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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Apostle Paul"”.
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Shared Leadership as Exemplified by the Apostle Paul
SHARED LEADERSHIP AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE APOSTLE PAUL Michael Kenneth Atherton, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014 Chair: Dr. Michael S. Wilder This thesis studies the presence and role of shared leadership as displayed through the ministry of the apostle Paul. In chapter 1, the …
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Church Revitalization: Insights from the Ministry of the Apostle Paul
… of these churches. This chapter argues that the apostle Paul was interested in church health and pinpointed three sets of factors which he consistently addressed in his work with churches. Chapter 2 begins by recognizing that Paul used both a proactive and a reactive approach to church health in …
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A quest for historical traditions of the Apostle Paul in Nonpauline sources
Two assumptions shape modem Pauline studies. They are that the Apostle Paul -wrote letters, and that his theology can be reconstructed from these letters. The problem is that one cannot decide which of the letters is authentic unless one first knows something about Pauline theology. Much of the …
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Self-deception at the intersection of Friedrich Nietzsche and the Apostle Paul
… It also plays a significant role in Paul’s notion of the fall. This thesis explores issues of self-deception in the realm of Nietzsche-Paul discourse. Specifically, Nietzsche’s explication of self-deception inherent in ressentiment is used to elucidate Paul’s usage of self-deception …
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Biblical Lessons for Educational Leaders: The Servant Leadership of King David, Apostle Paul, Dr. Joe Hairston, Dr. Tim Markley
… they relate to the leadership of King David and Apostle Paul, as well as the scenarios that occurred during the tenure of Superintendents Hairston and Markley. Additionally, this investigation will demonstrate and provide evidence that the characteristics necessary for educational leaders to …
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Malaria Risk on Ancient Roman Roads: A Study and Application to Assessing Travel Decisions in Asia Minor by the Apostle Paul
… case-study application to the journeys of the Apostle Paul, as narrated in the New Testament book, Acts of the Apostles (Acts). The project is intentionally cross-disciplinary in bringing the technical capabilities of GIS to the task of evaluating nuanced textual sources for historical …
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Working for the Glory of God: The Distinction Between Greed and Self-Interest in the Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul
This dissertation demonstrates that the Pauline corpus is sufficient to discern a distinction between self-interest and greed. The review of literature in chapter 1 reveals that definitions of greed often rely on such terms as “excessive” and “inordinate,” without defining the terms. Chapter 2 …
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Authoring Authority: The Apostle Paul and the Prophet Joseph Smith--A Critical Comparison of Texts and Power in the Generation of Religious Community
… efforts of the first-century Christian Apostle Paul and the nineteenth-century Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith.</p> <p>This comparison defamiliarizes and recharacterizes the heroes and origin-stories of the dominant (and my own) tradition to force important questions about scholarly …
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Showing forth the great works of God: the witness of the people of God in the socio-historic context of 1 Peter and its implication for the church today
… book of Acts and the missionary preaching of the apostle Paul when they consider their witness to society. Missionary preaching is therefore often seen as the main mode for witness and little attention is given to the socio-historic context of the book and the social position of the apostle Paul. …
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The Practice of the Body of Christ: Human Agency in Pauline Theology After MacIntyre
… between "apocalyptic" interpretations of the Apostle Paul and the contemporary revival in "virtue ethics." It argues that the human actor's place in Pauline theology has long been captive to theological concerns foreign to Paul and that we can discern in Paul a classical account of human …
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Supervising Gifted People: A Consideration of the Fivefold Gifts in the Effective Supervision of Missionaries
… These gifts are ministry functions that the apostle Paul presented in Ephesians 4:11 and 1 Corinthians 12:28. This thesis proposes a conceptual framework loosely based on these five ministry functions and examines effective supervision of cross-cultural missionaries in light of them. Chapter …
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A Seal of Faith: Rereading Paul on Circumcision, Torah, and the Gentiles
It is generally held that the Apostle Paul dismissed the rite of circumcision for Gentiles. This dissertation, however, offers a different perspective. Through examination of relevant sources regarding the role of circumcision in conversion along with consideration of Philo of Alexandria's …
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The validity of the propositional theme in expository preaching
… practice of the Old Testament prophets, the apostle Paul, and Jesus to demonstrate that the validity of a clearly determined sermon theme is supported by numerous biblical examples. Chapter 3 shows the hermeneutical validity of the propositional theme in expository preaching. It observes that …
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Nothing So Exquisite
… of Mormon. Alma’s story is comparable to that of Paul the Apostle in the New Testament. Early in his life, though his father is the head of the Church of Christ, Alma rebels against his father’s teachings and becomes a violent opponent of the Church, persecuting the Saints and seeking to lead them …
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JOHN CHRYSOSTOM AND THE HERMENEUTICS OF EXEMPLAR PORTRAITS
… analysis of his portrayals of King David, the apostle Paul, Christian ascetics and martyrs show us, Chrysostom’s ethical framework is greatly indebted to the Greco-Roman tradition of virtue ethics. Furthermore, the approaches that Chrysostom adopts to present his exemplars also rely heavily on …
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Cosmic conflict and the divine warrior in Paul's letter to the Romans.
… most notably in the Johannine Apocalypse, Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians, and the letter to the Ephesians. Yet in spite of the interest in the apocalyptic tenor of Paul's letter to the Romans, along with inquiries into his understanding of the "principalities and powers" (1 Cor …
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The Ecclesiological Grounding of Pauline Language of Leadership in 1 and 2 Timothy
ABSTRACT THE ECCLESIOLOGICAL GROUNDING OF PAULINE LANGUAGE OF LEADERSHIP IN 1 AND 2 TIMOTHY Robert Lee Stanford, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. Hal K. Pettegrew The purpose of this textually-based research was to establish the thesis that there is a discernible …
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Finding Onesimus: Recovering the Story of a First-Century Fugitive Slave
… Onesimus, who is known to us primarily through Paul’s letter to Philemon (Phlm) in the New Testament. Within this broader purpose, this project challenges a popular historical theory for Onesimus’ flight, the so-called <em>Amicus Domini</em> theory. This is the theory that Onesimus fled his …
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Identifying the Classical Theologia Crucis and in this Light Karl Barth's Modern Theology of the Cross
… includes selected primary materials in the Apostle Paul, Athanasius, a group of medieval mystical theologians, the reformer Martin Luther - particularly here his Heidelberg Disputation, and Karl Barth. It also pays attention to the recent secondary literature peripherally or more concertedly …
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