Small Group Ministry, Wendell Jeff Jackson
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Since its inception in 1996, First Redeemer Church has been firmly committed to Jesus’ commission to make disciples. While all of the church’s ministries aim to do this, First Redeemer Church relies heavily on its adult small group ministry to facilitate discipleship. One indication of this ministry’s strategic importance is the considerable financial investment the church has made, and plans to make, to provide on-campus spaces for adult education. Such investments have been considered worthy in light of the expected spiritual growth of the ministry’s participants and their involvement in and financial support of the church. This study will evaluate …
The Unifying Theme Of The Mind Of Christ In Philippians Demonstrated By Paul's Use Of Rhetorical And Linguistic Devices In An Oral/Aural Culture, David Alan Posey
The Unifying Theme Of The Mind Of Christ In Philippians Demonstrated By Paul's Use Of Rhetorical And Linguistic Devices In An Oral/Aural Culture, David Alan Posey
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Among the debatable issues arising from Paul’s epistle to the Philippians are questions concerning the structure, integrity and thematic emphasis of the letter. This dissertation argues that the “Christ Hymn” (2:6-11) is the central point of a chiastic structure of the letter, establishing the “Mind of Christ” as the primary and, thus, unifying theme of this correspondence. Four primary fields of research lend support to this hypothesis. First, rhetorical criticism seeks to understand the meaning of the biblical text through recognized persuasive devices utilized within first-century literature and speech. Second, linguistic studies, in its simplest form, examines the selection and …
An Expositional Approach To The Parables Of Jesus And Applications For Unchurched Korean-American Christians, Junyong Cha
An Expositional Approach To The Parables Of Jesus And Applications For Unchurched Korean-American Christians, Junyong Cha
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Korean-American churches like many immigrant churches often play a role as the ethical and cultural refuge for members. This failure to be a faith-based spiritual community causes ripple effects, in a negative sense, that pastors should not preach uncomfortable messages to the congregation and not to focus on spiritual matters and that this spiritual downspin leads to conflicts and frustrations in church and ultimately to numeral declining in either form of a church split or leaving church. While the reasons for leaving the church are varied, the ultimate source of individual believers’ healing, restoration, and growth is the Word of …
Resolving Intergenerational Conflict Within The Rural Black Churches Of Central Virginia, Patrick Ward Bland
Resolving Intergenerational Conflict Within The Rural Black Churches Of Central Virginia, Patrick Ward Bland
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The purpose of this project is to assist church leaders and their congregations in the rural black churches in Central Virginia to become more aware of the intergenerational conflict that has governed and, in some instances, legitimated the church. Qualitative and quantitative analysis and academic research revealed a majority of rural black churches in central Virginia are challenged with limited increase in membership because of the frequency of blatant disregard shown among the various generations. This thesis proposes a biblical model for Christian pastors and church leaders to provide resourceful methods of leading their congregations into more productive growth.
