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God's Manifestation As Jehovah In Exodus 3-15, 18, Willis Laetsch
God's Manifestation As Jehovah In Exodus 3-15, 18, Willis Laetsch
Bachelor of Divinity
It is remarkable that in the first two chapters of Exodus the expression "the Lord” is not once used. There only "God" is found; cp. the last three verses of chapter 2, where "God" is used five times in quick succession. Due to this notable lack of "the Lord" and the predominance of "God" in Genesis and the first two chapters of Exodus, critics have devised the theory of two authors, the Elohist and the Jahvist, the former in his record using the expression Elohim and the latter Jahweh. However, that is only the rationalistic point of view. In comparison …
The Work Of The Holy Ghost In The Pauline Epistles With Special Reference To Enthusism, Norbert Mueller
The Work Of The Holy Ghost In The Pauline Epistles With Special Reference To Enthusism, Norbert Mueller
Bachelor of Divinity
Ever since the beginning of the Christian Church, Satan has tried to corrupt also this precious doctrine. In this treatise we shall consider, above all, one perversion of the doctrine of the work of the Holy Ghost, namely, the error of Enthusiasm, which our Confessions describe as the folly of "fanatical men, who dream that the Holy Ghost is given not through the Word, but because of certain preparation of their own, if they sit unoccupied and silent in obscure places, waiting for illumination, as the Enthusiasts formerly taught and the Anabaptists now teach.”
Predestination According To Ephesians 1, 3-14, Delvin Ressel
Predestination According To Ephesians 1, 3-14, Delvin Ressel
Bachelor of Divinity
The last of these expressions shall form the basis for the outline of the present treatise, in this slightly altered form: "Eternal election of grace in Christ Jesus responsible for all the spiritual blessings of Justification, conversion, sanctification, and preservation." Part One will deal with, the Decree of Election, or Election in Eternity, while Part Two will deal with the Execution of this Decree, or Election in Time. Each part will treat the respective terms of the definition according to "Definition" and. "Proof."
The Use Of Illustrations In Christian Preaching, Armand Ulbrich
The Use Of Illustrations In Christian Preaching, Armand Ulbrich
Bachelor of Divinity
One of the devices which preachers throughout the centuries have employed to bring their message to the hearts of the people more clearly and forcefully is Illustration. Christ used illustrations. Paul used illustrations, Cbrysotom, Augustin, and Luther used illustrations, and so do the great preachers of today. We, too, in our preaching should use illustrations. We should use them as effectively as possible. It is the purpose of this paper to present the principals involved in the effective use of illustrations in Christian preaching and to show how these principles are to be applied.
Monasticism- Its Interest In The Missions Of The Middle Ages, Herman Klann
Monasticism- Its Interest In The Missions Of The Middle Ages, Herman Klann
Bachelor of Divinity
The method and reasons for the conversion of the Germanic tribes to Chrisitanity.
Gnosticism And Its Conflict With Christianity, Gerhardt Nitz
Gnosticism And Its Conflict With Christianity, Gerhardt Nitz
Bachelor of Divinity
The study of such a movement as Gnosticism is doubly important to the student of' theology. This is a phase of history which greatly influenced the church in its infancy. It has left marks upon the church which will never be erased. Moreover, a study of this heresy is essential for the proper understanding of the New Testament. Again, the influence of Gnosticism, as will be pointed out later continued for many centuries. Such a deeply rooted, powerful, paganistic tendency cannot be lightly passed by.
The New Testament Canon In The Apostolic Fathers, Howard Schoenfeldt
The New Testament Canon In The Apostolic Fathers, Howard Schoenfeldt
Bachelor of Divinity
This work is an independent investigation into the question of the New Testament canon in the Apostolic Fathers, and has been regarded as an original research problem. Therefore there are no references to the monumental works of Westcott, Zahn, and others in this field. Again, the purpose has been to establish the knowledge which the Fathers possessed on the basis of citations from them, and to let their words speak for themselves.
