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2004 - 86th Annual Bible Lectureship, "Come To The Water", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 38 No 2 - November 2003), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Three Dutch Reformed Theologians: Missions According to Scripture by Abraham Kuyper, translated by Pieter Tuit - 237 / “Something That Must Remain, If the Truth Is to Be Sweet and Precious to Us”: The Reformed Spirituality of Herman Bavinck by George Harinck - 248 / Grand Rapids between Kampen and Amsterdam: Herman Bavinck’s Reception and Influence in North America by John Bolt - 263 / Klaas Schilder as Public Theologian by Richard J. Mouw - 281 / Calvin Bibliography: 2003 - 299 / Scholia et Homiletica: Notes and Comments for the Minister: Word and Sacrament on …

Worldview As A Key To Understanding Spiritual Warfare With The Emphasis On Sanctification And Evangelism, Albert Kwamena Essandoh

College of Theology and Ministry Dissertations, Projects, & Theses

An examination of current literary works on spiritual warfare within this decade shows that there has been a struggle in understanding the issues that evolve under this subject. Missiologists have presented reports that baffle western theologians; however. these phenomena are not new to the non-westem reader, and they persist. Most western theologians who have not encountered these phenomena discount these experiences, presenting arguments from a sanctification point of view.

Renowned contemporary scholars whose perspectives on worldviews, sanctification, and evangelism contribute to this research include Peter Wagner, Clinton Arnold, Derek Tidball, Howard Ervin, James Sire, John Stott, Andrew W. Hoffecker, Russell …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 38 No 1 - April 2003), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Calvin’s Concept of Natural and Roman Law by Irena Backus - 7 / Devaluing the Scholastics: Calvin’s Ethics of Usury by Michael Wykes - 27 / Christ’s Atonement: A Multi-Dimensional Approach by Willem van Asselt - 52 / The Noetic Effects of Sin: A Review Article by Dewey J. Hoitenga - 68 / Scholia et Homiletica: A New Age Love Story: Worldview and Ethics in the Gospel of John by Hans Boersma - 103 / “Making Proclamation to the Spirits in Prison”: Another Look at 1 Peter 3:19 by Andrew J. Bandstra - 120 / John Knox …

The Trinity: Understanding God's Love, His Plan Of Salvation, And Christian Relationships [Review] / Woodrow Whidden, Jerry Moon, John W. Reeve., Alberto R. Timm

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

This is a book review

2003 - 85th Annual Bible Lectureship, "Welcoming The Reign Of God: Messages On The Kingdom From Matthew's Gospel", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 37 No 2 - November 2002), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial Notes - 207 / Articles: Infants, Nursing Mother, and Father: Paul's Portrayal of a Pastor by Jeffrey A. D. Weima - 209 / Taking Up the Cross and Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark by Marvin Meyer - 230 / Covenant and Pentecost by James C. Vanderkam - 239 / Alleged Rationalism: Francis Turretin on Reason by Sebastian Rehnman - 255 / Reflecting Theologically on Popular Culture as Meaningful: The Role of Sin, Grace, and General Revelation by Theodore A. Turnau, III - 270 / Calvin Bibliography: 2002 by Paul Fields - 297 / Scholia et …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 37 No 1 - April 2002), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial - 7 / Articles: Paradise Lost: Reading the Former Prophets by the Rivers of Babylon by Arie C. Leder - 9 / Rahab of Canaan and Israel: The Meaning of Joshua 2 by John H. Stek - 28 / Preaching Texts of Terror in the Book of Judges: How Does the History of Interpretation Help? by John L. Thompson - 49 / Reading Samuel to Hear God by Stanley D. Walters - 62 / The Former Prophets and the Practice of Christian Worship by John D. Witvliet - 82 / Scholia et Homiletica: Vengeance and the Fair …

2002 - 84th Annual Bible Lectureship, "Recovering Spirituality", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 36 No 2 - November 2001), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: The Coherence of Exodus: Narrative Unity and Meaning by Arie C. Leder - 251 / Ecclesia, Legenda atque Intelligenda Scriptura: The Church as Discerning Community in Calvin's Hermeneutic by R. Ward Holder - 270 / Psalm 67—Blessing, Harvest, and History: A Proposal for Exegetical Methodology by Eep Talstra and Carl J. Bosma - 290 / The Starting Point of Calvin's Theology: An Essay-Review by Richard A. Muller - 314 / Calvin Bibliography 2001 by Paul Fields - 343 / Scholia et Homiletica: Proverbs: An Introduction by John H. Stek - 365 / Problems with Proof Texts: The …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 36 No 1 - April 2001), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Introduction: Praise and Lament in the Christian Life by Carl J. Bosma - 9 / The Friday Voice of Faith by Walter Brueggemann - 12 / Voice as Counter to Violence by Walter Brueggemann - 22 / Prerequisites for Genuine Obedience: Theses and Conclusions by Walter Brueggemann - 34 / If God Is Good and Sovereign, Why Lament? by Nicholas Wolterstorff - 42 / Prayer and Worship by Patrick D. Miller Jr. - 53 / The Shame of Joy and Tears by John Patton - 63 / Discerning the Voices: Praise and Lament in the Tradition of the Christian …

