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What Directs Graphic Design?, David Versluis

Pro Rege

David Versluis presented this paper at The Bauhaus and Beyond: The Shape of Design Education Conference, April 8-10, 2005, at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

What's A Dordt?, John B. Hulst

Pro Rege

This article was presented by Dr. Hulst at the Jubilee Convocation of April 5, 2005, at Dordt College.

Fifty Years Later, Nicholas Wolterstorff

Pro Rege

This paper originated in an address presented at the March 8, 2005, Jubilee convocation at Dordt College, celebrating Dordt’s fiftieth anniversary.

Reformed Worship (Rw) 77 - Advent / Christmas (September 2005), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

What We've Learned Along the Way by Robert Webber....3

Ordered for Impact by Fritz West....5

"A Voice Cries Out..." by Douglas Macomber....8

Another Year Is Dawning by Nelvin Jager....11

Nativity Dramas by Todd Farley....17

Figures of Faith by Laura Venhuizen....19

Longing for Full Redemption by John Witvliet....27

Making Our Own Confession by Michael W. Goheen....32

The Forgotten Art by Carol J. Rottman....34

The Emerging Church by James K. A. Smith....40

New Piano Music for Worship by William Phemister....43

Departments

Editorial: And All God's People Say... by Emily Brink …

Sergeev's "The Project Of The Enlightenment: Essays On Religion, Philosophy And Art" - Book Review, Victor Shlenkin

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Hoekendijk, Bossey, Hungary, Reverend Laszlo Gonda

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Faith: Source Of Peace Or Cause For Unrest, Ratomir Grozdanoski

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

A Dissident Parish In East Germany - The Unique Story Of Holy Cross In Halle, Paul Oestreicher

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Buchenau's "Orthodoxie Und Katholicismus In Jugoslawien 1945-1991: Ein Serbisch-Kroatischer Vergleich" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Cvitkovic's "Konfesija U Ratu (Religious Confessions In Wartime)" - Book Review, Jim Satterwhite

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Dialogue Is The Only Way To Prevent Disaster, Ismail Bardhi

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Church And State Relations In Present-Day Serbia: Part Iv Serbia Within The European Context, Angela Ilić

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Revelation And The Left Behind Novels, Craig R. Koester

Faculty Publications

The Left Behind novels appeal because they affirm God's control of history in the face of violence and moral decay. Our challenge is to be more biblical than Left Behind, not less biblical to hear Revelation's call to persevere in the face of evil and to trust in the final victory of God and the Lamb.

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue Nos. 49-50, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

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Three Approaches To Practical Theology, Theological Education, And The Church’S Ministry, Kathleen A. Cahalan

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Etched In Stone, Engraved On The Heart (Rogers, Ar - Long Version), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In this longer version of a speech delivered at the Soderquist Center/Promise Keeper's 2005 CEO Summit on Purposeful Leadership, Pollard considers how contemporary business leaders might integrate faith and work while also serving their families and building businesses oriented to a "greater purpose."

Genesis 1:1-2:3 And Enuma Elish: Ideological Warfare Between Judah And Babylon, Rebecca L. Kirk

Doctor of Ministry

This thesis discusses two ancient cosmologies: Genesis 1: 1-2:3 and Enuma Elish. It details the culture in which each was written by discovering the possible time periods from which each cosmology came. This thesis also seeks to understand why each narrative was written and what the author was propagating to its respective audience. Finally, the present thesis contrasts similarities and differences between the two cosmologies and explains motivations for the similarities and. differences. Both cosmologies were conceived of and written down to encourage its respective audience to believe in the religions patron deity. This thesis maintains that the author of …

"Whither?" Some Thoughts On The Genre Of Literature In An Electronic Age, James C. Schaap

Pro Rege

This article was originally presented as a lecture for the MacLaurin Institute, a Christian study center at the University of Minnesota, on January 19, 2005.

Physicist's Reformed Critique Of Nonreductive Physicalism And Emergence, Arnold E. Sikkema

Pro Rege

Two figures are included. Dr. Sikkema has obtained permission from the first author of the paper from which Fig. 2 is adapted, as well as from the publisher.

