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The Role of the Holy Spirit in Recent Apologetic Thought
… examines the influence and role of the Holy Spirit in the task of apologetics. The first chapter recognizes the historical dearth of apologetic engagement dealing with the Spirit, and it lays out the need to intentionally correct this scarcity. This chapter in particular acknowledges …
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Witnessing with the Holy Spirit: Pneumatology and missiology in evangelistic theory
… demonstrates that a biblical theology of the Holy Spirit's work in evangelism, when integrated with soteriological and missiological insights, provides the basis for evangelistic communication that depends on and cooperates with the Spirit. Chapter 1 notes the lack of attention to the …
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The teaching role of the Holy Spirit in British Pentecostal theological education
… views in Pentecostal theology on the role of the Holy Spirit as teacher, and the traditions in Pentecostal Theological Education, impact a classical Pentecostal Theological College in the UK. Having become incorporated into mainstream scholarship, Pentecostal Theological Education faces the …
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The Holy Spirit and Biblical Hermeneutics: A Study of the Teaching Ministry of the Holy Spirit as Described in the New Testament and its Relevance for Biblical Hermeneutics Today
… on references describing the work of the Holy Spirit in teaching and guiding into the truth. This has required a survey of the whole New Testament and observations on nearly every book. My examination of this extensive data has been thorough and I have attempted to consider a variety of …
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The Role of the Holy Spirit in Leading Ecclesial Change in Luke-Acts
… biblical/theological foundations found in the Holy Spirit for leading ecclesial change within the text of Luke-Acts. Chapter 1 describes the purpose, goals, rationale, and research methodology for the study. Chapter 2 is a literature review that examines secular, Christian, and …
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The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Interpretation of the Word of God
THE ROLE OF THE SPIRIT IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE WORD OF GOD This dissertation examines the role of the Spirit in the interpretation of the Word of God. Chapter 1 introduces the topic and its significance. The topic is important because it has been historically neglected, because there is a lack …
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Expectation and Fulfillment of the Gift of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John
… and demonstrate fulfillment of the gift of the Holy Spirit. The primary question asked in this investigation focuses on the extent to which Johannine pneumatological expectation can be said to have been fulfilled within the narrative of the Fourth Gospel. A common expression of this question has …
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Heritage and the Holy Spirit: Religious change and the politics of the past in postcolonial Nigeria
This thesis considers how different valuations of the past coexist, converge and compete with one another in present-day Yorubaland, southwest Nigeria. Within this region, Born-Again Pentecostalism, a hugely popular and politically ascendant Christian movement has, in recent decades, called upon …
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The fellowship of the Holy Spirit : Second Corinthians 13:13 in the liturgy and for the church
… to the third component, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Part I explores the various interpretations of koinonia in New Testament writings; references to the Pauline Blessing are examined in the writings of the Church Fathers, and incorporation of the formula into early church liturgy, and …
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The Role of the Holy Spirit in Biblical Interpretation: a Study in the Writings of James I. Packer
… have forcefully articulated their views on the Holy Spirit's supernatural work in producing an inspired and authoritative Bible. Yet, comparatively little attention has been given to the Spirit's role in biblical interpretation. Two vital questions are prompted by this apparent indifference to …
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“The Grand Encouragement”: Andrew Fuller’s Pneumatology as a Reception of and Advancement on Orthodox, Puritan, and Evangelical Perspectives on the Holy Spirit
… argues that Andrew Fuller’s doctrine of the Holy Spirit combined traditional Puritan teaching on the sovereign work of the Spirit in the conversion of sinners with an evangelical emphasis on mission. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the Puritan movement, with a particular focus on …
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"Filled with the Gifts of God": The Holy Spirit as Agent of Virtue Formation in the Participatory Pneumatology of Didymus the Blind
… Genesis, the Commentary on Zechariah, and On the Holy Spirit. It attends specifically to the relationship between this pneumatology and Didymus’s concept of virtue formation. Chapters 1 and 2 provide a survey of the state of Didymean scholarship and a sketch of his biography. Chapter 3 identifies …
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The Sin Against the Holy Spirit in the Writings of G. C. Berkouwer and E. G. White: a Comparative Study and Ethical Implications
… dilemmas in the context of the sin against the Holy Spirit with the purpose of ascertaining how these views impact the sovereignty and character of God and the resulting ethical implications. Compatibilism is examined through the writings and theology of G. C. Berkouwer, while non-compatibilism …
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The Messiah and the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit: The Christological Significance of Jesus' Role as the Giver of the Spirit in Luke-Acts
… his particular presentation of Jesus as the Spirit-Giver, Luke unveils the divine identity of the Messiah. Chapter 1 provides a history of research of Lukan Christology and highlights the various controlling categories scholars have proposed for analyzing Lukan Christology. It concludes that …
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De Spiritu Sancto: Novatian of Rome’s Pneumatology in De Trinitate
ABSTRACT DE SPIRITU SANCTO: NOVATIAN OF ROME’S PNEUMATOLOGY IN DE TRINITATE JohnMark Bennett Beazley, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. Michael A. G. Haykin This dissertation evaluates the pneumatology of Novatian of Rome. Novatian’s pneumatology in De Trinitate is …
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‘A gem in the water’: a contribution to contemporary Pentecostal theology on Baptism of the Holy Spirit from a study of Willis Hoover’s Chilean Methodist Pentecostalism
… on his understanding of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and his theological transition from sanctification Methodism through an initial Azusa-style Pentecostalism to his eventual Methodist Pentecostal position. This theological transition, hitherto only partially explored and explained, was …
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The promised helper: a commentary on the pneumatology of Novatian's De Trinitate
… on Novatian’s chapter 29, where he discusses the Holy Spirit in his work on the Trinity. Chapter 1 of this thesis briefly introduces the reader to the early fathers’ understanding on the Holy Spirit, and chapter 2 introduces the reader to Novatian specifically. Chapter 3 of this thesis is a …
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The Holy Spirit's Hope for the Traumatized
This thesis argues that the Holy Spirit fuels hope for the traumatized through regenerating, regenerating, sealing, indwelling, sanctifying, resurrecting, and glorifying believers, and producing shalom. I argue that the Holy Spirit works through these actions to heal the mind and heart, body, and …
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"Another Way": The Pneumatology of Deleuzean Minoritarian Communal Interpretation in Scripture, the 16th Century Radical Reformation, and Alternative 21st Century Anabaptist Community
… proposes a constructive theology of the Holy Spirit called the "pneumatology of minoritarian communal interpretation," the alternative creation of meaning within an oppressive majority context. It illustrates the convergence of Deleuzean philosophy with Anabaptist pneumatology and media …
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