Ethics As Grammar: Changing The Postmodern Subject, Brad Kallenberg

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Wittgenstein, one of the most influential, and yet widely misunderstood, philosophers of our age, confronted his readers with aporias—linguistic puzzles—as a means of countering modern philosophical confusions over the nature of language without replicating the same confusions in his own writings. In Ethics as Grammar, Brad Kallenberg uses the writings of theological ethicist Stanley Hauerwas as a foil for demonstrating how Wittgenstein’s method can become concrete within the Christian tradition. Kallenberg shows that the aesthetic, political, and grammatical strands epitomizing Hauerwas’s thought are the result of his learning to do Christian ethics by thinking through Wittgenstein.

Kallenberg argues that …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 35 No 2 - November 2000), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Common Grace, Theonomy, and Civic Good: The Temptations of Calvinist Politics (Reflections on the Third Point of the CRC Kalamazoo Synod, 1924) by John Bolt - 205 / What Kind of Book Is Calvin's Institutes? by Randall C. Zachman - 238 / Calvin and Catholic Trinitarianism: An Examination of Robert Reymond's Understanding of the Trinity and His Appeal to John Calvin by Paul Owen - 262 / Calvin and the Nicodemite Controversy: An Overlooked Text of 1541 by Robert White - 282 / Calvin Bibliography: 2000 by Paul Fields - 297 / Scholia et Homiletica: The Use and Abuse …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 35 No 1 - April 2000), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Transitions: James A. De Jong - 5 / Articles: Common Grace and the Christian Reformed Synod of Kalamazoo (1924): A Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Retrospective by John Bolt - 7 / The Three Points in Most Parts Reformed: A Reexamination of the So-Called Well-Meant Offer of Salvation by Raymond A. Blacketer - 37 / Correction to Impose Silence on a Certain Scoundrel Named Antoine Cathelan, Former Gray Friar of Albigeois by John Calvin, translated by Rob Ray McGregor - 66 / Structural Elements in the Eschatology of Johannes Cocceius by Willem J. van Asselt - 76 / Useful for the …

The Problem Of Religion, Violence, And Peace: An Uneasy Trilogy, David L. Coppola

SHU Faculty Publications

Drawing primarily on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic texts, as well as on philosophical and sociological concepts, I will examine religion and its relationship to violence from three distinct, but related perspectives; namely, that 1) religion is directly linked with violence; 2) religion functions as one among many factors that influence violence; and 3) religions are unwilling participants in the practice of violence. This essay begins by setting a context for the study of religion, violence, and peace, followed by a presentation of the three perspectives mentioned above, concluding with possibilities for the study and practice of future peace-making.

The Passover Of Christ: 'Do [You] This In Remembrance Of Me.' A Systematic Description Of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anabaptist, And Lutheran Theology And Ethics, Oscar Carvajal Romero

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

As a way of abstract, this paper presents a study of the last meal performed by Jesus with his disciples before his death and its commandment. With a systematic approach and a descriptive style, it explores the theological and ethical positions given by four Christian traditions: namely, Orthodox, Roman Catholic. Anabaptist, and Lutheran, to Jesus’ commandment: “Do [you] this in remembrance of me." The thesis in this paper has four parts, first, that the command has four aspects: subjective, objective, subjunctive, and genitive. Second, that each Christian tradition named above have emphasized one aspect over the others arriving to different …

2000 - 82nd Annual Acu Lectureship, "Unfinished Business: Challenges For The New Millennium", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 34 No 2 - November 1999), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: "Why2K?" by John Bolt - 289 / Response to a Certain Dutchman Who, under the Guise of Making Christians Very Spiritual, Permits Them to Defile Their Bodies in All Idolatries by John Calvin, translated by Rob Roy MacGregor - 291 / Divine Relations of the Trinity: Augustine's Answer to Arianism by Sarah Heaner Lancaster - 327 / Nothing But Concupiscence: Calvin's Understanding of Sin and the Via Augustini by Barbara Pitkin - 347 / Calvin and Luther on Bernard of Clairvaux by Theo Bell - 370 / Calvin Bibliography: 1999 by Paul Fields - 396 / Scholia et …

Leadership Development In The Christian Church And Churches Of Christ In Northeast Nebraska, Wayne Dykstra

