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“Total Truth”–A Bold Manifesto for the Christian Worldview

Mohler, R. Albert (2004-09-07)

Toward a Baptist View of Metaphilosophy: An Analysis of E. Y. Mullins, John Newport, Richard Cunningham, and L. Russ Bush

McDonald, John Daniel (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)

The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze how four Southern Baptist scholars: E.Y. Mullins, John Newport, Richard Cunningham, and L. Russ Bush, understood--whether explicitly or implicitly--the nature of philosophy. ...

Toward a definition of Christian identity: Using the interpretive lens of creation, fall, and redemption in Christian counseling

Reju, Deepak Varghese (2007-12-07)

This dissertation examines the 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 ...

Toward A Life-Changing Application Paradigm in Expository Preaching

Park, Hyun Shin (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)

The primary aim of this dissertation is to examine the hermeneutical foundation, the biblical basis, the historical principle, and then to formulate a four-bridge application paradigm based on four distinguished ...

Toward An Ecclesiocentric Model of Spiritual Gift Identification

Pochek, Robert (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)

This dissertation seeks to answer the question: "Is the use of a spiritual gift identification instrument the best way for people to find their place of joyful service within the church?" Chapter 1 provides a history of ...

Toward Creaturely Value: God's Inner Processive Life and the Intrinsic Value of Creatures in Thomas Aquinas

Majors, Tyler Daniel (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-12-01)

The intrinsic value of creatures is defensible on many accounts, though more rarely from a speculative, metaphysical, and theological perspective. In this thesis, I seek to establish and elaborate the connection between ...

Towards an explicitly theocentric model of forgiveness based on God's two-fold commandment to love

Cheong, Robert Kenneth (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-11-30)

This dissertation develops a God-centered understanding of forgiveness based on the context of God's redemptive history and derived from His two great commandments. Chapter 1 surveys the forgiveness literature, points out ...