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A Historical Overview Of Church Growth Consulting, Carl George

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

My longtime friend and colleague, Alan McMahan, asked for an article that would sum up my observations of Church Growth consulting over the past twenty-five years. He wanted it to be helpful to practitioners.

Book Review: Making Peace: A Guide To Overcoming Church Conflict By Jim Van Yperen, D. Bruce Seymour

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Making Peace: A Guide To Overcoming Church Conflict By Jim Van Yperen, Leroy Goertzen

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Answering The Earthquake, Thomas G. Plante

Psychology

During the past several years, the American Catholic Church has suffered an enormous earthquake due to the child sexual abuse crisis that was initially reported on January 6, 2002 by the Boston Globe Spotlight Team. Although the sexual abuse of children by priests had been in the news many times before, the recent case in Boston 14 Conversations resulted in perhaps the largest earthquake ever in the American Catholic Church. While the epicenter of the quake was centered in Boston, there were many significant aftershocks felt across the land. Sadly, Jesuits and Jesuit universities were not immune from the recent …

I Was Hungry And You Gave Me Food, Ronald Vos

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

The author begins by defining the concepts of worldview and describes the impact of three common worldviews on the issue of agriculture and holistic development. He then explains a view of reality consistent with God's revelation in Scripture but too often ignored by Christians. Lastly, he gives practical examples and identifies some implications of the worldview for agriculture, hunger, and water.

Faith And History - Hromadka's Public Theology, Jindrich Halama Jr.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Eastern Europe: Osce Conference On Discrimination - A Regional Survey, Felix Corley

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Frunzã'S "Filosofie Õi Religie: O Abordare Multidisciplinarã (Philosophy And Religion: An Interdisciplinary Approach)" - Book Review, Michael S. Jones

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Advice From St. Maximos Confessor For Contemporary Macedonians, James R. Payton Jr.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

All three of our monotheistic religions rely on the divine Word, written for us: for Jews in the Tanakh, for Christians also in the New Testament, and for Muslims as well in the Qur’an. For all our disagreements with each other, we recognize a common rootedness in a tradition of faith finding its beginning in Abraham, for Jews carried forward by the patriarchs and Moses, for Christians fulfilled in Jesus Christ, and for Muslims culminating in Muhammed. Consequently, even in the midst of the tensions that have separated our faiths over the centuries and have contributed recently to the tensions …

Bönker, Müller, & Pickel's “Towards A New Paradigm In Transitology Postcommunist Transformation And The Social Sciences: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches" - Book Review, Boyka Stefanova

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

On The U.S. Aversion To Ritual Behavior And The Vocation Of The Liturgical Theologian, Martin F. Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

This three-part essay reflects on the vocation of liturgical theologians in a culture in which there is a general antipathy toward the influence of religious rituals on personal formation and decision-making.¹ Part ι considers a few foundational nineteenth-century authors of the American Renaissance for reflections on the aversion to Christian ritual behavior. Part 2 takes up the sermons of a few nineteenth-century revivalist preachers. Part 3 suggests five challenges to liturgical theologians who teach and think in the complex social and religious environment of the United States.

Update - September 2004, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- A Statement on Racism
-- Editorial
-- Review and Critique of "A Statement on Racism"
-- Homelessness and Poverty
-- Review and Critique of the Seventh-day Adventist Policy Statement Titled "Homelessness and Poverty"
-- News from the Center for Christian Biothics
-- Operating Principles for Health-Care Institutions

Response To Dr. Charles Glenn, Paul Fessler

Pro Rege

This paper is a response to Dr. Glenn’s presentation.

Historical Background To Conflicts Over Religion In Public Schools, Charles L. Glenn

Pro Rege

Dr. Glenn’s paper was presented at the Spring Semester Convocation Ceremony Dinner at Dordt College, January 15, 2004.

"Historical Background To Conflicts Over Religion In Public Schools": A Response, Lloyd Den Boer

Pro Rege

This paper was presented in response to that of Dr. Charles Glenn.

Charles Glenn: A Response, Nick Lantinga

Pro Rege

This paper was given in response to Dr. Glenn’s presentation.

Genevan Reformation And The American Founding (Book Review), Paul Otto

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: A review of David W. Hall, The Genevan Reformation and the American Founding. (Lanham: Lexington, 2003). Xiv, 484 pages.

Reformed Worship (Rw) 73 - Advent / Christmas (September 2004), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

"What? I Have to Preach the Christmas Story Again?" by David Vroege....3

Through the Narrow Gate by Kurt Selles....6

And Mary Pondered All These Things by Dorothy Nienhuis....13

When Hearts Are Troubled by Joan Baker....16

Children's Messiah by Cheri Ter Haar and Jane Hilbrands....18

Arise, Shine!....21

For All the Saints by John C. Bush....25

Come, All You People by Mary Winters....28

Treasure Hunt by Trevor Rubingh....36

Articulating a Reformed Identity by Bill Van Groningen....40

Departments

Editorial: Permission to Pray by Emily R. Brink....2

Series for the Season: What to …

Bonhoeffer And The End Of Christian Ethics, Thomas D. Pearson

Philosophy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Reflections On The Contemporary Religious "Revival" Religion, Secularization, Globalization, Nonka Bogomilova

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

What Does It Mean To Be A Missionary Church Today?, Janos Pasztor

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Fairbairn’S "Eastern Orthodoxy Through Western Eyes" - Book Review, Walter D. Ray

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Theologies Of Church Government In The Hungarian Lutheran Church During Communism (1945-1990), Tibor Fabiny Jr.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Mormon Growth And Practices: Christian Theological Reflections, Patrick R. Keifert

Faculty Publications

Mormonism, despite its manifest departures from orthodox Christian faith, models practices of relating faith and everyday life that can be significantly instructive for Christian congregations.

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 48, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Czech Protestants Between Socialist Czechoslovakia And European Union, Petr Pokorný

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Truth Of Love And The Love Of Truth: A Christian Plato-Scholar Stops To Look At What He's Doing, And Why, Aron Reppmann

Pro Rege

This paper was presented by Aron Reppmann, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Trinity Christian College, for Trinity’s Faculty Orientation, August 2002.

Talking Dirty, Analogically Speaking, Robert Sweetman

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Bloody Message, Leendert Van Beek

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Reformed Worship (Rw) 72 - Worship In Difficult Times (June 2004), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Worship in Difficult Times by Kathy Smith....3

Pain Is a Four-Letter Word by Calvin Seerveld....6

What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Ken Gehrels....8

Words-Only Worship by Barry Morrison....10

Prayers for Hope and Healing by Joyce Borger....12

A Church That Burned Becomes a Church on Fire by RuthAnn Schuringa and Jean Chorostecki.....16

To Your Very Good Health by John Witvliet....18

From Fast to Feast by Cas Wepener....20

The Sweet and the Bitter by Peter Slofstra....29

The Heritage of African American Songs....32

The People Had a Mind to Work by …