The purpose of the dissertation was to further the research of R. Alan Streett’s answer to the criticism of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s objection to the public invitation. His objections were based on his knowledge and interpretation of the Bible, his Reformed theology of regenerati…
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Sacred space is a prominent feature of Old Testament theology and is recognizable through structures such as the tabernacle, temple, and other places where God chooses to uniquely reveal Himself. New Testament scholarship, however, has a less uniform consensus in the way sacred …
בשנים האחרונות פורח המחקר על רבי קלונימוס קלמן שפירא, האדמו"ר מפיאסצ'נה )1943-1889 ,) סביב הגותו ודרשותיו היחודיים במהלך השואה, משנתו ופעילותו החינוכית ותפיסתו המדיטטיבית המתקדמת. מטרת העבודה לחקור היבטים הקשורים לכתביו ולתולדות חייו של האדמו"ר מפיאסצ'נה בשנים שלפני השואה, ולהשפ…
עבודה זו בוחנת כיצד הבדלים אידאולוגיים בין התנועות הקיבוציות השונות באים ליד י ביטוי בהגדות פסח קיבוציות. תופעה זו היא מקרה בוחן אמפירי לאופן בו תנועות לאומיות מחדשות ועורכות מסורות תרבותיות. כיוון שהתנועות הקיבוציות התהוו כשונות אידאולוגית זו מזו במספר היבטים, בשלב הראשון של המ…
Matthew’s first two chapters provide fertile ground for debate surrounding his four fulfillment quotations. In an age when biblical interpretation often defaults to the authority of the reader or leans heavily on presuppositional systems, Matthew provides tools for biblical inte…
The letters Paul wrote to Timothy are primarily grouped with the letter to Titus and called the Pastoral Epistles. The implication of the title is the letters were written to a pastor serving in a local church in Ephesus. Yet, Timothy is never called a pastor. He is called away …
Insofar as Christian theology aims to make truth claims about the nature of reality, it is necessarily involved in the enterprise of metaphysics. Pentecostals, precisely as Christians, are thus obliged to participate. In this study, I begin by showing that few explicit, develope…
Bu çalışmada Fransız filozof ve düşünür Paul Ricoeur‘ün hermeneutik anlayışını ele alınmıştır. Ricoeur‘ün felsefesindeki temel amaç beşeri söylemin parçacıklı halinden kurtarılarak bütünleştirilmesidir. Ricoeur bu bütünleştirmenin yorum olmadan başarılamayacağını ifade eder. Dol…
Bu çalışmada İmam Mâtürîdî'nin kelam düşüncesinde ahlak anlayışı kelami bir çerçevede ele alınmaktadır. Ahlak ilmi tarihte felsefenin bir alt dalı olarak değerlendirilse de Kelam ilminin ahlak kapsamına giren bir takım konuları incelemesi ahlakın kelami bir bakış açısıyla ele al…
This dissertation charts three strategies undertaken by American Orthodox Jews to fashion a Judaism for the newly college educated Jewish masses in the decades following the Holocaust. By examining the ways in which modern Orthodox, Chabad Hassidim, and Haredi Jews turned to the…
A elaboração teológica do dogma trinitário implicou, no século IV, uma nova articulação entre as categorias ontológicas de «substância» e «relação» em Deus. A conceção de uma metafísica do mundo e da pessoa pensada a partir da Trindade permanece, porém, uma tarefa a realizar. Kl…
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this project was to educate and empower church leaders to utilize their spiritual giftedness in concert with the Triune God’s purposes for their service in the church—the Body of Christ. This project evaluated biblical, theological, and …
The purpose of this project was to examine the power of story, specifically biblical narratives, and determine their ability to deliver propositional statements for the purpose of teaching. Because of the metanarrative of Scripture, which says that the Bible as a whole is God-br…
The tradition of the laying on of hands (LOH) can be ambiguous in both essence and practice. Further, the contemporary evangelical church and the academy lack a robust understanding its significance in both orthodoxy and orthopraxy. The goal of this work is threefold: (1) to cla…
The purpose of this dissertation is to prompt ecclesial imagination for the sake of envisioning and reshaping contemporary ecclesiology and church practice in more liberative forms. The thesis is that non-dominant theologies and historical narratives are sources that prompt eccl…
This dissertation offers a fresh articulation of evangelical Christian realism by critiquing the socio-political ethics of the new evangelical perspective (NEP). Chapter One includes a summary of the main argument of this dissertation, a statement of its major thesis, a proposed…
Chapter one will frame the discussion on the importance of pastoral theology for North American pastors as seen in their approach to the Lord’s Supper. Chapter one will identify the research methodology for this dissertation in analyzing John Flavel’s sermons and books. The open…
The purpose of this ministry project is to promote longevity in ministry by equipping a select group of new pastors within the Pillar Church Planting Network (hereafter the Pillar Network). Those chosen have less than three years of experience in a pastoral role in their local c…
The problem underlying this study is the slow but steady decline in membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Numerous missionary efforts in the past have not been able to change this trend. However, an approach that summarizes…