Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Title
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"The Most Versatile Man": The Life, Ministry, and Piety of Basil Manly Jr.
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)This dissertation argues that the life and ministry of Basil Manly Jr. had remarkable impact on the spiritual lives of Southern Baptists. His ability to transform people through the diversity of his labors, which he ... -
Motivating Gift-Based Service at Grace Baptist Church, Santa Clarita, California
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-03-25)ABSTRACT MOTIVATING GIFT-BASED SERVICE AT GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA Rodney James Martin, D.Ed.Min. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Stuart W. Scott The ... -
Motivation for Costly Missions: A Comparison of the Journals of Thomas Coke and William Carey
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)ABSTRACT MOTIVATION FOR COSTLY MISSIONS: A COMPARISON OF THE JOURNALS OF THOMAS COKE AND WILLIAM CAREY Barry Mark Morris, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014 Chairperson: Dr. George ... -
The Mountain People of the South: A Sociological Study
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Moving from Orthodoxy to Orthopraxy: Sermon Application in the Doctrinal Preaching of John Piper
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)This dissertation examines sermon application in the doctrinal preaching of John Piper. The work argues that Piper’s use of application is characterized by multifaceted purpose and the qualities of consistency, creativity, ... -
Moving Middle School Students Toward Biblical Literacy At New Hope Church In New Hope, Minnesota
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2021-10-20)Chapter 1 serves as an outline to this project. It provided the context for which this project takes place, rationale for the work, and the purpose for it. The purpose of this work is to move middle school students toward ... -
Moving Towards Definitional Consensus in Contemporary Family Ministry: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-03-27)The purpose of this study is to seek a consensus definition of family ministry, including the aspects of desired outcome, necessary activities, and perceived locus of responsibility. The three-round Delphi study utilized ... -
Mr. Valiant for Truth: The Polemic of Charles Haddon Spurgeon as Pastor-Theologian During the Downgrade Controversy (1887-1892)
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-03)The primary purpose of this dissertation is to answer the question: what was the polemic of Charles Haddon Spurgeon during the Downgrade Controversy? This question is best answered using the Vanhoozer/Strachan paradigm of ... -
Multi-Racial Team Leadership in the Church: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-12-01)If the church in the United States is ever going to make progress in becoming more racially diverse, it must be led by racially diverse leadership. But racially diverse leadership teams are rare, and many of the few that ... -
The Multi-Site Church Phenomenon in North America: 1950-2010
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)This dissertation examines the development of the multi-site church phenomenon in North America from 1950 to 2010. Chapter 1 introduces the multi-site church concept, briefly detailing the development of the multi-site ... -
Multidirectional Mission: Special Operations Principles for Leading God's Mission in His Church
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-11-04)The church and Special Operations Forces have multidirectional missions. A multidirectional mission is a complex end state with emerging objectives that require a spectrum of alternating activities and efforts. With the ... -
Multiplying Leaders in the Image of Christ at Fredericktowne Baptist Church in Walkersville, Maryland
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-10-18)The purpose of the project was to design a training program for developing Christlike leaders in the church. The guiding principle was that growth in Christlikeness is the basis for and power behind leadership training in ... -
My Blood of the Covenant: Reverberation of the New Covenant in Matthew’s Gospel
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-10-04)When the OT prophets looked ahead to the future redemption, they anticipated a string of redemptive-historical events to be recapitulated in the future. Such recapitulation involves a new deliverance in a new Passover, new ... -
My Eyes Have Seen the King
(2003-04-23)This thesis seeks to emphasize through music that worship is our encounter with God, the King of Glory. Worship starts with His initiative to reveal Himself to us. Then, as we see God by faith, we respond to Him and to His ... -
Mysterion and the Salvation of "All Israel" in Romans 9-11
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-04-23)The aim of this study is to build upon the emerging consensus that the Pauline mystery is rooted in a Jewish apocalyptic context, reflecting a “once hidden, now revealed” schema. For Paul, this mystery schema divides history ... -
The Myth of the Metaphorical Resurrection: A Critical Analysis of John Dominic Crossan's Methodology, Presuppositions, and Conclusions
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)This dissertation examines the impact of theological worldview upon John Dominic Crossan's scholarly reconstruction of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Chapter 1 introduces the centrality of resurrection belief in ... -
A narrative-critical reading of God as a character in the Gospel of Matthew
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-10-10)This dissertation examines the function of God as a character, and how the characterization of God works within the narrative of the Gospel of Matthew. Chapter 1 presented a rationale for the study of God as a character. ... -
The nature of the believer's assurance of eternal life in 1 John
(2006-12-08)This dissertation argues that John fundamentally grounds the believer's assurance in the work of Christ and promise of divine preservation, while supporting this assurance in a vital yet subsidiary way by the manner in ... -
The Necessity of a Christocentric, Kingdom-Focused Model of Expository Preaching
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)ABSTRACT THE NECESSITY OF A CHRISTOCENTRIC KINGDOM-FOCUSED MODEL OF EXPOSITORY PREACHING David E. Prince, PH.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011 Chairperson: Dr. Russell D. Moore The ... -
The Negative Motif of the Sea in the Old Testament
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-09)This dissertation demonstrates that the sea is consistently a negative motif in the OT. Chapter 2 introduces Hermann Gunkel because he wrote the foundational work on the topic of the chaotic sea in the OT. He argued that ...