Browsing by Subject "Biblical Studies"

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    • Four Practices Correlated to a Sense of Belonging in a Church 

      Stockum, Daniel Edward (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)
      This dissertation examines the communal practices of mutual support, vulnerability, forgiveness, and accountability as well as their correlation with the sense of belonging that members feel in regard to a church community. ...

    • A Powerful Word: On Defining and Responding Justly to Abuse 

      Heitland, Stephen Edward (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2023-12)
      The topic of abuse has received increased societal scrutiny of late, and with good reason. Yet the very subjectivity of the term can be problematic, as most resources on abuse do not give adequate attention to the question ...

    • Put on the New Man: Embodied Sanctification in Ephesians 4:22-24 

      Palys, Gregory Chester, Jr. (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)
      Academically and popularly, many in the history of the church have tended toward views of human constitution that locate spiritual growth in the realm of the immaterial. In contrast, I argue that progressive sanctification ...

    • There Is a Light That Never Goes Out: The Shining Face of Moses in Exodus 34:29−35 

      Blair, Jacob Edward (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)
      The shining face of Moses in Exodus 34:29–35 is a peculiar instance that is never explicitly repeated or explained in the Pentateuch, let alone the Hebrew Bible. To add to the confusion, Moses’s face, if translated literally, ...

    • Utilizing a Reformed Sanctification Framework to Assess and Evaluate C. Peter Wagner’s Doctrine of Sanctification 

      Pietsch, Rebecca Vivian (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)
      Through the utilization of John David Trentham’s Inverse Consistency Protocol (ICP) as a methodological paradigm to define, reflect on, evaluate, and assess C. Peter Wagner’s philosophy of discipleship, this thesis ...