Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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The Theology of Intercessory Prayer: with Special Reference to Contemporary Protestant Theology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1969)Few affirmations of the Christian faith generate as many questions and doubts as the belief in the efficacy of petitionary and intercessory prayer. Does God respond to men's prayers? If so, how? The primary purpose of ... -
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 Fourth Kingdoms in BnF Syr. 27, which is divided into several main sections. Chapter 1 provides a transcription of the colophon, analysis of the main ... -
Thomas Scott and Evangelical Missions
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-11-02)This dissertation examines how Thomas Scott navigated the tension associated with being an Evangelical Anglican in the realm of missions. The paper’s thesis is that the nature of Scott’s Evangelical identity, which combined ... -
The Thomistic Ground of Analogy and Reformed Ectypal Theology
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-21)Reformed ectypal theology can refine Thomistic analogy by supplementing Aquinas’ creational account of analogy’s ground with a covenantal account. Aquinas presents the ultimate ground of analogy as inexplicable but ... -
Three Transcriptios for Solo Organ: Sonata da chiesa Op. 3, No. 3, by Arcangelo Corelli, Overture to La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi, Festive Overture Op. 96, by Dmitry Shostakovich
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)The purpose of this dissertation was to provide three transcriptions for solo organ along with a performance guide and commentaries for each of them. The original orchestral pieces, Sonata da chiesa Op. 3, No. 3 by Corelli, ... -
Thus Says The Lord: A Trinitarian Account of Biblical Authority
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)One of the most important distinguishing marks of the Christian faith is that it is a revealed religion. The Christian faith professes that God has graciously and with authority revealed himself to his creatures. Therefore, ... -
"Thy Will Be Done": A Dogmatic Defense of Dyothelitism in Light of Recent Monothelite Proposals
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)In the seventh century, the Third Council of Constantinople (680-81) denounced monothelitism, the belief that the incarnate Christ has only one will. Consequently, the dyothelite (two-wills) position would become accepted ... -
To End in Silence or Song: The Original Inclusion of Chapter 3 in the Book of Habakkuk
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-26)This study argues that chapter 3 was an integral part of the book of Habakkuk. Based on synchronic considerations in chapters 1–4, the author argues that chapter 3 must have a seventh-century provenance. The nature of a ... -
Toward a Baptist View of Metaphilosophy: An Analysis of E. Y. Mullins, John Newport, Richard Cunningham, and L. Russ Bush
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze how four Southern Baptist scholars: E.Y. Mullins, John Newport, Richard Cunningham, and L. Russ Bush, understood--whether explicitly or implicitly--the nature of philosophy. ... -
Toward A Life-Changing Application Paradigm in Expository Preaching
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)The primary aim of this dissertation is to examine the hermeneutical foundation, the biblical basis, the historical principle, and then to formulate a four-bridge application paradigm based on four distinguished ... -
Toward An Ecclesiocentric Model of Spiritual Gift Identification
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)This dissertation seeks to answer the question: "Is the use of a spiritual gift identification instrument the best way for people to find their place of joyful service within the church?" Chapter 1 provides a history of ... -
Toward Creaturely Value: God's Inner Processive Life and the Intrinsic Value of Creatures in Thomas Aquinas
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-12-01)The intrinsic value of creatures is defensible on many accounts, though more rarely from a speculative, metaphysical, and theological perspective. In this thesis, I seek to establish and elaborate the connection between ... -
Towards an explicitly theocentric model of forgiveness based on God's two-fold commandment to love
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-11-30)This dissertation develops a God-centered understanding of forgiveness based on the context of God's redemptive history and derived from His two great commandments. Chapter 1 surveys the forgiveness literature, points out ... -
Tracing the Old Testament Canon Through Time: The Necessity of a Diachronic Approach to Compilational Criticism
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-11-07)This dissertation argues that multiple arrangements are needed to account for all of the compilational features within the Old Testament. Therefore, compilational criticism must examine multiple, historical arrangements ... -
Training Chinese house church leaders: Factors influencing leadership development strategies
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-03-23)There is an enormous, urgent, crucial need for leadership training to support the rapid growth of the Chinese house church. This dissertation examines ten factors that should be considered when outsiders, such as Western ... -
Training the Church Pianist: Piano Pedagogy in Southern Baptist Church Music from the Era of the Broadman Hymnal (1940) through that of the Baptist Hymnal (1975)
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)The Southern Baptist Convention's Music Department and state associations, with their vast influence yet often modest resources, educated generations of pianists and organists in the arts of accompanying and service playing. ...