A Comparison Of Ephesians With Colossians, Martin Haendschke
A Comparison Of Ephesians With Colossians, Martin Haendschke
Bachelor of Divinity
In beginning a study of these two epistles of St. Paul one begins to understand what is meant by the “unfathomable wisdom or God.” As one delves deeper into the text, one must certainly realize that our human wisdom is indeed puny and inadequate; in fact, not even worthy to be termed wisdom! However, this is not to be a dissertation on the wisdom of man, nor is it in the least way to indicate that man can fully understand these great truths of Scripture as we find them in these two beautifully written epistles, but it is to attempt …
Musical Forms In The Chrisitian Church From Apostolic Times To The Gregorian Age, M Alfred Bichsel
Musical Forms In The Chrisitian Church From Apostolic Times To The Gregorian Age, M Alfred Bichsel
Bachelor of Divinity
Modern ecclesiastical as well as secular music has as its humble but important basis the music of the early Christian era traced through the Middle Ages. Throughout this time there are two influences which have guided the development of music in general. The one is the folk song - the music of the people which was sung by the wandering minstrels. The other is the music of the church itself which was assembled and written by the clergy, for the most part by monks. However it is the latter that bears more weight and significance, for it was the church …
The Messianic Sedes In Genesis, Ludwig Helmstetter
The Messianic Sedes In Genesis, Ludwig Helmstetter
Bachelor of Divinity
The scope of this thesis is a study of the Messianic content of the Book of Genesis. It is not the purpose merely to restate traditional orthodox interpretations of the passages in question and to refute differing interpretations; nor is any attempt made to present new points of interpretation. The approach is fundamentally that of the Bible student whose purpose is to see what the text says and what Holy Scripture says about it.
The Missionary Method Of Paul As Demonstrated In The Book Of Acts, William Graumann
The Missionary Method Of Paul As Demonstrated In The Book Of Acts, William Graumann
Bachelor of Divinity
This topic will be discussed under a survey of the passages in the Book of Acts, showing the direct reference to methods where that is possible, and pointing out the implications where the methods are not directly stated. In connection with this we wish to make applications to our own missionary methods, which we feel should not only increase our zeal for missions, but should enable us to bring the Gospel in a more effective way to more souls.
The Concept Of God's Holiness According To The Old Testament, Victor Schulze
The Concept Of God's Holiness According To The Old Testament, Victor Schulze
Bachelor of Divinity
For all practical purposes there are but two ways or thinking about God. The one is based upon Divine revelation, the other spun from the speculations of men. Unprejudiced thinkers may find God's creative activity revealed in the works of nature, His righteousness in the moral law engraved into the heart of every mortal. And, finally, God is revealed in Scripture as possessing both personality and attributes.
Alleged Anachronisms In The Pentateuch, Eugene Bertermann
Alleged Anachronisms In The Pentateuch, Eugene Bertermann
Bachelor of Divinity
The history of Pentateuchal criticism shows that the importance of the postmosaica has long been widely recognized. On these alone Rabbi Aben Ezra based his doubts of the integrity of the Pentateuch. In the seventeenth century Peyrerius, Spinoza, and Hobbes again advanced only the postmosnica in their attacks on the Pentateuch, although we suspect that they were motivated ultimately by more sinister motives than a desire to find out the truth in these passages of Moses. Clericus goes a step farther and acknowledges the validity of two arguments against the Pentateuch, that of style, as well as the anachronisms. But …
The Servant Of The Lord In Isaiah Fifity-Three, John Paul Uhlig
The Servant Of The Lord In Isaiah Fifity-Three, John Paul Uhlig
Bachelor of Divinity
Who is meant in chapter fifty-three? Critics have split into many camps. Some hold that Isaiah is speaking of all Israel; some, that he designates only the pious in Israel; while certain ones hold that the prophet is speaking of some individual. The Christian Church has, however, from the very beginning held that Isaiah is speaking of the Messiah. And that this is the true interpretation is pointed out at length in the following chapters. In one section of sixteen verses the evangelist of the Old Testament points a picture of the work of Christ. His humiliation is stressed as …
Die Selbstbezeichnung Jesu Der Menschensehn, Werner Wadewitz
Die Selbstbezeichnung Jesu Der Menschensehn, Werner Wadewitz
Bachelor of Divinity
Der Zweck, das Ziel und die Aufgabe dieser Arbeit besteht darin, die Selbstbezeichnung Jesu: "der Menschensohn", zu eroertern nach allen den Seiten hin, die Licht darauf werfen koennen. Dabei ist gleich von vorn herein zu beachten, dass die Bezeichnung an sich ganz klar ist, denn die Worte an sich stellen kein Problem dar und bieten keine Schwierigkeiten. Worum es sich aber hier vor allem handelt, ist die Entzifferung und Deutung des Ausdrucks. Und hier treffen wir auf Schwierigkeiten, die auf sehr Tersehiedene Weisen angegriffen und geloest wurden Ton Auslegern aller Art, vom Konservativen bis zum Radikalen. Werden wir nun auch …
The Sola Scriptura With Special Reference To The Denial By The Methodist, Quakers, And Swedenborgians, Harold Merklinger
The Sola Scriptura With Special Reference To The Denial By The Methodist, Quakers, And Swedenborgians, Harold Merklinger
Bachelor of Divinity
The purpose of this paper is once more to establish the doctrine of the Sola Scriptura, to prove that Holy Scripture alone and nothing else can be made the basis of Christian doctrine and practice. Then it will be shown how three of the eighteenth century enthusiastic bodies-the Methodists, Quakers, and Swedenborgians--deviate from this doctrine.