Reformed Worship (Rw) 76 - Intergenerational Worship (June 2005), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

For All Generations....3

Beginning a Communal Conversation by Gil Rendle....4

Called to Carry the Light....6

What It Takes by Joy Engelsman....8

It Takes a Congregation by Steve Burger....10

Unity in Harmony by John Sutton....12

Table Graces by Ron Rienstra....19

"Will I Ever Love God as Much as That Man Does?" by Cheryl K. Brandsen....22

Church in Nursing Homes by Marlene F. Brands....24

A Precious Feast, a Tangled Web by Syd Hielema....25

Teens at the Table by Mary Sytsma....28

The Power of Words by Timothy Brown....37

Understanding Generational Differences by …

Charity Versus Social Development, Gihan Wasfy Labib

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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English Reformation Apocalypticism Foreshadowed In Lollard Sermons, Douglas Reinders

Master of Sacred Theology Seminar Papers

Our study primarily focuses on available Lollard sermon literature in an effort to buttress the argument that Lollard sermons and preaching cannot be ignored in a discussion about what influenced English Protestant apocalyptic thought of the sixteenth century. An examination of sermon literature, however, would not be complete without considering the questions of diffusion and to what extent Lollard teachings and sermons were diffused in England. This is done in a section devoted to the methods of dissemination. In a final section, the similarities between Lollard and English Protestant apocalypticism are examined.

Tribulations Of The Patriarch Joseph And Jesus In Greek And Latin Piety, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

The dramatic account of Joseph and his brothers in Genesis 37-50 has been the subject of many commentaries and reflections, by both Jews and Christians. How have the questions of crime and forgiveness been treated as a major theme by Christians? From early texts the pious effort to interpret the biblical message into a coherent whole led to a link between Joseph and Jesus. How has this been developed in the first millennium of Christianity? Father Frizzell examined this theme in “Tribulations of the Patriarch Joseph and Jesus in Greek and Latin Piety,” which he originally presented at the Medieval …

Luther's Reformation Of Penance, Robin Korsch

Master of Sacred Theology Seminar Papers

The history of the practice of penance from the early church to the dawn of the Reformation in the Western church is a rich story of continual change. The early church did not have a uniform doctrine and practice of penance and neither did the Western church even after Martin Luther's lifetime. The purpose of this paper is to study and explain the reasoning behind Luther's initial rejection of the Roman Catholic doctrine and practice of penance as found in various writings of Luther up until his 1520 work The Babylonian Captivity of the Church. It is the thesis of …

The Contagion: Sin And The Human Person From The Cappadocian Perspective, Brice John Tennant

Doctor of Ministry

This thesis examines the nature of sin and its effects on human nature in the thought of Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa. In order to achieve this, it opens with an exploration of the original created state of human nature and the telos or purpose God established for it, then moves to a survey of the origin and ontology of evil, followed by a discussion of humanity in Paradise, and concludes with the state of human nature after the transgression. The human being is found to be a creature of composite nature, uniting soul and matter. It possesses …

Narrative Paradigms Of Emergence - Contextual Orthodox Theological Identity, Parush R. Parushev

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Church And State Relations In Present-Day Serbia: Part Iii The Societal Reality Of Religious Freedom And Tolerance, Angela Ilić

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Jennie Lebl, Chronicler Of The Holocaust In The Balkans - Review Article, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

A Process Of Restoration For Clergy Guilty Of Sexual Misconduct, Carol Hutchinson

Doctor of Ministry

Sexual misconduct on the part of clergy is not a new phenomenon. Nevertheless the Church in general lacks a concept of restoration that provides spiritual and emotional healing of an offender within the context of the redemptive community of faith. This dissertation is intended to demonstrate how Scripture, church history, theology and psychology support restoration of fallen clergy. The dissertation will go on then to describe what a process of restoration would include.

The dissertation begins and ends with case studies. Both cases deal with actual events though names and some details have been changed. The first case demonstrates some …

Defining The Phenomenon Of Teaching Christianly At A Christian College: A Study Conducted At Dordt College, Barb Hoekstra

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Despite the high value that Christian colleges place on teaching, there is scant literature on teaching christianly in higher education. Pedagogy that promotes Christian beliefs resides in the K-12 literature. Using the work of Van Brummelen (1988) and Van Dyk (2000) originally developed for teaching christianly at the K-12 level, a conceptual framework was developed. This study investigated what it means to teach christianly at a small Christian college. A qualitative, phenomenological approach was used to explore teachers’ perceptions and beliefs about teaching christianly in higher education. A criterion sampling strategy was used in selecting 10 participants who had the …