The Matthew 16:13-18:20 Chiasm As The Fountainhead Of Matthean Proto-Ecclesiology, Nicholas A. Dodson
The Matthew 16:13-18:20 Chiasm As The Fountainhead Of Matthean Proto-Ecclesiology, Nicholas A. Dodson
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The only two instances of the Greek term ἐκκλησία (usually translated “church”) found in the Gospels are in Matthew 16:18 and 18:17. These two passages have been examined, debated, and interpreted in a number of ways by various scholars. The present dissertation presents considerable exegetical evidence that these two uses of ἐκκλησία are actually part of a larger literary structure called a chiasmus, which connects the passages in which Matthew 16:18 and 18:17 are found. Because these are highly significant ecclesiological passages, this study further develops the connection of the chiastic structure to other foundational ecclesiological passages, namely the Matthean …
Leadership Factors That Influence Church Growth For Western North Carolina Churches Of God, Harold Jordan
Leadership Factors That Influence Church Growth For Western North Carolina Churches Of God, Harold Jordan
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The purpose of this project is to identify and describe the essential leadership factors required to stimulate and sustain church growth for Church of God churches operating in Western North Carolina. This will be accomplished using a grounded theory research approach. Sample (N = 30) analysis of statistics provided by the Western North Carolina State Offices of the Church of God showed 3% of the churches in this region to have recorded significant overall growth in attendance and membership (=>10% per year) from April 1, 2014 to April 30, 2016. Few of the sampled churches recorded benchmark conversion growth …
Trends In Women’S Participation In Computer Industry Subfields, Tristyn Maalouf
Trends In Women’S Participation In Computer Industry Subfields, Tristyn Maalouf
The Kabod
The participation of women in specific subfields of computer science (CS) and information technology (IT) will be investigated to determine the existence of any trends that may exist indicating special interest amongst women. Specifically, the subfield of database administration will be considered to determine if women tend to enter this subfield more frequently than other subfields. Research will also acknowledge statistics regarding male participation in database administration and other relevant subfields to determine if any trends in women’s participation are unique to women or if they exist across the board. Conclusions will be drawn based on the data and any …
Traitors In The Service Of The Lord: The Role Of Church And Clergy In Appalachia's Civil War, Sheilah Elwardani
Traitors In The Service Of The Lord: The Role Of Church And Clergy In Appalachia's Civil War, Sheilah Elwardani
Masters Theses
Studies of the guerrilla war in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains reveal repeated instances of violence and threats directed at the pastors of mountain churches. Instances of churches being burned, pastors and laymen beaten and at times murdered are sprinkled throughout the primary source materials. The question raised here is why were pastors and specific churches being targeted for violence? The church was the center of the life for secluded Appalachian communities, church leadership carried tremendous weight in influencing loyalties. Research focused solely on the Dunkard Church in Floyd County, Virginia revealed that amidst a particularly violent guerrilla war, …
Mythology, Morality, And The Messiah: How Natural Moral Law And Hero Myth Entail That Jesus Christ Is The Best Possible Hero, Matthew J. Coombe
Mythology, Morality, And The Messiah: How Natural Moral Law And Hero Myth Entail That Jesus Christ Is The Best Possible Hero, Matthew J. Coombe
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Essentially this dissertation is an abductive argument for Jesus Christ being the best possible hero. The abductive argument is concerned with the synthesis of several different disciplines: natural theology, general revelation, ethics, natural law (meta-ethics), literary criticism, Biblical criticism, and mythology. When synthesized the most reasonable conclusion for the data is that Jesus Christ is the best possible hero. All of the disciplines work together: Natural theology establishes the axiological basis for moral realism and moral knowledge. General revelation acts as a universal imprinter, which not only imbeds man with moral knowledge, but also with inherent notions of heroism—heroism and …
Selected Poems, Rebecca Pickard
Selected Poems, Sarah Jackson
Mackie's Arguement For The Infinite Man, Abigail J. Basile
Mackie's Arguement For The Infinite Man, Abigail J. Basile
Quaerens Deum: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Theists and non-theists alike have toiled with the characteristics of the Judeo-Christian God and how they may or may not be contradictory with the existence of evil. Some philosophers, such as J. L. Mackie, have decided that God and evil cannot coexist, mainly because the existence of evil means that any God is unable to keep evil and suffering away from His beloved creation, and such a limited God is no God at all. But Mackie’s argument rests on flawed foundation. Mankind is necessarily finite because even the infinite God cannot do the logically impossible and create the infinite—nothing infinite …
The Superfluity Of Purgatory, Israel-David J.J. Healy
The Superfluity Of Purgatory, Israel-David J.J. Healy
Quaerens Deum: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal for Philosophy of Religion
This article is a refutation of Jerry Walls's model of Purgatory, based on God's respect of our free will and the necessity of morally significant choices. Additionally, it will show how Walls's positing of a temporal Purgatory as a means of sanctification through cooperation with God is unnecessary for the Christian in light of our earthly life and God's perfect justice and omnipotence. Finally, it will speculate as to the effects of an instantaneous purification and how it fits more clearly with traditional doctrine.
