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The Open Access Dissertations and Theses Collection consists of electronic versions of dissertations and theses produced by students of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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A psychology of the mourners' bench as found in the Jasper Baptist Association (North Georgia)
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The King-Father: A Biblical Theology of God as Both King and Father Over His Kingdom Children
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2025-05)In this project, I argue that the dual-themed royal-family image of God as the King and Father over his kingdom-children is the consistent witness of Scripture and a necessary foundation for teaching and applying biblical ... -
Covenantal Culmination: Why the New Covenant Documents Signify the Cessation of Normative Post-Apostolic Revelation
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2025-05)This thesis argues that post-apostolic revelation should not be a normative expectation for New Covenant believers on the basis of the intersection between covenant, canon, and the function of prophecy. Chapter 1 addresses ... -
Charles Simeon: Parish Pastor, Evangelical Exemplar
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)This dissertation argues that the driving force behind Charles Simeon’s storied ministry was a robust pastoral theology. While due attention has been given to Simeon’s preaching, his pulpit formed only one feature of a ... -
The Symbiotic Nature of Spiritual Formation and Missional Context
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2024-12)To engage the postmodern West, the church must capitalize on the symbiotic nature of spiritual formation and missional context. Chapter 1 explores existing literature in the field and identifies the gaps that needed to be ... -
Training Church Leaders of the Auburn, Alabama, Community in Biblical Counseling Through the Owen Center
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2024-12)This project strives to provide training in biblical counseling for pastors and ministry leaders in Auburn, Alabama, through The Owen Center. Chapter 1 presents the ministry context and history of The Owen Center, a biblical ... -
The Symbiotic Nature of Spiritual Formation and Missional Context
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2024-12)To engage the postmodern West, the church must capitalize on the symbiotic nature of spiritual formation and missional context. Chapter 1 explores existing literature in the field and identifies the gaps that needed to be ... -
A Christian Epistemological Analysis of Brian Boyd’s Biocultural Approach to the Origins of Narratival Structure
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)This dissertation addresses the limitations of naturalistic frameworks, particularly Brian Boyd’s biocultural model, in accounting for the origins and coherence of storytelling principles. This study argues that Christian ... -
A Historical and Theological Analysis of Latin America’s Theology of Missions From 1900 to 2023 With a Focus on Réne Padilla
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)This dissertation presents a historical and theological analysis of Latin America’s theology of missions from 1900 to 2023, focusing on how René Padilla’s missiological theology influenced the Latin American continent’s ... -
Worship as Witness: The Subject and the Glory of God
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)In recent years, worship leaders, scholars, and pastors alike have leveled concerns about increasing individualism in worship practices and song lyrics. The difficulty in reconciling the individual spirituality of each ... -
What to Do About the Dreamer? A Theological Evaluation of Dreams and Visions That Aid Muslim Conversions to Christianity
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)There are increasing reports of dream or vision experiences that significantly influence or aid Muslim conversions to Christianity. These experiences elicit many questions about how one should evaluate, receive, affirm, ... -
The Martyr as Model in John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)John Foxe’s Actes and Monuments of These Latter Perilous Days Touching on the Matters of the Church is without doubt one of the most influential books of the English Reformation. Under its more colloquial name, “Foxe’s ... -
Digital Media Use and the Christian Formation of College Students: A Case Study
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)Digital and social media have become incorporated into daily life as access to the internet has increased. Every invention has the possibility of positive and negative effects and influences. As educators seek to disciple ... -
Children’s Catechisms as Resources for Discipleship and Apologetics in England, 1549–1642
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)The text-based thesis examines how catechisms, specifically adapted for use with children, functioned as a tool for the discipleship of children’s faith and were used apologetically to defend Christian doctrine within the ... -
De Impassibilitate Et Satisfactione: An Examination of the Methodological Implications of Trinitarian Classical Theism for the Doctrine of the Atonement
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)Two trends are taking place in evangelical theology. First, the last decade has borne witness to a renaissance of Trinitarian theology. Books have proliferated regarding social and classical Trinitarianism with a marked ... -
Finding God Within: A Systemization and Evaluation of the Writings of Warren Felt Evans
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)This dissertation systematizes and evaluates the published and unpublished writings of nineteenth-century religious philosopher Warren Felt Evans. Evans was the first published writer for the metaphysical religious movement ... -
The Redemptive Function of Theological Anthropology for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Biblical Counseling
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2024-12)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychological category that aims to describe the condition of a person who regularly experiences unwanted, intense, and distressing ruminations or obsessions that are temporarily ... -
A Widow’s Hope in Late-Life Spousal Loss: A Biblical Response to Meaning-Making and Continuing Spiritual Bonds
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)Widowhood is considered one of the most stressful and life-altering experiences that can cause a loss of meaning and purpose in life. Bereavement brings mortality to the forefront, raising questions related to life’s ... -
Counseling in the Spirit of Christ: Union With Christ and the Pneumatology of Biblical Counseling
(School of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)Biblical counseling happens in union with Christ by the Spirit as believers speak the truth of God in the love of God to the people of God so that they may become more and more mature in Christ. A pneumatology of biblical ... -
A Theological Framework for Assessing Verbal Oppression in Marriage
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)In this dissertation, I argue that because language originates in the triune God, married image bearers are commanded to use language in ways that reflect God’s character, function according to his purposes, and conform ...