Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Theological Analysis of Church Planter Profiles
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)This dissertation seeks to theologically analyze three prominent church planter profiles. Chapter 1 explains the need for such a study by giving consideration to the place of church planting in the Great Commission and the ... -
A Theological Analysis of the Educational Method of Maria Montessori Using an Inverse Consistency Protocol
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryBilly Graham School of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-05)The Montessori approach to education has been embraced by a wide variety of educators around the world. Ironically, though, as secular educators have accepted Maria Montessori’s pedagogical methods, little research has ... -
A Theological and Historical Examination of John Gill's Soteriology in Relation to Eighteenth-Century Hyper-Calvinism
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-12)This dissertation is a theological and historical examination of John Gill's soteriology that argues against classifying him as a Hyper-Calvinist. Gill's complex theology, as well as the difficulty of defining Hyper-Calvinism, ... -
Theological and Practical Ministry Training for Women in Complementarian Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This explanatory sequential mixed methods study reviews the programs and academic courses for women at complementarian schools of Christian higher education. The literature review historically unfolds the egalitarian and ... -
A Theological Comparison Between Social Science Models and a Biblcal Perspective of Servant Leadership
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)This dissertation examines servant leadership and its biblical antecedents with from specific biblical texts and non-biblical literature. Chapter 1 introduces the research concern that the Bible presents a comprehensive ... -
A Theological Critique of the Multi-Ethnic Church Movement: 2000 - 2013
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)This dissertation attempts to answer the following question: Does Scripture call all churches to be as ethnically diverse as their communities? Chapter 1 introduces the "multi-ethnic mandate," the belief the Scripture ... -
The Theological Development of the Biblical Counseling Movement from 1988
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-12-01)This dissertation examines how the thought uder girding the biblical counseling movement as founded by Jay Adams has developed since 1988 Chapter 1 examines the historical and theological context for that development. This ... -
A Theological Evaluation of Edwards’s Freedom of the Will: A Case for Continuity with the Reformed Tradition
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-29)Recent scholarship claims that the Reformed tradition was neither libertarian nor compatibilist with regard to free will and, as a consequence, Jonathan Edwards’s work, Freedom of the Will, represents a departure from the ... -
A Theological Justification for the Contribution of Culture to the Theological Task
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-08-12)This dissertation justifies the contention that culture contributes to the theological task in an ancillary way to Scripture. Chapter 1 introduces the primary issues. Chapter two interacts with two existing models of ... -
A Theological Reassessment and Reformulation of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy in Light of Contemporary Developments
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)Chapter 1 introduces the thesis, methodology, and outline of the dissertation. It also includes a brief historical survey of the doctrine of inerrancy and a study of the factors that led to the formation of the International ... -
Theological tenets of the evangelistic ministry of John Piper during the years 1980-2002
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002-12-20)This dissertation delineates the theological tenets of John Piper's evangelistic ministry at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. In addition to his basic conservative, evangelical presuppositions, there are four ... -
Theology and Reality: Critical Realism in the Thought of Alister E. McGrath
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)Brian Lee Goard, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011 Chairperson: Dr. Gregg R. Allison This dissertation examines the role of critical realism in the theological method of Alister E. McGrath. ... -
The Theology of Evangelism in the Ministry of Lewis Addison Drummond
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-12)This dissertation examines the theology and practice of evangelism of Lewis A. Drummond to show that effective evangelism does not happen apart from a commitment to biblical inerrancy. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis by ... -
A Theology of Future Hope in the Book of Proverbs
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)This dissertation investigates whether there is a theme of future hope in Proverbs. Chapter 1 surveys scholarship on this point. Most scholars who believe Proverbs is only concerned with this present world do not read ... -
The Theology of Intercessory Prayer: with Special Reference to Contemporary Protestant Theology
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Theophilus and the Centurions: Roman Officials as the “Most Excellent” Proponents of the Gospel in Luke-Acts
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-11-27)This thesis explores the intersection and implications of two key findings in Luke-Acts. The first is that Luke wrote his two-volume work to Theophilus, a high-ranking Roman official who was sympathetic towards Christianity. ... -
Theory and application of attachment to God in Christian soulcare
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006-04-07)While Christian counseling is a burgeoning field, it seems to lack clear philosophical and methodological definitions. This is particularly true when it comes to the human-divine relationship in that few theories or models ... -
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out: The Shining Face of Moses in Exodus 34:29−35
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)The shining face of Moses in Exodus 34:29–35 is a peculiar instance that is never explicitly repeated or explained in the Pentateuch, let alone the Hebrew Bible. To add to the confusion, Moses’s face, if translated literally, ... -
"There Remains a Sabbath Rest for the People of God": A Biblical, Theological, and Historical Defense of Sabbath Rest as a Creation Ordinance
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation argues that weekly Sabbath rest is a creation ordinance supported by both biblical-theological and historical evidence, and has ecclesial and personal implications. Furthermore, this dissertation is ... -
These are the Words of Eusebius: A Translation and Analysis of the Colophon at the End of Fourth Kingdoms in BnF syr. 27
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-12-02)Over three chapters, this thesis studies the colophon at the end of FourthKingdoms in BnF Syr. 27, which is divided into several main sections. Chapter 1 provides a transcription of the colophon, analysis of the main ...