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This project/thesis focuses on the leadership needs of the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in northeast Nebraska in general and of Wakefield Christian Church in particular. The leadership context of Wakefield Christian Church was analyzed utilizing a congregational profile inventory, the presentation of a leadership development course, an evaluation instrument, and conversations and interviews of the church leadership. The success or failure of organizations will depend upon the quality of the leadership. The objective of this project was to provide a leadership course which would produce better leaders who could make a difference in the kingdom of God and …

Daunting, Indeed! A Critical Conversation With The Promise Of Lutheran Ethics, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

The seven essayists in The Promise of Lutheran Ethics provide material for a fruitful conversation with the reviewer, which in turn provides food for thought for readers of the volume and the review.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 34 No 1 - April 1999), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt - 7 / Reading Exodus to Learn and Learning to Read Exodus by Arie C. Leder - 11 / Smooth Stones, Teachable Hearts: Calvin's Allegorical Interpretation of Deuteronomy 10:1-2 by Raymond A. Blacketer - 36 / Creation in Jeopardy: A Warning to Priests (Hosea 4:1-3) by Carl J. Bosma - 64 / Brer Rabbit and the Tar-Baby: Biblical Studies and Folklore by Michael J. Williams - 117 / Conjugating the Rites: Old and New in Augustine's Theory of Signs by Peter J. Leithart - 136 / Scholia et Homiletica: The Church and the Little Scroll …

1999 - 81st Annual Lectureship, "Behold, He Comes!", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 33 No 2 - November 1998), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt - 275 / Albertus C. van Raalte: The Homo Oecumenicus among the Secession Leaders by Homma Reenders - 277 / "Give Us an American Abraham Kuyper": Dutch Calvinist Reformed Responses to the Founding of the Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia by George Harinck - 299 / Kuyper's Legacy for Christian Ethics by Guenther ("Gene") Haas - 320 / The Friendship of Charity by Eduardo J. Echeverria - 350 / Calvin Bibliography: 1998 by Paul Fields - 377 / Scholia et Homiletica: Eve's Answer to the Serpent: An Alternative Paradigm for Sin and Some Implications in Theology …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 33 No 1 - April 1998), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt - 7 / Articles: Between Sacrament and Contract: Marriage as Covenant in John Calvin's Geneva by John Witte Jr. - 9 / Prophet in Scotland: The Self-Image of John Knox by Dale W. Johnson and James Edward McGoldrick - 76 / John Owen's Dissertation on Divine Justice: An Exercise in Christocentric Scholasticism by Carl R. Trueman - 87 / God and Conscience by John Webster - 104 / Irenaeus Speaks Swedish: Gustaf Wingren's Challenge to North American Evangelicals by David T. Priestley - 125 / Scholia et Homiletica: What DNA Tells Us about the …

The Christian Communio And The Question Of Identity, Guillermo C. Hansen

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

1998 - 80th Annual Lectureship, "The Real War: Flesh Vs Spirit: Studies In Galatians", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 32 No 2 - November 1997), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial by John Bolt - 251 / Articles: Christian Worship in Consecrated Space and Time by Arie C. Leder - 253 / The Spirituality of the Psalter: Metrical Psalms in Liturgy and Life in Calvin's Geneva by John D. Witvliet - 273 / The Second Sunday Service in the Early Dutch Reformed Tradition by Donald Sinnema - 298 / John W. Nevin on the Mystical Presence by Arie J. Griffioen - 334 / The Mission of a Local Church by Calvin P. Van Reken - 344 / Calvin Bibliography: 1997 by Peter De Klerk and P. Fields - 368 …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 32 No 1 - April 1997), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial by John Bolt - 7 / Trinitarianism Today: Doctrinal Renaissance, Ethical Relevance, Social Redolence by Thomas R. Thompson - 9 / Jesus in the Theology of Eberhard Jüngel by John Webster - 43 / Creation as the Home of God: The Doctrine of Creation in the Theology of Jürgen Moltmann by Steven Bouma-Prediger - 72 / Brunner the Ecumenist: Emil Brunner as a Vox Media of Protestant Theology by Mark G. McKim - 91 / Eschatology in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century by Klaas Runia - 105 / Scholia et Homiletica: Onward Christian Soldiers—Praying in Love, …

1997 - 79th Annual Lectureship, "Faith Under Fire", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 31 No 2 - November 1996), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt - 333 / Calvin and Sixteenth-Century Spirituality: Comparison with the Anabaptists by Richard C. Gamble - 335 / Moderate Religious Liberty in the Theology of John Calvin by John Witte, Jr. - 359 / Did Calvin Use Lippoman's Catena in Genesim? by Anthony N. S. Lane - 404 / Calvin Bibliography: 1996 by Paul Fields - 420 / Scholia: Unfulfilled Expectations of Church Planting by David Snapper - 464 / Are Harold Netland's Principles Universal and Neutral? by T. S. Perry - 487 / The Question of Criteria: A Response to Mr. Perry by Harold …