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Advent 3 Series A 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Dec 2016

Advent 3 Series A 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Implementing Vocational Training At Escuela Quiteña De Estudios Bíblicos, Joshua K. Marcum Dec 2016

Implementing Vocational Training At Escuela Quiteña De Estudios Bíblicos, Joshua K. Marcum

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This DMin project addressed the problem of the absence of a viable training model to equip graduates of EQEB (Escuela Quiteña de Estudios Biblicos) for self-sustaining ministry. Based upon a theology of vocation, the project implemented and evaluated the inclusion of a technical-skills component to EQEB’s current seminary training. The project followed the integration of sixteen EQEB students in the vocational program implemented during the 2015-2016 school year. Qualitative research data gathered from five group interviews with these students, my own field notes, and a faculty interview provided the substance upon which I based the project´s findings. Over a seven-month …


Advent 2 Series A 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Dec 2016

Advent 2 Series A 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Advent 2 One Year Series 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Dec 2016

Advent 2 One Year Series 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Formulating A Covenant Of Discipleship For The Membership Of The Gwinnett Church Of Christ, David Chisholm Dec 2016

Formulating A Covenant Of Discipleship For The Membership Of The Gwinnett Church Of Christ, David Chisholm

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This project addressed the lack of a covenant of discipleship for the membership of the Gwinnett Church of Christ (GCC). The purpose of the project was to develop such a covenant document to help all the members of GCC better live out the process of becoming more like Jesus. To provide a theological foundation for this project, I explored discipleship in the exhortation sections of the book of Hebrews, which specifically addresses the need for greater commitment and intentionality amongst a community of faith. I also explored the theoretical framework of how formulating a discipleship covenant document could create progress …


Advent 1 One Year Series 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Nov 2016

Advent 1 One Year Series 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Advent 1 Series A 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Nov 2016

Advent 1 Series A 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Propers 29 (Last Sunday Of The Church Year) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Nov 2016

Propers 29 (Last Sunday Of The Church Year) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Propers 28 (Pentecost 26) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Nov 2016

Propers 28 (Pentecost 26) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Propers 27 (Pentecost 25) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Nov 2016

Propers 27 (Pentecost 25) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Festival Of All Saints Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Nov 2016

Festival Of All Saints Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 51 No 2 - November 2016), Calvin Theological Seminary Nov 2016

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 51 No 2 - November 2016), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: The Usefulness of Divine Majesty According to Calvin on Genesis by Rebekah Earnshaw - 181 / Sola Scriptura: An Inadequate Slogan for the Authority of Scripture by Henk van den Belt - 204 / Nuptial Reading: Hippolytus, Origen, and Ambrose on the Bridal Couple of the Song of Songs by Hans Boersma - 227 / Just What Do You Mean—Kingdom of God? Lessons from a Century (and More) of Christian Social Thought by John Bolt - 259 / Bound to the Altar: The Isaac of Genesis 22:1–19 by Arie C. Leder - 283 / Calvin Bibliography 2016 - …


Propers 26 (Pentecost 24) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Oct 2016

Propers 26 (Pentecost 24) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Festival Of The Reformation Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Oct 2016

Festival Of The Reformation Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Propers 25 (Pentecost 23) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Oct 2016

Propers 25 (Pentecost 23) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

No abstract provided.


Propers 24 (Pentecost 22) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Oct 2016

Propers 24 (Pentecost 22) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the pericope readings for Pentecost 22, Series C.


Propers 23 (Pentecost 21) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Oct 2016

Propers 23 (Pentecost 21) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching.


Propers 22 (Pentecost 20) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Oct 2016

Propers 22 (Pentecost 20) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching.


Calvin Theological Seminary Forum: October 2016, Richard Mouw, Amanda W. Benckhuysen, Danjuma Gibson, Geoff Vandermolen Oct 2016

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum: October 2016, Richard Mouw, Amanda W. Benckhuysen, Danjuma Gibson, Geoff Vandermolen

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum (2002- )

Articles
3 - From the President: Loving Your Neighbor Today (and Tomorrow!) by Jul Medenblik
4 - Loving Your Neighbor by Richard Mouw
6 - Old Testament Insights on Loving Your Neighbor by Amanda Benckhuysen
8 - Why & How Should Christians Engage Their Neighbors of Other Faiths? by Cory Willson
11 - Trauma: Suffering in Silence by Danjuma Gibson
14 - Loving Your Neighbor with Dementia by Mary Vandenberg
16 - CEP Summer Seminars 2016 by Scott Hoezee
19 - Vocational Formation — A new name, a renewed focus by Geoff Vandermolen
20 - Reflections on China Today by …


Mission In Evolving Cultures: Constructively Managing Music-Related Conflict In Cross-Cultural Church Planting Contexts, David R. Dunaetz Oct 2016

Mission In Evolving Cultures: Constructively Managing Music-Related Conflict In Cross-Cultural Church Planting Contexts, David R. Dunaetz

Selected Faculty Publications

The choice of music, an essential element of worship and church life, must be addressed in cross-cultural church planting contexts. As cultures evolve, church planters are faced with choices about musical styles that may lead to interpersonal conflicts within the church. The purpose of this study is to empirically examine factors that may enable cross-cultural church planters to constructively manage music-related conflicts when they arise. Members of church plants, like all people, have various goals when entering into such conflicts. They are concerned about the content of the conflict (i.e., the musical style) and thus have content goals. They are …


The Transitioning Of A Non-Functional Church Into A Functional Church: The Great Commission Commandment Mandate, Charlie Williams Oct 2016

