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Paul's Portrayal Of Judaism: St. Paul's Critique Of Judaism In Romans 3:19-31 And Evidence From Judaism Which Validates His Assessment, Michael Middendorf

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

This thesis will address the current debate over whether St. Paul is being fair and accurate in his appraisal of first-century Judaism's teaching on the doctrine of justification. The Apostle is currently being accused of making an unfair caricature of Judaism, especially in regard to its conception of how a righteous standing before God could be attained.1 This first chapter will serve to document these accusations, to lay out the issues and arguments involved in this debate, and then to assess its significance.

Scientific World Pictures Within The Bounds Of A Christian Worldview, Howard J. Van Till

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This article is based on a paper presented at the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

Hierarchy Towards A Framework For The Coherence Of Faith And Science, Jitse Van Der Meer

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This article is based on a paper presented at the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

Errata: p. 19 note should read: *Pascal Centre Publication: Semi-popular series No. 1; p. 19, section 1.1: the first sentence should read: "... between faith knowledge and current scientific theories regarding the origin of man."

Christian Worldview And Scientific World Pictures: A Response To Howard J. Van Till, Richard G. Hodgson

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This article is a response to a paper presented at the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

World-Views And The Epistemic Foundations Of Theism, Joseph Runzo

Religious Studies Faculty Articles and Research

Epistemological issues have inevitably been perennial issues for theism. For any claim to have insight into the nature and acts of the divine requires some sort of substantiation. And the appeal to faith typically made to meet this demand is often unconvincing. This raises a fundamental question: what could constitute proper grounds for theistic belief? In attempting to answer this question, we will need to address the underlying epistemic issue of what justifies commitment to any world–view.

Theology As Study Of Faith-Life, John C. Vander Stelt

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"We regret that at the end of section 2 on page 9 a major section of this article was inadvertently omitted. The entire article will be republished in the September 1989 issue."

Review Of J. Philip Wogaman, Faith And Fragmentation (1985), Leslie C. Griffin

Scholarly Works

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Christianity And Mathematics, Calvin Jongsma

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Recent decades have witnessed the growth of a rather remarkable phenomenon: Christian mathematicians discussing the integration of their Christian faith with their mathematical work. This cannot be a totally new turn of events; Christian mathematicians have probably always reflected on this issue to some extent. But the increased number of articles and talks dealing with this matter in the past two decades indicates a new current of thought at work, particularly among Evangelical Protestant Christians. Actually, it would be more accurate to put this observation in the plural, for the trend toward relating Christianity and mathematics is not a unified …

Say It Faith (Korean), Elmer Towns

Towns Foreign Language Book Collection

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Speech, Silence, Action! The Cycle Of Faith (Book Review), Gloria Goris Stronks

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Reviewed Title: Speech, Silence, Action! The Cycle of Faith by Virginia R. Mollenkott. One of the Journeys in Faith Series, R. A. Raines, Editor. Abingdon: Nashville, 1980.

What The Faith Is All About (Chinese), Elmer Towns

Towns Foreign Language Book Collection

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Relation Between Faith And Action: An Introduction, John Van Dyk

Pro Rege

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Uemura Masahisa (1857-1925) First Generation Pastor, Christian Leader And Instinctive Proponent Of Indigenized Christianity In Japan, Addison Soltau

Doctor of Theology Dissertation

Uemura was an extremely able leader and organizer of men, sophisticated thinker, broad reader, and committed to the Christian faith ashes understood it. Part of the fascination of the study lies in observing how the influence of this towering figure and others like him came so quickly to bear upon the church in Japan. Unlike other countries to which the faith has been taken by missionaries, Japan stands out as one in which missionary leadership and influence were replaced by Japanese within thirty years after its introduction. Uemura was one who helped to bring this about. The Christian church in …

Faith, Reason And Scripture In The Theology Of Donald G. Bloesch, David R. Coward

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Donald G. Bloesch, an American theologian and seminary professor, is a leading spokesman for contemporary Protestant evangelicalism, a theological position that lies somewhere between fundamentalism and neo-orthodoxy. Heavily influenced by the German theologian, Karl Barth, Bloesch employs a methodology in which theology is based on revelation alone, unsupported by philosophy or the arguments of human reason. For Blosech, revelation is basically alien to human culture and human thought-forms. Because of this, revelation cannot be comprehended by reason, but only by faith. Bloesch’s view leads to a dichotomy between faith and reason, a dichotomy that ultimately lessons the impact of his …

Selections Translated From The Loci Theoiogici By Johann Gerhard, Charles Paulson

