Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Title
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A Theological and Historical Examination of John Gill's Soteriology in Relation to Eighteenth-Century Hyper-Calvinism
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-12)This dissertation is a theological and historical examination of John Gill's soteriology that argues against classifying him as a Hyper-Calvinist. Gill's complex theology, as well as the difficulty of defining Hyper-Calvinism, ... -
A theological and marital interactional analysis of African American Christian couples
(2005-04-07)The primary purpose of this dissertation was to examine fifty African American Christian couples in the Black Church using an observational research design that considers the influences of religiosity, spirituality and the ... -
Theological and Practical Ministry Training for Women in Complementarian Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This explanatory sequential mixed methods study reviews the programs and academic courses for women at complementarian schools of Christian higher education. The literature review historically unfolds the egalitarian and ... -
A Theological Comparison Between Social Science Models and a Biblcal Perspective of Servant Leadership
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)This dissertation examines servant leadership and its biblical antecedents with from specific biblical texts and non-biblical literature. Chapter 1 introduces the research concern that the Bible presents a comprehensive ... -
A Theological Critique of the Multi-Ethnic Church Movement: 2000 - 2013
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)This dissertation attempts to answer the following question: Does Scripture call all churches to be as ethnically diverse as their communities? Chapter 1 introduces the "multi-ethnic mandate," the belief the Scripture ... -
The Theological Development of the Biblical Counseling Movement from 1988
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-12-01)This dissertation examines how the thought uder girding the biblical counseling movement as founded by Jay Adams has developed since 1988 Chapter 1 examines the historical and theological context for that development. This ... -
A Theological Evaluation of Edwards’s Freedom of the Will: A Case for Continuity with the Reformed Tradition
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-29)Recent scholarship claims that the Reformed tradition was neither libertarian nor compatibilist with regard to free will and, as a consequence, Jonathan Edwards’s work, Freedom of the Will, represents a departure from the ... -
A Theological Justification for the Contribution of Culture to the Theological Task
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-08-12)This dissertation justifies the contention that culture contributes to the theological task in an ancillary way to Scripture. Chapter 1 introduces the primary issues. Chapter two interacts with two existing models of ... -
The theological presuppositions of evangelical black pastoral leadership in relationship to conservative evangelical theology
(2005-05-13)This research analyzed the theological presuppositions of evangelical African American pastoral leadership in relationship to African American theology and the theological presuppositions and models of conservative evangelical ... -
A Theological Reassessment and Reformulation of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy in Light of Contemporary Developments
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)Chapter 1 introduces the thesis, methodology, and outline of the dissertation. It also includes a brief historical survey of the doctrine of inerrancy and a study of the factors that led to the formation of the International ... -
Theological tenets of the evangelistic ministry of John Piper during the years 1980-2002
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002-12-20)This dissertation delineates the theological tenets of John Piper's evangelistic ministry at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. In addition to his basic conservative, evangelical presuppositions, there are four ... -
Theology and Reality: Critical Realism in the Thought of Alister E. McGrath
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)Brian Lee Goard, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011 Chairperson: Dr. Gregg R. Allison This dissertation examines the role of critical realism in the theological method of Alister E. McGrath. ... -
The Theology of Evangelism in the Ministry of Lewis Addison Drummond
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-12)This dissertation examines the theology and practice of evangelism of Lewis A. Drummond to show that effective evangelism does not happen apart from a commitment to biblical inerrancy. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis by ... -
A Theology of Future Hope in the Book of Proverbs
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)This dissertation investigates whether there is a theme of future hope in Proverbs. Chapter 1 surveys scholarship on this point. Most scholars who believe Proverbs is only concerned with this present world do not read ... -
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 ... -
The theology of the Mosaic Law in Hebrews 7:1-10:18
(2005-12-02)This dissertation seeks to ask and answer the following question: "What is the theology of the Mosaic Law in Hebrews 7:1-10:18?" It seeks to demonstrate that in Hebrews 7:1-10:18, the author understands the Law in both ... -
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 ...