A Critical Analysis Of The Principal Sermon Methods In The Lutheran Church, Adolph Meyer
A Critical Analysis Of The Principal Sermon Methods In The Lutheran Church, Adolph Meyer
Bachelor of Divinity
It goes without saying of course, that there can be no good preaching without the aid of God's Holy Spirit. At the same time we must admit that human frailties in the preacher may hinder the work of' the Spirit, and it is in the sense or overcoming such human shortcomings that we speak of "securing good preaching" and "making good sermons." The three requisites for good sermonizing are: a thorough study of' the text, a good outline, and good delivery; neglecting any one of these will result in poor preaching," Dean Fritz. In our present discussion we will confine …
The Progressive Self-Culture Of A Lutheran Pastor, John Weidenschilling
The Progressive Self-Culture Of A Lutheran Pastor, John Weidenschilling
Bachelor of Divinity
During his three years at the seminary the theological student is taught the qualifications and requirements of a Lutheran pastor, and he is informed of the tremendous responsibilities and the exacting demands which a call into the ministry will lay upon him when he has become a pastor of a congregation. But the seminary training is not able to convert the student into a full-fledged pastor. Only long years of hard study and practical experience and divine grace can equip a man successfully and completely for this greatest and hardest calling and work in this world. Unless the ministerial candidate, …
A Refutation Of Modern Higher Critical Arguments Against The Authenticity Of The Davidic Psalms, W C. Koester
A Refutation Of Modern Higher Critical Arguments Against The Authenticity Of The Davidic Psalms, W C. Koester
Bachelor of Divinity
Setting out to inspect literary productions, the higher critics seek to ascertain their dates, their authors and their value "as they themselves may yield the evidence." It is our purpose here, however, to deal only with their considerations advanced in opposition to the conservative view, that David is the author of those Psalms ascribed to him in their titles (seventy-three in all), and in favor of the critical view, advocating a late origin in either exilic or post-exilic times. In classifying their arguments we find that there are essentially three modes of attack used against the authenticity of the Davidic …
An Investigation Of Molech And Recent Theories Concerning The Term, Herbert C. Albrecht
An Investigation Of Molech And Recent Theories Concerning The Term, Herbert C. Albrecht
Bachelor of Divinity
The influence of mechanistic, materialistic science, through Evolutionism, has in recent centuries shaped men's theories regarding the origin and development of the religions of mankind. Since the universe was conceived to be the direct result of vast eras of development by a simple process of cause and effect, it had to follow that religion was also an outgrowth of the same lines of cause and effect. Deistic speculation, indeed, made God the primal cause of this development, insofar as he set the universe in motion, leaving it to evolve in its own way, but Deism thought of religion as being …
The Resumption Of Protestantism Under Queen Elizabeth, A O. Gebauer
The Resumption Of Protestantism Under Queen Elizabeth, A O. Gebauer
Bachelor of Divinity
The subject which we are about to discuss is of vital interest to the student of English Church History. If it is important for him to know the early phases and developments of that history reaching down into the Roman period of English History; if it is necessary for him to observe the tendencies, persuasions, and movements during the subsequent centuries; then it is truly essential for him to be acquainted with the lace-work of causes, events, and personalities out of which grew the pattern known to us as the Anglican Church.
The Use Of ΧάΡιε In The Pauline Epistles, Walter W. Stuenkel
The Use Of ΧάΡιε In The Pauline Epistles, Walter W. Stuenkel
Bachelor of Divinity
The word χάριδ, under consideration in this thesis, holds a peculiar prestige in Lutheran theology. Our Lutheran Church is distinctly proud when it unfurls the banner of salvation by grace alone, and thereby distinguishes itself from all heterodox and unchristian bodies which corrupt this doctrine taught by χάριδ in Scripture and especially clarified in the Pauline Epistles.
