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Reclaiming And Reconciling What Was Originally Ours--Christianity And Feminism: A Concise History, Soquel Filice

History

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018. Take Up The Cross, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on the Peter's confession of Jesus as Messiah and what it means to "Take up our Cross" and follow Christ, what does this means for your family.

More Than A Pretty Face: Using Embodied Lutheran Theology To Evaluate Community-Building In Online Social Networks, Joel Oesch

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

Oesch, Joel, C. "More than a Pretty Face: Using Embodied Lutheran Theology to Evaluate Community-building in Online Social Networks." Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 2015. 264pp.

The human body holds a special place in Christian theology. Jesus gives of his body in the crucifixion and experiences bodily resurrection on Easter morning. The sacrament of Holy Communion is a common partaking in the actual body and blood of Christ. But what of the human body for the Christian, and of what import does this have for the broader community? The dissertation seeks to build on these facts and make a case for …

Planning A Sermonic Year, S. Joseph Kidder

Faculty Publications

Planning out the sermonic year and being intentional about creating a unified schedule of Sabbath services and sermons gives direction and inspiration to members and focus to the pastor and leadership. It helps show the pastor and leadership whether they are balanced in presenting various themes. The sermonic year calendar also can make sure that your church programs are in line with the direction and mission of the church and help both the pastor and ministry teams stay organized.

Four Voices, Two Vistas, One Person: Why Understanding The Narrative Shape Of The Gospel Matters, Rikk Watts

Pro Rege

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017. Baptism And Beginning Of Ministry, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on the Baptism and temptations of Jesus and listening to the voice of God what does this means for your family.

016. Transfiguration, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on the Transfiguration of Jesus and listening to the voice of God what does this means for your family.

Partners In The Gospel: A Study In Dual And Multi-Parish Ministry, Paul Winningham

Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project

Problem: Since it has not been researched how the members of Grace Lutheran Church of Uniontown (MO) and Zion Lutheran Church of Longtown (MO) understand and value their partnership in the Grace-Zion Joint Lutheran Parish, this project seeks to gain increasing clarity as to the vision Grace and Zion Lutheran Churches have of themselves, and of the partnership they share.

This study employed both questionnaire and focus groups to gather both quantitative and qualitative data in this dual parish or multiple parish about the perception participants have of their own congregation, as well as the partnership they share.

Psalms In Our Lamentable World, Don Saliers

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

Where are worshipers in Christian communities to go with their experiences and observations of violence, injustice, and other forms of suffering? Historically, a central source of realistic faith-based responses to tragedy has been the Psalter, broadly defined as a set of biblical psalms arranged by date to be individually and collectively read, sung, and prayed. Recent scholarship on psalms has focused on lament and complaint, and questions regarding the presence of trauma and violence in religious traditions have shown such psalms to be particularly relevant to contemporary culture.

This article examines three “psalms of lament,” Psalms 13, 42/43, and 88, …

The Grace Place Ministry Leads To Bible Studies And Baptisms, Betty Eaton

Lake Union Herald

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015. Lord Over All, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on the authority of Jesus over all of creation and what does this means for your family.

Shepherding The Flock: C.A.R.E. - A Model For Pastoral Ministry, Ronald Hughes

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

A seminary graduate is often well equipped in a variety of areas including preaching, languages, church growth, and the like. One area that graduates often feel ill equipped is the practical area of pastoral care; however, every minister, whether in a church of ten or ten thousand, must have a way to effectively deal with this part of their ministry. From a review of the literature and a survey of pastors, this project will confirm the current need for further training in the area of pastoral care. In addition, this project will offer a plan to meet those needs within …

A Four-Fold Strategy For Training Parents To Teach Spiritual Formation At Home, James Otis Ledbetter

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this project is to aid church leaders toward understanding the dynamics of family ministry: what it is and what it is not. Having written five books for Focus on the Family and David C. Cook addressing the role of the church and family, this author has successfully transitioned his church from the traditional family ministry (families in the support role of the church) to placing the church in the support role of the family: strengthening God's family by strengthening theirs. Based on surveys, evaluations of each individual family's health, historical and cultural documents, resources, and actual case …