Truth-Makers And The "Grounding Objection" To Molinism, Tyler Crown
Truth-Makers And The "Grounding Objection" To Molinism, Tyler Crown
Quaerens Deum: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal for Philosophy of Religion
One of the most discussed topics on the nature of God, in Christian circles today, is the subject of God’s knowledge. There are a few popular positions today that are engaged in a serious debate as to what the true biblical and philosophical position on the nature of God’s knowledge is. One such position, which has become increasingly popular and has found support among many leading Christian philosophers, such as Alvin Plantinga, Thomas Flint, and William Lane Craig, is called Molinism. While Molinism does have an abundance of supporters, there are many detractors as well. Calvinist’s, Thomists and open theists …
Against Molinism: A Refutation Of William Lane Craig's Molinism, Daniel T. Clemons
Against Molinism: A Refutation Of William Lane Craig's Molinism, Daniel T. Clemons
Quaerens Deum: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal for Philosophy of Religion
The debate concerning human free will, human moral culpability, and God’s sovereignty has raged for millennia within the Christian church. The recent rediscovery of the medieval philosophical theory known as Molinism brought Molinism to the fore of this debate. One major contemporary proponent of Molinism is William Lane Craig, the famous philosopher, theologian, and apologist. The purpose of this essay is to present a refutation of Craig's brand of Molinism by arguing that Craig’s Molinism relies on a flawed view of human freedom and further fails to reconcile this flawed view of human freedom with God’s sovereignty.
Question 21 - What Is Meant By The Sufficiency Of The Bible?, Harold Willmington
Question 21 - What Is Meant By The Sufficiency Of The Bible?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Question 29 - What Biblical Books Were At First Temporarily Disputed And Why?, Harold Willmington
Question 29 - What Biblical Books Were At First Temporarily Disputed And Why?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Question 52 - Can We Read And Understand The Bible In A Literal Sense?, Harold Willmington
Question 52 - Can We Read And Understand The Bible In A Literal Sense?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Are You A Pillar Or A Caterpillar?, Harold Willmington
Are You A Pillar Or A Caterpillar?, Harold Willmington
Dr. Willmington's Personal Observations of the Bible
No abstract provided.
My Name Is Shepherd Jesus: 50 Daily Devotions, Elmer L. Towns
My Name Is Shepherd Jesus: 50 Daily Devotions, Elmer L. Towns
Books
No abstract provided.
The 90-Minute Bible, Elmer L. Towns
Question 10 - What Are The Positions Of The Roman Catholic Church And The Cults In Regard To The Bible?, Harold Willmington
Question 10 - What Are The Positions Of The Roman Catholic Church And The Cults In Regard To The Bible?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Question 9 - Who Are The 100 Most Important Or Well-Known Individuals In The Bible?, Harold Willmington
Question 9 - Who Are The 100 Most Important Or Well-Known Individuals In The Bible?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Question 7 - How Many Old Testament Events And Quotations Are Found In The New Testament?, Harold Willmington
Question 7 - How Many Old Testament Events And Quotations Are Found In The New Testament?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Question 4 - What Are The Twelve Historical Stages In The Bible?, Harold Willmington
Question 4 - What Are The Twelve Historical Stages In The Bible?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Question 3 - What Is The Dual Purpose Of The Scriptures?, Harold Willmington
Question 3 - What Is The Dual Purpose Of The Scriptures?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Question 39 - What Are The Various Sources Of Special Revelation?, Harold Willmington
Question 39 - What Are The Various Sources Of Special Revelation?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Question 38 - Can General Revelation In And By Itself Bring Someone To A Saving Knowledge Of Jesus Christ?, Harold Willmington
Question 38 - Can General Revelation In And By Itself Bring Someone To A Saving Knowledge Of Jesus Christ?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.
Question 37 - What Are The Various Sources Of General Revelation?, Harold Willmington
Question 37 - What Are The Various Sources Of General Revelation?, Harold Willmington
101 Most Asked Questions
No abstract provided.