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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"Christian life."”.
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The Christian Life : Dorothy L. Sayers' Balanced View
… that Sayers' theory can be applied to the life and responsibility of a Christian. The Father's idea, then, becomes the clear and perfect understanding of dogma; the Son's revelation of that idea becomes the Christian's revelation in his life and work of his understanding of the nature of …
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Suffering and the Christian life : the asceticism of Søren Kierkegaard.
… that the best name for Kierkegaard is that of a Christian ascetic. Kierkegaard was committed to a vision of the Christian life as suffering for the truth in imitation of Christ, a suffering that necessarily entails poverty, chastity, obedience, and—above all—persecution. The importance of …
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Revisioning transformation : towards a systematic proto-evangelical paradigm of the Christian life.
… out a full, integrated, effectual and distinctly Christian vision of transformation. Self-identified “evangelicals” continue to explore the possibility of authentic transformation. There is now a proliferation of perspectives on the nature and process of Christian formation, some of which attempt …
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Relationship Between Involvement in Institutional Activities and Christian Life Commitment Among Undergraduate Students of a Christian University in Mexico
… commitment among young people in Mexican Christian colleges, where many institutional resources are invested to foster such commitment. This study attempted to identify the extent to which Christian commitments of undergraduate students in a Mexican Christian university are related to …
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Local church members in service of the church
This study examines the decline of the quality of Christian life and suggests religious education as the answer to the problem. Religious education will be an effective method for the improvement of Christian life. Key terms used in this study are defined. The previous work done in the field of …
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday: Martyrial Theology in the Eucharistic Liturgies of the Anglican Church of Canada
Martyrs were foundational to early Christian life. Their experiences, their commemoration, and their ongoing inclusion in Christian life shaped significant portions of the theology, liturgy, and cultural life of early Christians. This foundation is part of the inheritance of all churches today, …
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Charles Hodge: Evangelical Mystic
… area of theology “spiritual formation” or “the Christian life.” Hodge called it “Holy Living” in his book The Way of Life. Hodge says that the essence of sanctification is “a participation of the Divine nature, or the conformity of the soul to God.” His theology of sanctification and the …
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Paul’s Culturally Contextualized Apologetic
… with his audience and through the defense of the Christian faith against cultural objections using the Christian life as an appeal. I further argue that the first generation of apologists immediately following Paul also reprised his cultural contextualized apologetics and thus this apologetics …
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God’s Imposition: The Centrality of Vocation in the Spirituality of William Perkins
… authored numerous practical works meant to guide Christian life. Scholarship concerning his practical works is less available, thus this dissertation contributes to that lacuna specifically concerning his A Treatise of the Vocations, or Callings of Men, with the Sorts and Kinds of Them, and the …
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"Live as Worthy Citizens": The πολιτεύομαι Metaphor in Philippians
… employs this powerful metaphor to describe the Christian life, he brings to the foreground a conceptual template, which Paul ties to an ideal Christian community and a model citizen—Christ. The verb πολιτεύομαι provides an avenue for understanding Christian responsibility by evoking an …
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Paul's preaching in the Epistle to the Ephesians and its homiletical implications
… Chapter 3 surveyed Paul's preaching on the Christian life as a new creation primarily dealing with the latter three chapters. Paul's imperative messages, emphasizing on how newly created believers should live a Christian life in conformity of their calling, are grounded on his indicative …
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The nature of Christian mysticism in the thought of Baron von Huegell and George Tyrrell
… of Quietism in 1699. Their account of Christian mysticism, which involved a critique of Buddhism, neo-Platonism and pantheism, rested on a worldaffirming attitude to creation, a balance between divine transcendence and immanence and the articulation of a legitimate panentleism. It also …
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René Girard, Sacrifice, and the Eucharist
… within the context of the sacrificial nature of Christianity, a matter of some controversy as regards both the early thought of Girard and those who have taken up and developed his thought. In his early work Girard rejects the notion of a Christian sacrifice. In later works, the realization that …
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Triptych 1
… three stories is to bear witness to American Christian life in the 21st century, to give weight and texture to the virtues and contradictions of what Cornel West called "the most absurd and alluring mode of being in the world." Borrowing from the traditions of psychological realism, Christian …
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Continuing Weak Along the Narrow Way: The Role of Suffering in John Bunyan's Pastoral Theology of Sanctification and Perseverance
This thesis argues that the theme of Christian suffering was a significant feature of John Bunyan’s life, ministry, and writing. It asserts that this theme is of deep value to pastors looking to assist their people in navigating the difficulties of the Christian life. Chapter 1 introduces the …
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Jonathan Edwards and Sanctification: The Pursuit of Happiness Found in Union and Obedience
… which is the Triune God but also enables a Christian to pursue it. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of study, setting the framework of what this research intends to do. Chapter 2 establishes the context of the sanctification debates today and the need in also showing how this context is …
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Put on the New Man: Embodied Sanctification in Ephesians 4:22-24
… reunite at the resurrection. Therefore, human life is embodied life. Second, I trace the “new man” theme through the book of Ephesians, showing that the book of Ephesians presents the Christian life as essentially embodied. Finally, I show that Ephesians 4:22– 24 requires that Christians …
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Theological Dualism in the Poetry of George Herbert.
… the framework for Herbert's illustration of the Christian pilgrim in search of divine communion. For the searching Christian to understand one abstract principle, its opposite must be equally explored. In this journey to comprehend the duality of the Christian life, one reaches spiritual …
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Sacred Threshold: An Examination of the Threshold in a Catholic Church for Hispanic Immigrants
… to and arrival at the Promised Land. In the Christian Church, this journey continues in the lives of believers. The spiritual journey begins with salvation, continues with a repeated process of suffering and redemption, and terminates with an awakening to a better understanding of God.<p> The …
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Sin and Emotion in the Preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones
… on the four doctrines of man, salvation, the Christian life, and the Holy Spirit are investigated in both chapters. In chapter 4, I argue that MLJ specifically aimed to make sin felt in his preaching. I explore not only his overt statements throughout his work, but also show how his preaching …
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