Putting The Puzzle Together Piece By Piece: How Genuine And Authentic Friendships Can Transform Faith, Kayla Ranae Billings

Children, Youth, and Family (CYF) Papers

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The Millenial Generation Crisis: Reimagining The Church’S Mission In A Secular3 World, Corey J. Lange

Children, Youth, and Family (CYF) Papers

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The Missionary Manual: A Handbook Of Methods For Missionary Work In Young People's Societies, Amos R. Wells

Books

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Stop Worrying About The Millennials*: *And Learn To Love Them Instead, Andrew Root

Faculty Publications

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The Bible Marksman: A Course In Bible - Marking, Covering In A Simple And Comprehensive System, The Most Important Bible Topics, And Comprising Work For One Year, Amos R. Wells

Books

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Learning With Digital Technologies: Privileging Persons Over Machines, Mary E. Hess

Faculty Publications

Learning with digital technologies, at least when framed by moral commitments, requires lifting up specific epistemological frames, beginning with a conviction that learning involves human persons in interdependent communities who are involved in a shared search for truth. Such a conviction necessitates moving from teaching-centered to learning-centered pedagogies, and from explicit content to shaping tacit forms of knowing. Digital technologies can prove highly beneficial when used within those constraints.

Imagining The Scandal Of The Cross With Graphic/Novel Reading, Elizabeth Rae Coody

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

For countless adherents to the Christian tradition, the Cross functions as a symbol of divine power. For the earliest Christians, however, this overwhelmingly positive valuation of crosses would have been unintelligible. Living under Roman rule, their immediate understanding of crosses would have been as instruments of execution and thus symbols of the power and victory belonging to a foreign empire rather than to the Lord they worshipped. For them, the crucifixion was a traumatic event in which the Messiah died shamefully. It is for these reasons that the scandal of the Cross is a prominent theme in the New Testament, …

Practical Advice On Prayer From Martin Luther, Mary Jane Haemig

Faculty Publications

Martin Luther’s comments and instructions on prayer permeated his work. Luther sought to build an evangelical prayer practice that reflected the key insights of his theology: just as God redeems the unworthy human, so God promises to hear and respond to the one praying, despite his or her unworthiness.

Praying The Psalms, Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Faculty Publications

The Psalms teach us how to pray. When we pray the Psalms, we follow in the footsteps of a long line of Christians and Jews who have used the Psalter as a guide to prayer. We learn from those saints to bring all of ourselves to God in prayer: our sorrows, our laments, and our anger as well as our joys and praise.

We Have Found Water: Patriarchal Paradigms For Cross - Cultural Mission, A. H. Mathias Zahniser

Papers

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Christian Witness In A Marketplace Of Cultured Alternatives, A. H. Mathias Zahniser

Papers

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Social Welfare And The Liquor Problem, Harry S. Warner

Books

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Three Models Of Acculturation: Applications For Developing A Church Planting Strategy Among Diaspora Populations, David R. Dunaetz

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Cross-cultural church planters often work with individuals from several cultures or with immigrants from one specific culture. These church planters can develop a more effective church planting strategy by understanding three models of acculturation, the process by which individuals respond and change when coming into contact with a new culture. The one-dimensional melting pot model describes how immigrants acculturate as time progresses, from one generation to another. The two-dimensional acculturation strategies model describes what can be expected to happen to members of a diaspora population due to their views of both their host and home cultures. The social identity model …

How To Play, Amos R. Wells

Books

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Deeper Yet: Meditations For The Quiet Hour, Clarence E. Eberman

Books

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Luto 7-¡Aunque Mueras, Vivirás!, Marcos Kempff

Crisis y luto

Luto 7-¡Aunque mueras, vivirás!

Cheerfulness (Chapter 6 From Morning Resolve: To Live A Simple, Sincere And Serene Life), Patrick Allen

Faculty Publications - College of Education

In this chapter, well look at the habits and attitudes that can bring cheer to your spiritual life along with a closer examination of cheerfulness and some realistic strategies to develop and sustain it. As we have in the first five chapters of this book, we'll also consult Scripture for perspective and insight. Then, I'll end by offering some practical advice and posing some questions for discussion and reflection.