A Treatment Of The Article Of New Testament Greek, Raymond Pollatz
A Treatment Of The Article Of New Testament Greek, Raymond Pollatz
Bachelor of Divinity
Since the turn of the century the conceptions of New Testament language have undergone a radical change. Until this time "Biblical" Greek was essentially an isolated language. Two extremes had been followed in the appraisal of the New Testament Greek. On the one hand, the Purist insisted on finding parallels for all constructions in classical Greek. This was an impossible task. On the other hand, we had the Hebraist who found Semitic influence where there was none. Two separate groups of evidence have entered to break down these false conceptions. These are the papyri and the inscriptions of the age.
A Comparison Of The Views Of Plato And Paul On The Immortality Of The Soul, Oswald C. Hoffmann
A Comparison Of The Views Of Plato And Paul On The Immortality Of The Soul, Oswald C. Hoffmann
Bachelor of Divinity
Of all the conflicts which Christianity passed through in the early stages of its history, that with philosophy seems to have been the most severe and the most far-reaching in its effects. Judaism was firm and self-reliant, because it was in a sense supernatural; Gentilism was pliable, because it was ignorant and weary of itself; but philosophy was obstinate, because, regarding religions as superstitions, it recognized no special merit in Christianity, and attempted to ridicule it out of existence when its unprepared defenders first announced it. With the representatives of the Epicurean, Stoic and New Academic schools, or with the …
The Loehe Colonies In Saginaw County, Michigan, Albert G. Huegli
The Loehe Colonies In Saginaw County, Michigan, Albert G. Huegli
Bachelor of Divinity
The Loehe Colonies in Saginaw County, Michigan
The Divergent Views Of Catholicism And Protestantism On The Old Testament Apocrypha, Henry L. Lieske
The Divergent Views Of Catholicism And Protestantism On The Old Testament Apocrypha, Henry L. Lieske
Bachelor of Divinity
However, of this one-third, or 680,000,000, about 475,000,000 are members of the Roman and Greek Catholic Churches, and about 205,000,000 belong to Protestantism. Now it becomes evident that the above-mentioned theme is a study of great importance, when it is stated that even in Christianity there is a difference of opinion, there are divergent views, as to what constitutes the Bible, the Word of God. In the Roman Catholic Bible are found certain books that are not found 1n the Protestant Bible. This fact has often given offence to that two-third non-Christian population, and also to that one-third in the …
The Scriptural Doctrine Of The Atonement With Special Reference To The False Theories Of Atonement, Arnold V. Kuster
The Scriptural Doctrine Of The Atonement With Special Reference To The False Theories Of Atonement, Arnold V. Kuster
Bachelor of Divinity
It is a well known fact that the Lutheran, that is, the scriptural, doctrine of the atonement is being denied and even ridiculed throughout the theological world. Substitute theories have been set up, about whose banners theologians have rallied and continue to rally. Such is the situation which calls forth this study of the scriptural doctrine of the atonement, with special reference to the false theories of atonement.
The Resurrection Of The Body In The Old Testament - An Exegetical Study, Allen Schuldheisz
The Resurrection Of The Body In The Old Testament - An Exegetical Study, Allen Schuldheisz
Bachelor of Divinity
It will be the object of the following treatise to present, in a brief way, some of the Scriptural evidence from the O.T., showing that the believers of the Old Covenant held fast to the hope or a resurrection as a cardinal article of their faith.
The Various Views And Controversies On Church Polity In The Lutheran Church Of America, To 1827, Walter O. Forster
The Various Views And Controversies On Church Polity In The Lutheran Church Of America, To 1827, Walter O. Forster
Bachelor of Divinity
In order to present an accurate picture of that portion of Lutheran Church History to which this study is devoted, we must have some foundation from which to work common to all of the Lutheran bodies which come into consideration. The only fundamental of that kind we have been able to discover is the statement of the Lutheran position on church polity which is contained in the Lutheran Symbols. However, even this is hardly satisfactory. That is the case partly because the Lutheran Symbols were not held in high regard by some of the Lutheran groups in America; partly because …
The Kingdom Of Heaven Or The Kingdom Of God In The New Testament, William F. Doeling
The Kingdom Of Heaven Or The Kingdom Of God In The New Testament, William F. Doeling
Bachelor of Divinity
Today with ever greater insistence is urged the question, “What is the Kingdom of God?" The question is evidently prompted by a dissatisfaction with former definitions. A new definition is wanted, a new interpretation of the Kingdom and the Gospel of the Kingdom is sought. It is not enough to answer that God is unchangeable, His purposes and Kingdom likewise. No, the question must be answered again.