Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Genre-Sensitive Expository Preaching of the Lament Psalms: Honoring the Message, Medium, and Mood of the Text
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-05-30)The primary purpose of this dissertation is to study the necessity of genre consideration in the three important sermon-making process--exegetical, theological, and homiletical--and propose a holistic preaching methodology ... -
George Whitefield's Preaching: An Evangelical Response to the Enlightenment
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation examines the preaching ministry of George Whitefield as a precursor to presuppositional apologetics in relation to the cultural shift of the Enlightenment. The presupposition of the authority of the Word ... -
Gideon's Response and Jotham's Fable: Two Anti-Monarchial Texts in a Pro-Monarchial Book?
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-31)This dissertation seeks to interpret Gideon's response in Judg 8:23 and Jotham's fable in Judg 9:7-15 within the context of the book of Judges. The book of Judges has recently been seen as an apology for the Davidic monarchy. ... -
Glory and Glorification in the Gospel of John: The Granting of Δόξα to Believers in John 17:22
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-29)The glory given by Jesus to the disciples in John 17:22 has received little attention in Johannine scholarship. Often interpreters gloss over glory in 17:22 and direct their attention to Jesus’s prayer for unity. Others ... -
Go Make Disciples: Sermonic Application of the Imperative of the Great Commission
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This dissertation argues in light of a careful hermeneutic of application that preaching the Great Commission necessitates exhorting every believer in the congregation to go and engage intentionally in both evangelism and ... -
God's Everlasting Covenant With Phinehas
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)One may easily have the impression that the promise of “everlasting covenant” with Phinehas has been reached under the Sinai covenant. On closer examination of the question, however, general agreement in fact counts for ... -
God’s Imposition: The Centrality of Vocation in the Spirituality of William Perkins
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-11-03)William Perkins (1558–1602) was a significant figure in the post-Reformation Church of England. Contemporary scholars call him the “father of Puritanism” for his pursuit of spiritual reform through preaching and teaching. ... -
God’s Judgment Through the Davidic Messiah: The Role of the Davidic Messiah in Romans 1:18–4:25
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-11-13)This dissertation examines the role of the Davidic Messiah, who is the agent of God’s judgment in Romans 1:18–4:25. It may be summarized in two theses: First of all, the Davidic Messiah was expected in the Old Testament ... -
“A Golden Mine Opened”: The Role of Christ-Centered Preaching in the Sermons of Benjamin Keach
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)This dissertation argues for the centrality of Christ-centered preaching in the sermons of Benjamin Keach through his Tropologia and Sin-Salvation methods. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis and Keach’s method. His Tropologia ... -
The Gospel Song Movement
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Grammatical Analysis of Various Biblical Hebrew Texts According to a Traditional Semitic Grammar
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)Abstract GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS BIBLICAL HEBREW TEXTS ACCORDING TO A TRADITIONAL SEMITIC GRAMMAR Richard Charles McDonald, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014 Chair: Dr. Russell T. ... -
“The Grand Encouragement”: Andrew Fuller’s Pneumatology as a Reception of and Advancement on Orthodox, Puritan, and Evangelical Perspectives on the Holy Spirit
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-05-09)This dissertation argues that Andrew Fuller’s doctrine of the Holy Spirit combined traditional Puritan teaching on the sovereign work of the Spirit in the conversion of sinners with an evangelical emphasis on mission. ... -
A Grounded Theory of Church Growth in Urban Poverty Zones
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)This dissertation examines church growth in urban poverty zones and develops a grounded theory to explain the data. Urban poverty zones are impoverished census tracts located in cities of 500,000 or more, and the term is ... -
The Guardian-Priesthood, the Special Presence of God, and Church Discipline: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Priesthood
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-10-24)This dissertation contends that the priesthood consists of people who, divinely granted access to the presence of God, are entrusted with serving God by guarding the holiness of his temple and his people through attending ... -
A guide to the principal authors and composers of gospel song of the nineteenth century
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1982-05-03)The purpose of the research project was to develop a practical reference tool or guide to the principal authors and composers of gospel song of the nineteenth century. Such a tool was necessitated as a result of the growing ... -
Haydn's Creation as a Musical Response to the Enlightenment
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)Important tenets of Enlightenment thought, specifically natural theology and philosophical naturalism, mark both the libretto and certain aspects of the music of Haydn's Creation. The opening chapters of the dissertation ... -
He is with you and he will be in you: The Spirit, the believer, and the glorification of Jesus
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-04-15)Were OT saints indwelt by the Holy Spirit? This dissertation seeks an answer from John's Gospel. The thesis here is that John 14:17c, "He is with you, and he will be in you," encapsulates the Bible's description of the ... -
He Makes Her Desert Like the Garden of YHWH: A Typological Understanding of the Birth of Isaac as Resurrection from Death
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)This dissertation argues that the birth of Isaac from Sarah’s barren womb typifies resurrection from death. This typology is author-intended, prospective, and culminates in salvation history in the resurrection of Jesus ... -
"He Worked Out His Salvation with Fear and Trembling": The Spirituality of John Ryland, Jr.
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)ABSTRACT "HE WORKED OUT HIS SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING": THE SPIRITUALITY OF JOHN RYLAND, JR. Keith Alan Tillman, Th.M. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014 Chair: Dr. Michael A. G. ... -
Hercules Collins: Orthodox, Puritan, Baptist
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-30)This dissertation argues that the writings of Hercules Collins demonstrate that he viewed himself as faithfully operating within both the historic Nicene-Christianity shown in the early creeds and the Protestant orthodoxy ...