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Practicing Biblical Stewardship As a Means to Disciple Adolescents in the Youth Sports Culture
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Institutional Commitment of Faculty in Evangelical Colleges and Universities
(2010-12)Organizational commitment has been understood to be a significant antecedent of employee turnover. The fact that work occupies the better part of one's day and the considerable costs associated with turnover has heightened ... -
God and Moral Facts: A Trinitarian Realist Model of Christian Metaethics
(2010-05)This dissertation is a model of Christian metaethics based on God's Triune nature. Chapter 1 discusses overall issues and problems in metaethics and how they relate to Christian theology, with emphasis on problems for ... -
The Historiography of Chronicles as Reflected in Its Account of Solomon's Reign
(2010-12)This dissertation is a study of "intertextuality" between the books of Chronicles and Kings, focusing on the Solomon narrative. Contrary to the current scholarly conviction that Chronicles is unreliable historiography, ... -
A Case for the Traditional Translation of the Shema, Hear, O Israel: The Lord Our God, the Lord Is One
(2010-05)This dissertation investigates the evidence to determine the best English translation for the Shema (Deut 6:4), by analyzing the historical interpretation of the verse through the last 2500 years, and the pertinent ... -
Faith Maturity: A Comparison between Young Adults in Emerging Churches and in Conservative Evangelical Churches
(2010-12)This dissertation examined the faith maturity scores of young adults in emerging churches and in conservative Evangelical churches. An analysis of faith maturity as well as an overview of emerging churches and conservative ... -
An Analysis of the Relationship between Adolescent Spiritual Development and Father Involvement
(2010-12)The research study was an examination of the correlation between father involvement and the spiritual development of adolescents. Father involvement was assessed based on the adolescent's perception in twenty domains of ... -
The Parables and Miracles of Jesus Christ: A Musical Drama
(2010-05)This dissertation presents a musical drama for narration, choir, and orchestra. First, it examines the definition and the history of musical drama and its influence on Christian life from the perspective of theology and ... -
A Cross-Cultural Study of Factors Motivating Church of Christ Ministry Students to Enter Ministry
(2010-05)This dissertation is a cross-cultural study of ministry students at select Church of Christ schools in the United States, Panama, India, and Nigeria who are preparing for ministries related to the teaching of the Word ... -
The Arsenal of the Hebrew Kings and their Neighbors: A Description of Biblical Weapons in the Iron Age
(2010-05)This dissertation is a detailed study of biblical weapons of the monarchy period. It gathers in one place relevant data from the biblical text, the ancient artistic illustrations, and the archaeological artifacts. By ... -
An Analysis of Selected Variables that Influence Postsuccession Performance in Southern Baptist Churches
(2010-05)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between presuccession contextual and performance variables, successor origin, and postsuccession performance. Old and New Testament Scriptures give certain ... -
The Influence of Common Sense Realism on Alexander Campbell's View of the Nature of Scripture and Hermeneutics
(2010-05)This dissertation examines the influence of Common Sense Realism on Alexander Campbell's view of the nature of Scripture and hermeneutics. The first chapter discusses Campbell's relationship with the philosophy of Common ... -
"The Lord Your God Is in Your Midst": The Presence of God and the Means and End of Redemptive History
(2010-05)This dissertation proposes that, very simply, the presence of God is a central theme of biblical revelation. More specifically, it argues that God's presence is significant to the theological message of Scripture because ... -
The Use of Social Power Bases by Southern Baptist Leaders: A Mixed Methods Study
(2009-05-15)Chapter 1 introduces the background of social power bases and explains the taxonomy introduced by John R. P. French, Jr. and Bertram H. Raven in 1959. A brief review of the literature on social power in the context of ... -
The relationship between perceived social support and egocentrism among older adolescents
(2009-12-11)This dissertation examines the relationship between perceived social support and egocentrism among older adolescents. Chapter I defines the research concern. If social support plays a significant role in the life of the ... -
The relationship between leadership styles and learning styles of youth pastors
(2009-12-11)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between leadership styles and learning styles of youth pastors. The research design for this study was quantitative in nature while utilizing descriptive and ... -
The relationship between leadership styles and managerial competencies of Korean senior pastors
(2009-11-17)The purpose of this study was to identify what leadership styles and managerial competencies are employed by Korean senior pastors and to analyze the relationship between their leadership styles and managerial competencies. The ... -
The preaching of Harold John Ockenga as a response to the perceived excesses of fundamentalism
(2009-05-01)This dissertation analyzes the preaching of Harold John Ockenga as a response to fundamentalism and as a demonstration of neo-evangelicalism. Chapter 1 displays the cleavage between fundamentalism and neo-evangelicalism, ... -
The atonement in Lukan theology
(2008-11-03)This dissertation examines the narrative of Luke-Acts in order to assess the widespread scholarly assertion that Luke either rejects or minimizes atonement theology in his presentation of the death of Jesus. Chapter 1 ... -
The apologetic of James P. Boyce
(2009-04-23)This dissertation explores the apologetic approach of the founder of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, James P. Boyce. Chapter 1 begins with a brief biographical sketch of the life of Boyce, a statement on apologetics ...