Master of Divinity Thesis

An article in the December 14, 1981 issue of the Reporter begins: “Lutheran theologians do a good job of emphasizing salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone, yet lay people do not seem to grasp the divine compulsion to follow faith with works." This may be true today, but it is no fault of John Gerhard and the other 'orthodox' Lutheran theologians. This paper has originated from a desire to learn more about the connection between faith and works, and whether Lutheran theology gives this connection proper treatment. Because the age of orthodoxy has formed the basis of so much …

Howells' Debate With Himself About God, Mike Vanden Bosch

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Billy Graham’S Theology Of Conversion In The Light Of The Lutheran Confessions, Wilhelm Stoll

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The broad aim of the author was therefore to prepare a comprehensive summary of Graham's theology of conversion and to offer a comparative and critical analysis of it in the light of the Lutheran Confessions. The aim was not to deal specifically with the obvious question of the sacraments and their serious omission from his theology. In any case, the study was to be based only on Graham's own published writings, and they hardly refer to the sacraments. The more specific goal within the broader context that had to be considered was to discover and come to grips with the …

An Examination Of The Lutheran Doctrine Of Conversion, George Volkert

Master of Divinity Thesis

Having summarized the doctrine of conversion and its relation to the various articles of faith, it becomes incumbent upon us in a paper of the scope of this one to focus our attention on one aspect of this vast topic with the present prominence of "decision theology,” popularized by such as Billy Graham and asserted in many evangelism programs, notably Dr. James Kennedy's Evangelism Explosion, one particular aspect of Lutheran teaching stands out as deserving our special attention. That point on which we wish to concentrate is Luther's understanding of man as pure passive (purely passive) or mere passive(merely passive) …

Gifts Of The Spirit, Howard M. Ervin

Sermons on the Holy Spirit

A transcription of a sermon by Howard M. Ervin on the Gifts of the Spirit given at Christian Life Fellowship on 2/15/1980. Ervin discusses the difference between the 'so called gifts' and the manifestations of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12. This teaching is one of Ervin's signature teachings.

#57 - A Living Faith, Department Of Health Education

Keys to Total Health

- What is Faith?

- Quiz

#59 - Secrets Of Effective Prayer, Department Of Health Education

Keys to Total Health

- Wait Upon God

- Expect an Answer to Your Prayers

- Trust in Him at all Times

- Quiz #1

- Pour Out Your Hearts Before Him

- Quiz #2

From Doubt To The Faith: The Conversion Of Father Libermann, Bernard Tenailleau

Spiritan Papers

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Witness Of A World View, Mckendree R. Langley

Pro Rege

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Existence In Mathematics, Willis J. Alberda

Pro Rege

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Scripture And Tradtiion At The Council Of Trent: Martin Chemntiz Against The Romanists, Douglas Balzer

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The present paper is both an exposition of Chemnitz' teaching concerning Scripture and Tradition and an appreciation of a great man of God, who so loved and served his Lord and Savior by heeding His voice in Scripture. But it is also an exposition of Chemnitz' teaching concerning Scripture and Tradition within a particular historical setting, specifically the occasion of the Council of Trent, against whose canons and decrees Chemnitz sets forth the clear teachings of Scripture. It is within this context especially that this paper deals.

Integrating The Adult Confirmand Into The Local Congregation, Frederick Koehler

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

Methods of activating and integrating into the church will be touched on so that by any means we might save some. But this thesis will not satisfy all who read it. For it does not claim to have investigated all the programs or tried to define what an active member is. Probably the closest that this paper will come to that answer is that a person must center his life in and around the Word and the Sacraments. While many subjects will be treated, such as preaching, counseling, working with youth, evangelism, stewardship, psychology, personality and doctrine, none of these …

Nurturing Faith In Jesus: Adult Sabbath School Lessons: Daybreak Series, Walter F. Specht

Faculty Publications

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Evangelistic Preaching In The Missouri Synod, Donald Ehlers

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

I decided, therefore, to look further into this matter of evangelistic preaching. What is evangelistic preaching? After arriving at my own definition of evangelistic preaching, I want to determine if evangelistic preaching, so defined, has Biblical precedent. I also want to determine how my definition squares with Lutheran theology on conversion. Based on my definition, I want to develop criteria for evaluating Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod preaching as to its evangelistic nature. Using these criteria, I propose to study sermons written and preached by Missouri Synod pastors.

A Review: The Interaction Of Law And Religion, Frona Powell

IUSTITIA

In 1971 at Boston University, Harold J. Berman, Story Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, delivered four lectures in the series of Lowell Lectures on Theology. This book is comprised of those lectures with an introduction, postscript, and annotations. One would hope that Berman's analysis of the interaction of law and religion would provide insight into an area which is often neglected by modern jurisprudents. Unfortunately, it does not.

Those who are members of the legal profession as well as those who are not, are aware of the fact that the legal system does not always function properly. In …

The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon 1974 Part 1, Lawrence T. Geraty

Faculty Publications

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