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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Biblical teaching"”.
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The Biblical Design Purpose of Sex Applied to Issues of Personal Sexuality
… views, demonstrating their inconsistency with biblical teaching and highlighting the potential negative consequences, such as sexual challenges in marriage, lust, irregular marital intercourse, increased selfishness, and enslavement to other sexual sins. Chapter 3, the core of the thesis, …
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Private devotion in England on the eve of the Reformation illustrated from works printed or reprinted in the period 1530-40
… literature (excluding all liturgical books, biblical translations, doctrinal and polemic works, saintS lives and sermons) available in print to English readers in the years immediately preceding England's break with Rome. It shows that there were far more Catholic works of devotion, many of …
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A Comparative Study of Yoga’s Most Foundational Scriptures and Relevant Biblical Passages
… is that these yogic scriptures contradict sound, biblical teaching. The significance of this thesis is that, insofar as a yoga practice adheres to its own scriptures, that practice is impermissible for Christians. The existing literature asserting yoga’s impermissibility for Christians lacks …
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Clark H. Pinnock's Shift in His Doctrine of Biblical Authority and Reliability, an Analysis and Critique
… Clark H. Pinnock's shift in his doctrine of biblical authority and reliability.</p> <p>A brief introduction, delineating the objectives, method, and delimitations of the study, is followed by an historical survey of developments inregard to biblical authority and reliability from the …
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Crowned with Immortal Glory: Eschatalogical Hope in the Spirituality of William Perkins
The doctrine of glorification is a biblical teaching that has been neglected within the Protestant church and, therefore, underdeveloped in our day. For whatever reason that may be, glorification is a doctrine that will affect every aspect of one’s overarching theology, especially the doctrine of …
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He is with you and he will be in you: The Spirit, the believer, and the glorification of Jesus
Were OT saints indwelt by the Holy Spirit? This dissertation seeks an answer from John's Gospel. The thesis here is that John 14:17c, "He is with you, and he will be in you," encapsulates the Bible's description of the relationship between the Spirit and the believer in the Old and New Covenants. …
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An examination of the Biblical role of women in contemporary church life
This dissertation focusses on the biblical role of women in the contemporary church, taking into account God's original plan and purpose for women in Genesis 1 and 2, the changes which occurred as a result of the Fall in Genesis 3, and the influence of the various cultures and traditions, …
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Evangelism Approaches to Latter-Day Saints Evaluated in Light of Acts 17:16-34
… to defend evangelicalism from Latter-day Saint teachings. Likewise, evangelicals have provided many responses to LDS teachings in hopes of guiding Latter-day Saints out of the LDS Church. I examine two popular evangelical methodologies that engage the LDS Church: the counter-cult and relational …
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Grace and Truth: A Divorce Theology For Missionary Organizations
… challenge for these agencies is to encompass a biblically based divorce theology that recognizes the seriousness of divorce on one hand while not appearing to submit to cultural influence on the other. This paper suggests that truth and grace are factors to consider in developing a divorce …
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The Concept of the Kinsman in the Biblical Doctrine of Redemption
Scanned copy of Offutt's dissertation which is now in the public domain. Scanned as part of our digitization on demand service.
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Between rule and responsibility: The role of the 'AB as agent of righteousness in Deuteronomy's domestic ideology
This dissertation explores the relationship between the ancient Israelite HOH and the members of his family as portrayed in the prescriptive texts of Deuteronomy. In choosing the prescriptive texts, this study distinguishes between the actual (what was) and the ideal (what should have been). …
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The concept of holiness in the Pauline epistles
… as 'holy ones' is discussed. Second, Paul's teaching on how God willed and made them to be holy (Rom 15:16; 1 Cor 1:2; 3:17; 6:11; 7:14; 2 Cor 7:1; Eph 1:4; 2:21; 5:25-27; 1 Thess 4:3-7; 5:23; and 2 Tim 2:21) is examined. Chapter 6 observes Paul's extensive application of the word, "holy" to …
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The failure of the Twelve in the Gospel of Mark: A classification of the evidence
This thesis examines the accounts of the Twelve's failures as they are provided in the Gospel of Mark and seeks to classify these failures into coherent categories. Chapter 1 offers grounds for studying these accounts of failure in this manner and addresses differences between this thesis and other …
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The pastoral and practical principles on which the churches in the New Testament were based
The New Testament does contain sufficient information in order that we may arrive at a reasonably clear understanding of the principles upon which the churches of the New Testament were based. The Scriptures do not give us a model of how churches must look and thus provides sufficient leeway to …
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The unity of Biblical man
… do not express a single theology within the Biblical literature, some basic ideas do reoccur. Among these are notions about man, his relationship to God and to society. These concepts of man and his relationships may be brought together to form a composite "man" which might be referred to as …
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Fulfilling the law apart from the law: A discourse approach to Paul and the law in Romans
This dissertation represents a prolegomena to a new approach to the study of the Greek New Testament, with ½ó¼o[varsigma] in Romans as a test case. Chapter 1 introduces the seemingly intractable interpretive debates concerning the Mosaic Law. Chapter 2 outlines an integrative model of understanding …
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Toward a definition of Christian identity: Using the interpretive lens of creation, fall, and redemption in Christian counseling
… relationship between Christian identity and the biblical themes of creation, fall, and redemption. Chapter 1 covers the thesis of the dissertation, reasons why the dissertation makes a helpful contribution to the field, a definition of terms, background information, methodology, and …
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Judgment according to Works in the Epistle to the Romans
This dissertation examines the meaning and function of the theme of judgment according to works in the epistle to the Romans. It may be summarized with two theses: First, in Romans 1:18-3:20, the judgment motif primarily functions to make a universal accusation of sin and guilt which lays the …
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Word and spirit in doctrinal formation
… the Holy Spirit has with the written biblical text and the reader as it pertains to interpretation and, in particular, doctrinal formation. Chapter 1 introduces the need for this project as well as detailing the components necessary for understanding the author's proposal, namely, that …
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Divine love in Hosea 11
This dissertation investigates a theological understanding of divine love in Hosea 11. The first focal point of this research is to explore the theological understanding of divine love in Hosea 11, focusing on the interpretation of the parental metaphor. The second focal point of this research is …
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