Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Title
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John Piper: The Making of a Christian Hedonist
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)JOHN PIPER: THE MAKING OF A CHRISTIAN HEDONIST Justin Gerald Taylor, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. Michael A. G. Haykin This dissertation on noted pastor and author John ... -
John R. Rice and Evangelism: An Essential Mark of Independent Baptist Fundamentalism
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-07)ABSTRACT JOHN R. RICE AND EVANGELISM: AN ESSENTIAL MARK OF INDEPENDENT BAPTIST FUNDAMENTALISM Matthew Lee Lyon, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Chair: Dr. Thomas J. Nettles This ... -
John Wesley's Formative Reading Of Scripture As An Applicable Model For Family Discipleship
(2018-09-28)This thesis examines John Wesley’s formative reading of Scripture and its usefulness as an effective model for family discipleship. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the need for resources related to family discipleship. ... -
Jonathan Edwards and Sanctification: The Pursuit of Happiness Found in Union and Obedience
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)This research endeavors to answer the question of why the believer should obey, specifically considering the issues of motive and ability. The thesis of this study is that Jonathan Edwards provides the critical missing ... -
The Joy of Assurance As the Essence and Expression of John Flavel’s Spirituality
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-11-23)The main goal of this dissertation is to contribute to the field of biblical spirituality by demonstrating the link between John Flavel’s understanding of the doctrine of assurance and his pursuit of joy. Joy is the hallmark ... -
Judgment according to Works in the Epistle to the Romans
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)This dissertation examines the meaning and function of the theme of judgment according to works in the epistle to the Romans. It may be summarized with two theses: First, in Romans 1:18-3:20, the judgment motif primarily ... -
Just As I Was: The Presence of Sacramentalism in the Methods of Southern Baptist Revivalism
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-09-07)David Robert Denis, Th.M. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Gregg Allison This paper will argue that Southern Baptists in the revivalist tradition have unknowingly adopted a ... -
Just Not Enough: Reframing Just Peace in an Era of Persistent Conflict
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-12-23)ABSTRACT JUST NOT ENOUGH: REFRAMING JUST PEACE IN AN ERA OF PERSISTENT CONFLICT Derek M. Pottinger, ThM The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Mark T. Coppenger Just peace ... -
Justification and the Individual in the Wake of the New Perspective on Paul
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)This dissertation contends that in spite of the increasing trajectory toward a more corporate, covenantal understanding of justification within Pauline scholarship since the emergence of the New Perspective on Paul, there ... -
Justification as the work of the Holy Spirit and its relation to other spiritual realities in Galatians and Romans
(2005-12-05)This dissertation investigates the work of the Spirit in Paul's idea of justification and its relation to other spiritual realities. Paul views justification as a work of the Spirit by which God raised Christ from the dead ... -
Justification in Lukan Theology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)This dissertation argues that Luke has a conscious and detectable theology of justification which can be seen explicitly in Luke 18:9-14 but subtly permeates the narrative. After a brief history of research, the dissertation ... -
Justification One Hundred Years After Paul
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-31)This dissertation seeks to answer the following question: how did the doctrine of justification fare one hundred years after Paul's death (c. AD 165)? The thesis argued is that Paul's view of justification by faith is ... -
Justified: A sacred cantata based on Paul's doctrine of Justification
(2008-08-15)Justified is a musical work for choir and orchestra that uses prose Scripture alone as its source of text. The text incorporated is drawn from Romans chapters 3-11 with additional text from Genesis 15 and 17 and 2 Timothy ... -
Justifying Revolution: The American Clergy's Argument for Political Resistance, 1763-1783
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)The colonial clergymen who justified political resistance to British authorities from 1763 to 1783 did so in continuity with previous justifications of political resistance found within Reformed Protestantism. Clergymen ... -
A Keen Edge: Understanding and Applying John A. Broadus’s View of Communication Style to Contemporary Preaching
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-04)This DMin thesis argues that Broadus’s principles of style should be understood and implemented by contemporary preachers so that their preaching will be marked by clarity, precision, and power. The first chapter surveys ... -
Keeper of the Great Seal of Heaven: Sealing of the Spirit in the thought of John Flavel
(2008-05-01)This thesis examines John Flavel's understanding of the sealing of the Spirit. Chapter 1 presents John Flavel's view of a subsequent sealing of the Spirit, its significance in his theology and later in the American Great ... -
The Kingdom Agents or, the Twin Operations of Kingdom and Empire in the Trials of Jesus and Paul
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-05-05)Both Luke and Acts end with a strikingly similar series of events: the protagonists of those books (Jesus and Paul, respectively) are called before Roman judicial tribunals who repeatedly find them innocent of any charges ... -
The kingdom in First Corinthians: reevaluating an underestimated Pauline theme
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)Despite the fact that scholars regularly overlook the theme of the kingdom in Paul’s letters, the thesis of this work is that the kingdom is a foundational component of God’s saving work in Christ in 1 Corinthians. This ... -
The Kingdom of God as a Framework for Evangelical Biblical Hermeneutics
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)ABSTRACT THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS A FRAMEWORK FOR EVANGELICAL BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS Daniel Lane Patterson, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chairman: Dr. Russell D. Moore This dissertation ... -
Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical Theology for Students at Lincroft Bible Church in Lincroft, New Jersey
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-09-10)This work provides the framework to articulate the storyline of the Bible to middle and high school students, using the covenants as the organizing principle. Chapter 1 defines biblical theology and demonstrates why the ...