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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 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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Equipping Believers at Grace Bible Church, Granbury, Texas, to Disciple and Counsel Those Struggling with Challenging Life Topics
… chapter focuses on the life and ministry of the apostle Paul as an example and model for equipping others. Chapter 3 surveys current methods and models for training biblical counselors by examining key trainers and ministries in the biblical counseling movement. Chapter 4 outlines the …
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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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Identifying and Developing Revitalizing Pastors Within the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
… and the first Christian church revitalizer, the apostle Paul. Chapter 3 explores the practical elements of this project that were included in the survey of the pastors of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists: the importance of prayer in church revitalization; the type of …
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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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Cultivating Graciousness in the Hearts of Truth-Zealots
… examples are the Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul, while the church at Ephesus exemplifies the danger of a church that loved the truth but was also directly challenged by the Lord Jesus for its lack of love (Rev 2:4). With the importance of the virtue demonstrated, the thesis provides …
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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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Vocational Ministry Training at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia
… specifically through the lives of Jesus and the apostle Paul from a biblical-theological perspective. Chapter 3 discusses the theoretical and sociological support of experiential learning as it relates to ministry training. A discussion of the historical models of teaching-learning is included. …
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Equipping Pastors in Union Baptist Association, Jos, Nigeria, to Teach Adoption As a Viable Ministry for Infertile Couples
… the concept of adoption in their writings, only apostle Paul employed a technical term to describe this concept. Pauline huiothesia is influenced by both Judaism that provided Paul with history and theology for the term, and Paul’s affiliation with Greco-Roman culture, which gave him physical …
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