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The Sabbath in English Nonconformity, 1830-1860
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)This dissertation presents the character of the English Sabbath within Nonconformity from 1830-1860. The project argues that Nonconformists believed every Christian was required to practice a proper Sabbath. This study ... -
The Salters' Hall Controversy of 1719
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-16)The Salters’ Hall Controversy (1719) was a key event during a transitional period in English Dissent. The controversy has often been viewed as a demonstration of the theological decline of the General Baptists and ... -
Sanctification as Gospel-Based Holiness
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-05-30)ABSTRACT SANCTIFICATION AS GOSPEL-BASED HOLINESS Heath Shannon Rickmond, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013 Chair: Dr. Chad O. Brand This dissertation examines the progressive nature of ... -
Sanctified by the Spirit: Applying John Owen's Concept of Spirit-Infused Habitual Grace to Divergent Models of Sanctification within the Biblical Counseling Movement
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-25)In this dissertation I argue that John Owen’s (1616–1883) conception of Spirit–infused habitual grace appropriately corrects and develops two divergent frameworks for understanding sanctification within the biblical ... -
The School of Performing Arts at Bellevue Baptist Church as a Model of the Church-Based Arts Academy
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)ABSTRACT THE SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS AT BELLEVUE BAPTIST CHURCH AS A MODEL OF THE CHURCH-BASED ARTS ACADEMY Hae Eun Kim, D.M.A. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014 Chair: ... -
The scientific viability of W. A. Dembski's design inference: Response to B. Forrest and R. Pennock of the Kitzmiller trial
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-11-17)This dissertation argues that philosophers Barbara Forrest and Robert T. Pennock fail to discredit William A. Dembski's Design Inference as a legitimate scientific program. Chapter 1 is the introduction, explaining the ... -
Scribal Tendencies in the Fourth Gospel in Codex Alexandrinus
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-05-30)This study seeks to gain an understanding about the scribal tendencies observed in the Fourth Gospel in Codex Alexandrinus using the method of isolating and classifying singular readings similar to what was first proposed ... -
A Scriptural Appraisal of the Necessary Connection between Progressive Sanctification and Compatibilist Freedom
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-05)This dissertation proposes that a necessary connection exists between a progressive model of sanctification and a compatibilist model of human freedom. Chapter 1 presents the thesis, background, and methodology for the ... -
"Scripture Is Both the Glosse and the Text": Biblical Interpretation and Its Implementation in the Works of William Perkins
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2017-04-28)William Perkins expounded Scripture throughout his works according to the method presented in The Arte of Prophecying. This intense scriptural focus emanated from Perkins’s belief that Scripture was God’s Word and the only ... -
Secular Students’ Perceptions of Christian Rhetoric: A Phenomenological Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-01)Generation Z is the most spiritually detached generation in United States history with twice as many self-identified atheists as all other generations combined. These facts mandate a serious examination of how Christians ... -
“Seeing the Invisible God”: John Ryland Jr.'s Spirituality of Triumphal Living in Christ
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-20)This dissertation argues that John Ryland, Jr.’s doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation, as they relate to the deity of Christ and his presence among believers, have a direct bearing on his spiritual formation. Chapter ... -
Selective Missiological Implications of Bunkhun for Ministry Among the Khon Muang
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)ABSTRACT SELECTIVE MISSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BUNKHUN FOR MINISTRY AMONG THE KHON MUANG Thomas Lowell Bohnert, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. George H. Martin The purpose ... -
"The Self-Attestation of Scripture as the Proper Ground for Systematic Theology"
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)Matthew Scott Wireman, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012 Chair: Dr. Stephen J. Wellum This dissertation examines the Protestant doctrine of Scripture's self-witness of divine authority. Chapter 1 ... -
Senior Pastor Succession in Multisite Churches: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)With its growing popularity, most church leaders believe the multisite church is not going anywhere. Regardless of one’s belief about whether a multisite church meets the definition of “one church” or “multiple churches,” ... -
Separation of the People, Separation of the Land: The Parallel Literary Structures of Ezra 9–10 and Nehemiah 1–3
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-09-09)This dissertation argues that the parallel narrative structures of Ezra 9–10 and Nehemiah 1:1–3:32 are intended to connect the two books and highlights the overlapping theological connection of building the community through ... -
Servant Leadership Development in Church-Based Pastoral Training Programs
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-12-23)SERVANT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN CHURCH-BASED PASTORAL TRAINING PROGRAMS: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY Aaron Francis Filippone, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. Shane W. ... -
Severing the Spirit from the Son: Theological revisionism in contemporary theologies of salvation
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006-04-27)This dissertation evaluates the historiography, methodology, exegesis, and theological conclusions of pneumatological inclusivists and their doctrine of salvation, and then offers a biblical and theological defense of ... -
Shaping Church Culture: Table Fellowship and Teaching in Luke-Acts
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)This thesis examines Luke-Acts to explore if, how, and in what ways Jesus and early church leaders intentionally shaped the culture of their followers. In Luke, table fellowship was the primary means Jesus used to shape ... -
Shaping Church Culture: Table Fellowship, Teaching, and the Spirit in Luke-Acts
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2021-09-13)This dissertation examines Luke-Acts to explore how and to what effect Jesus and early church leaders intentionally shaped the culture of their followers. In Luke, table fellowship was a primary means Jesus used to shape ... -
Shared Leadership as Exemplified by the Apostle Paul
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)SHARED LEADERSHIP AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE APOSTLE PAUL Michael Kenneth Atherton, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014 Chair: Dr. Michael S. Wilder This thesis studies the presence and role of ...