Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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A narrative-critical reading of God as a character in the Gospel of Matthew
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-10-10)This dissertation examines the function of God as a character, and how the characterization of God works within the narrative of the Gospel of Matthew. Chapter 1 presented a rationale for the study of God as a character. ... -
The Necessity of a Christocentric, Kingdom-Focused Model of Expository Preaching
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)ABSTRACT THE NECESSITY OF A CHRISTOCENTRIC KINGDOM-FOCUSED MODEL OF EXPOSITORY PREACHING David E. Prince, PH.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011 Chairperson: Dr. Russell D. Moore The ... -
The Negative Motif of the Sea in the Old Testament
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-09)This dissertation demonstrates that the sea is consistently a negative motif in the OT. Chapter 2 introduces Hermann Gunkel because he wrote the foundational work on the topic of the chaotic sea in the OT. He argued that ... -
A Neo-Tolstoyan Response to Kitsch
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-11-16)Leo Tolstoy’s aesthetic theory in What is Art? defines art as the transmission of emotion through the creation of an object. Awareness of Tolstoy’s history and beliefs extends a more generous understanding to some of his ... -
The New Authority of the Resurrected Jesus in the Gospels
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-29)Following the evangelists’ emphases in characterizing Jesus, a study of all four resurrection accounts reveals two major themes, namely, that Jesus is (1) the same person as before and (2) one with great and expanded ... -
The New Covenant in Ephesians
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)This dissertation maintains that the new covenant was a significant soteriological, ecclesiological, and ethical category in Paul's theology. Using Ephesians as a test case, it analyzes the relevant texts where Paul seems ... -
The New Exodus in Hebrews
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-11-13)This dissertation argues that four prominent exodus categories serve the author of Hebrews in his explication of Christ’s redemptive accomplishment. Attending to the author’s use of exodus language it analyzes relevant ... -
New Exodus, New Covenant, New Creation: The Reuse of the Old Testament in Joel
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-28)The book of Joel has numerous parallels with other Old Testament texts, so much so that Joel has often been described as an interpreter of Scripture rather than a traditional prophet. Often, some of these parallels have ... -
A New Freshman Composition Pedagogy for Christian Colleges and Universities
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)Freshman composition instructors at Christian institutions face a disturbing predicament: competing pedagogies, administrative pressure to prove freshman composition’s merit, public clamoring for greater return on the ... -
The New Interpretation of Democracy
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New Testament Persecution and the Inception of Diokology through the Application of the Regnal Righteousness Dynamic
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-05)This dissertation seeks to derive a biblical definition of Christian persecution which both identifies the essential character of Christian persecution and offers a pragmatic application of the definition in Christian ... -
The Non-Ending Search for a Pre-DNA Replicator: Richard Dawkins and the Problem of Abiogenesis
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)This dissertation provides a rebuttal to the claims of Richard Dawkins in explaining the origin of life. The bulk of the ensuing analysis challenges his philosophical assumptions as it notes his vacillation between several ... -
None So Tender-Hearted: The Christological Pattern of Compassion in the Pastoral Care of John Flavel
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-25)This dissertation examines compassion as an integral component of John Flavel’s pastoral theology. The research explores the connection between Flavel’s Christology and pastoral care through a prism of three interconnected ... -
Northern Thai Theravada Folk Buddhism through the Eyes of Buddhist Background Believers
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2018-11-16)NORTHERN THAI THERAVADA FOLK BUDDHISM THROUGH THE EYES OF BUDDHIST BACKGROUND BELIEVERS Nicholas Blaine Walburn, PhD The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. George H. Martin The research ... -
Old Testament characters as Christological witnesses in the Fourth Gospel
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006-11-01)This dissertation examines the Christological witness function of the Old Testament characters in the Gospel of John. Chapter 1 discusses the problem concomitant to the bi-partite nature of the Christian Bible and the ... -
On the Origin of Beauty and the Human Ability to Perceive It
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)On the Origin of Beauty and the Human Ability to Perceive it William Earl Elkins, Jr., Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Chair: Dr. Mark T. Coppenger This dissertation examines the ... -
One Church in One Location: Questioning the Biblical, Theological, and Historical Claims of the Multi-Site Church Movement
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)This dissertation argues that a multi-site church that is not characterized by campus-wide gatherings does not have a sound biblical or theological basis for considering itself one church and is inconsistent with historic ... -
“One of Life and One of Death”: A Critical Assessment of Apocalypticism in the Didache’s Two Ways
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-02-19)This dissertation seeks to answer the following question: If ancient Jewish and Christian Two Ways texts have a common literary structure and reoccurring apocalyptic dualisms, how and why does the Didache neglect to frame ... -
One Position, Two Administrations: Exploring the Theological Overlap Between 1689 Federalism and Progressive Covenantalism
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-11-17)This thesis examines the common ground between 1689 Federalism andProgressive Covenantalism, which warrants a closer identification between the two than currently exists. I demonstrate that Progressive Covenantalism carves ... -
Only the Messenger: Donald Grey Barnhouse's Illustrative Preaching as a Commitment to Biblical Authority
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-11-11)This dissertation answers the question of how Donald Grey Barnhouse’s sermon illustrations served his homiletical commitment to the authority of the Bible. Illustrations communicate truth “by the shortest route and in the ...