The Transitioning Of A Non-Functional Church Into A Functional Church: The Great Commission Commandment Mandate, Charlie Williams

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

From conception, America has embraced the Christian church as its cornerstone. However, as noted by Barnes and Lowry, “Church attendance has decreased substantially in recent years in comparison to the 1950s and 60s. The majority of Americans do not attend church on a regular basis.” This thesis project will research churches with regards to their effectiveness and will both isolate and analyze the characteristics of churches that fit into operative categories. A survey using a quantitative research instrument, such as the Likert Measurement Scale, will examine the New Hope Missionary Baptist Association of North Carolina. The survey’s purpose will be …


Leadership Principles And Applications For Establishing A Christ-Centered Church In South Korea, Dongho Cho Oct 2016

Leadership Principles And Applications For Establishing A Christ-Centered Church In South Korea, Dongho Cho

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this project is to provide a Christ-centered, biblical Great Commission model for Presbyterian Church pastors in South Korea. Pastor Hanhum Ok said that there are many programs and forms without the spiritual vitality in the Korean Church. Many attractional churches attract people by relying heavily on programs that often alter the focus of believers onto the programs themselves and prevent them from focusing on Jesus Christ. To ensure that the church—the body of Christ—remains faithful to its biblical mandates, thesis project argues that the pastors must have leadership principles and applications in accordance to the Christ-centered biblical …


Propers 21 (Pentecost 19) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Sep 2016

Propers 21 (Pentecost 19) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching.


Contributors To Indian Catholicism: Interventions And Imaginings, Mathew Schmalz Sep 2016

Contributors To Indian Catholicism: Interventions And Imaginings, Mathew Schmalz

Journal of Global Catholicism

Contributors to Indian Catholicism: Interventions and Imaginings, the inaugural issue of the Journal of Global Catholicism.


Authority, Representation, And Offense: Dalit Catholics, Foot Washing, And The Study Of Global Catholicism, Mathew Schmalz Sep 2016

Authority, Representation, And Offense: Dalit Catholics, Foot Washing, And The Study Of Global Catholicism, Mathew Schmalz

Journal of Global Catholicism

In reflecting on a sharp scholarly exchange at a conference, this article explores issues of authority, representation, and offense in global Catholic and South Asian Studies. Focusing on the act of foot washing by Dalit Catholics, the article examines how scholarly offense is linked to particular claims of representational authority. The article also puts this discussion within the context of contemporary debates about Western portrayals of Indian culture and society.


Dalit Catholic Home Shrines In A North Indian Village, Mathew Schmalz Sep 2016

Dalit Catholic Home Shrines In A North Indian Village, Mathew Schmalz

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article examines three Catholic home shrines in a Dalit community in North Indian and argues that it is misleading to think that home shrines and other collections of material objects are somehow static conveyors of meaning. “Meaning” can mean many things or nothing at all, depending upon the terms we are using and the scholarly methods we deploy. The crucial aspect of Dalit Catholic home shrines is that they are literally open to interpretation and reinterpretation, to touching and being touched. Their significance—their meaning—depends not on decoding their structure or symbolic logic, but interacting with them as part of …


The Grace Of God And The Travails Of Contemporary Indian Catholicism, Kerry P. C. San Chirico Sep 2016

The Grace Of God And The Travails Of Contemporary Indian Catholicism, Kerry P. C. San Chirico

Journal of Global Catholicism

This essay discusses the challenges faced by Indian Catholicism, particularly as it seeks to adapt to and in contemporary, post-colonial India through the process or program of what is called inculturation, a self-conscious program of adaptation to Indian religion and culture. Since Indian Catholicism is constituted by so many irreducible persons-in-relation, the article focuses on the life of the Catholic priest, Swami Ishwar Prasad in whose life we may chart something of the inculturation movement and the Catholic tradition as it is found in North India region, in one rather long and rich lifetime connecting two centuries. The article seeks …


In Continuity With The Past: Indigenous Environmentalism And Indian Christian Visions Of Flora, James Ponniah Sep 2016

In Continuity With The Past: Indigenous Environmentalism And Indian Christian Visions Of Flora, James Ponniah

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article considers whether Indian Christianity can be said to have a distinctive ecological vision. The first two parts of the article examine Christian environmentalism in two native forms of Indian Christianity: Tamil Christianity and Tribal Christianity. Continuing with the theme of conformity to the local culture—though of the elite—the third part of the article investigates how Christian Ashrams function as dynamic centers for ecological praxis. The last part of the article considers how contemporary Indian Christian communities can respond to the ecological challenges confronting them.


Antoniyar Kōvil: Hindu-Catholic Identity At The St. Anthony Shrine In St. Mary’S Co-Cathedral, Chennai, Pj Johnston Sep 2016

Antoniyar Kōvil: Hindu-Catholic Identity At The St. Anthony Shrine In St. Mary’S Co-Cathedral, Chennai, Pj Johnston

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article combines ethnographic description of the practices of Hindu and Christian visitors of the St. Antony Shrine in Chennai with the observation that this material cannot be understood using the standard world religions paradigm that essentializes Christianity as exclusivistic. Drawing upon the visual and material culture of the shrine in light of premodern and Vatican II templates for inculturation and the negotiation of religious difference, the article highlights overlap between Tamil Hinduism and the Tamil Popular Catholicism of the site to argue that the beliefs and practices documented should inform descriptive and normative accounts of Catholic Christianity. Because Tamil …


Propers 20 (Pentecost 18) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt Sep 2016

Propers 20 (Pentecost 18) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching.