Open Access Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Jesus as God's Delight in the Gospel of Matthew: An Overlooked Aspect of Matthew's Christology
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)Throughout the Old Testament, there are many things that God delights in: righteousness, mercy/steadfast love, Israel, Israel’s properly offered sacrifices, and Israel’s king, to name a few. This repeated theme in the Old ... -
Reforming Counseling: The Adaptation of Van Tilian Concepts by Jay Adams
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-05)In his groundbreaking work, Competent to Counsel, Jay Adams references the influence of Dutch philosopher Cornelius Van Til upon his new approach to counseling. This dissertation will analyze Adams’s adaptation of three ... -
"The Matter and the Manner of Preaching": The Influence of Jean Claude on the Preaching of Andrew Fuller
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)The dissertation argues that Jean Claude’s (1619–1687) influential Essay on the Composition of a Sermon supplied Andrew Fuller (1754–1815) with a coherent homiletical method that he modified to fit his own theological ... -
A Holistic Hermeneutical Approach to the ΜΙΣΕΩ Texts in the Gospel of Luke
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)New Testament scholars argue that modern biblical methodology is insular and fragmented. In response, scholars suggest a multi-pronged approach to facilitate the understanding of complex ideas within the biblical text. ... -
A Theological Analysis of the Educational Method of Maria Montessori Using an Inverse Consistency Protocol
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-05)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 sketch of the logos doctrine from Heraclitus to Philo, with special reference to its relation to the logos doctrine of the New Testament
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Does the style of the apocalypse forbid its unity of authorship with the fourth gospel?
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The mourner's bench
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The development of the evangelistic invitation
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Evangelistic Counseling: The Sufficiency of Christ for Saving Sinners
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2023-12)This thesis argues that evangelistic counseling is not merely biblically permissible but that it is demonstrated in Jesus’s evangelistic encounters in the Gospel of John. Chapter 1 surveys the various authors and literature ... -
How the Discipline of Koinonia Strengthens the Church to Overcome the Rise of the Self as Promoted by Social Media
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)This thesis demonstrates the contrast between the negative effects of social media on a believer’s identity with the positive effects of biblical fellowship and how fellowship shapes the identity of the believer in Christ ... -
Strengthening the Partnership Between the Church and Parachurch in the Calling and Care of Cru’s International Interns
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)Gaps exist between sending churches and Cru in the calling and care of Cru’s international interns that will only be bridged through stronger collaboration so that the two can partner well together for the kingdom. Chapter ... -
Devil’s Devices: William Perkins and the Integration of Spiritual Warfare and Pastoral Counseling
(School of Theology, 2023-12)This thesis argues that William Perkins integrates an understanding of the realities of spiritual warfare into his understanding of pastoral counseling. The first chapter provides a survey of sources relevant to understanding ... -
Augustine’s Understanding of the Human Soul: Origin, Life, and End
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)This dissertation argues that Augustine’s conceptualization of the human soul is intricately linked to the guidance provided by Scripture and tradition. Augustine believed that the Scriptures teach the creation of the human ... -
A Powerful Word: On Defining and Responding Justly to Abuse
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2023-12)The topic of abuse has received increased societal scrutiny of late, and with good reason. Yet the very subjectivity of the term can be problematic, as most resources on abuse do not give adequate attention to the question ... -
Application for the Sake of Transformation: A Study of Thomas Manton’s Categorical Approach to Sermon Application
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)In this dissertation, I argue that Thomas Manton’s categorical approach to sermon application, being thoroughly influenced by William Perkins and the Westminster Directory for Public Worship, maintained a teleological aim ... -
A Mixed Methods Multiple Case Study of Church-Based Multiethnic Leadership Development Programs
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2023-12)The purpose of this study was to better understand how multiethnic churches develop leaders from within their congregations. The urgency for this study arises from two observations. First, the biblical-theological narrative ... -
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, ... -
The Role of Female Biblical Counselors in Complementarian Churches
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)In this dissertation, I argue that the role of female biblical counselors in complementarian churches is to minister to men and couples in addition to women and children, under the shepherding oversight of the elders. To ...