Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Subject "Faith"
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The accuracy of youth ministers' conception of the lasting faith tendency of youth
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-05-15)The assumption of the current study is that ongoing church attendance is a foundational component of the quest for genuine discipleship in young people. Chapter 1 examines the problem of the exodus of youth from the church ... -
An analysis of the relationship between Fowlerian stage-development and self-assessed maturity in Christian faithfulness among evangelical Christians
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-05-13)The purpose of this descriptive-quantitative study was to analyze the relationship between individuals' development according to Fowler's stages and the self-assessed maturity of their faithfulness to Jesus Christ. Based ... -
The Minds of Men Under Vicious Habits: Intellectual Vice and Testimony Rejection in the Gospel of John
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-05-05)Trustworthy witnesses testify about Jesus’s identity in John’s Gospel. Some hearers respond in belief, but others respond in unbelief because they are in ethical and epistemic darkness. Intellectual vice, part of what ... -
"Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart": The Centrality of Faith in Christ to the Restoration of Human Functioning
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-12)This dissertation first examines how Scripture describes the internal workings of the human person, which can be referred to as the heart. The heart is shown to function cognitively, affectively, and volitionally, all ...