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Epistemological development in pre-ministry undergraduates attending confessional Christian liberal arts colleges and universities
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)The research explores the epistemological development of pre-ministry undergraduates in confessional Christian liberal arts colleges and universities. The Perry Scheme is the basis for the evaluation. This is a replication ... -
Epistemological Development in Pre-Ministry Undergraduates Attending Secular Universities
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2022-04-29)This qualitative study sought to replicate the previous study conducted by John David Trentham in 2012. Trentham’s study was cross-institutional in nature with a population from bible colleges, confessional Christian liberal ... -
Epistemological Development in Pre-Ministry Undergraduates Attending Secular Universities
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)This qualitative study sought to replicate the previous study conducted by John David Trentham in 2012. Trentham’s study was cross-institutional in nature with a population from bible colleges, confessional Christian liberal ... -
Epistemological Development in Pre-Ministry Undergraduates: A Cross-Institutional Application of the Perry Scheme
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)The intent of this study was to explore the variance of epistemological development in pre-ministry undergraduates across different institutional contexts, using the Perry Scheme as a theoretical lens. Semi-structured ... -
Equipping Leaders for Discipling Public-School Adolescents in Chinese House Churches: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2022-11-28)Chinese adolescents who attend house churches play a vital role in growing the body of Christ and leading the church to flourish. Hence, the church must assist them to establish identities in Christ and achieve spiritual ... -
Equipping Minds: Applying a Biblically Based Curriculum for Improving Working Memory
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-12-23)EQUIPPING MINDS: APPLYING A BIBLICALLY BASED CURRICULUM FOR IMPROVING WORKING MEMORY Carol Thompson Brown Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Supervisor: Dr. Danny R. Bowen Recent findings in ... -
Equipping Pioneer Church Planters to Equip Others: A Multi-Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-10-06)This qualitative, multi-case study introduces and engages a two-pronged dilemma facing pioneer cross-cultural church planting pre-field training programs in the West, namely (1) the continued existence of thousands of ... -
Erasmus as Interpreter of the Sermon on the Mount in his Paraphrase on Matthew
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)This thesis examines Erasmus’s interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount in his Paraphrase on Matthew. The argument is that Erasmus offers a particularly rich reading of the Sermon through his use of the church fathers, ... -
Eschatology, Cosmic Conflict, and Suffering in 1 Peter
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)Part of the biblical theology of Satan and the demonic realm includes a depiction of cosmic conflict, wherein earthly events and conflicts are portrayed as a reflection of heavenly ones, and vice versa. While this portrayal ... -
The Essential Morality of Identity: The Role of the Conscience in Identity Formation
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-03-25)Every individual possesses a conscience that testifies to both the moral framework of this world along with the way an individual relates to the moral framework and understands him- or herself.Considering the dearth of ... -
Essential Post-Adoption Services For The Local Church: A Multi Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2016-08-25)The purpose of this study was to identify the key post-adoption support services (PAS) of selected exemplar churches in order to describe these practices and to suggest what an effective post-adoption ministry could look ... -
Establishing a Framework for Female-Gendered Embodiment in a Redemptive Context
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-13)This study establishes an ontological framework for defining female-gendered embodiment, proposing a definition which is scripturally grounded and ontologically-based. If a woman does not comprehend her essential purpose ... -
Establishing a Framework for Female-Gendered Embodiment in a Redemptive Context
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-23)This study establishes an ontological framework for defining female-gendered embodiment, proposing a definition which is scripturally grounded and ontologically based. If a woman does not comprehend her essential purpose ... -
Eternal Anthropology in Evangelical Eschatology: An Assessment of Three Models and an Argument for Kingdom Theology
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-11-26)By examining three models of the anthropology of the everlasting kingdom and the biblical and theological arguments that underlie them, I argue that the Kingdom Theology (referred to as Progressive Dispensationalism for ... -
Eternal Covenant: The Trinitarian Shape of an Historic Baptist Doctrine
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-29)This dissertation argues that the eternal covenant is the prism through which God manifests his triune glory in the missions of the Son and the Spirit. Negatively, this argument is made against the background of historical ... -
The Eternal Spirit as the Superior Hyssop in Hebrews 9:14
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-05-03)What precisely does the author of Hebrews refer to when he states that [Χριστὸς]... διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ? It is the contention of this paper that the New Testament hapax διὰ πνεύματος ... -
Ethnic identity among diaspora peoples: how globalization and migration reshape the people group phenomenon
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-10-27)The research in this dissertation reveals that Nepali refugees in Louisville have developed several identities that sometimes overlap and contradict one another when one tries to classify this population into distinct units ... -
Ethnic Representation Among Pastors of Ecuadorian International Churches: A Multi-Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-11-06)Ethnically representative leadership in the local church is an application of the equality of believers through our shared union in Christ and the fact that we are created in the image of God. Such leadership models have ... -
Evaluating High School Church Curricula via the Danielson Framework for Teaching: A Quantitative Approach
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2022-04-18)The purpose of this qualitative study was to evaluate current evangelical small group or Sunday school curricula for high school students using the Danielson Framework for Teaching (FFT). The literature review revealed ... -
Evaluating High School Church Curricula via the Danielson Framework for Teaching: A Quantitative Approach
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-11-02)The purpose of this qualitative study was to evaluate current evangelical small group or Sunday school curricula for high school students using the Danielson Framework for Teaching (FFT). The literature review revealed ...