Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Subject "Jesus Christ--Person and offices"
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Affective Church Evangelism: Union with Christ as Impetus for Church Evangelism
(2017-06-22)Despite the fact that union with Christ is featured in Calvinian soteriology, it is too often communicated in mere abstract categories that underemphasize the affective, Trinitarian nature of union with Christ and ... -
Chalcedonian Anthropology: A Proposal for the Extension of Christ’s Person-Nature Constitution
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-12-01)This dissertation argues for the extension of Christ’s ontological constitution as the man to define the constitution of all mankind. In contrast to the predominant body-soul/mind models, this dissertation presents a ... -
Choose Jesus: A Theology of the Book of Hebrews
(2017-06-16)The purpose of this project is to provide examples of sermons from the book of Hebrews based on a biblical theological perspective. The definition of biblical theology is explored first, along with an explanation of what ... -
Christ is God Over All: Romans 9:5 in the Context of Romans 9-11
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)This dissertation examines Paul's statement in Romans 9:5 within the context of Romans 9-11. The thesis of the dissertation is that in the Christological passages in Romans 9-11, Paul spoke of Jesus in a manner that suggests ... -
Equipping the Bible Teachers of Concord Baptist Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Interpret the Old Testament Christocentrically
(2016-01-05)ABSTRACT EQUIPPING THE BIBLE TEACHERS OF CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, TO INTERPRET THE OLD TESTAMENT CHRISTOCENTRICALLY John Aaron Martin, D.Min. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, ... -
The Eternal Spirit as the Superior Hyssop in Hebrews 9:14
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-05-03)What precisely does the author of Hebrews refer to when he states that [Χριστὸς]... διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ? It is the contention of this paper that the New Testament hapax διὰ πνεύματος ... -
An evangelical analysis and critique of feminist Christology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-12-12)This dissertation analyzes the person and work of Christ in feminist theology, with particular attention to feminist critiques of traditional Christology. Chapter 1 is a brief introduction of the dissertation's thesis and ... -
"The Fountain of Life": John Gill’s Doctrine of Christ's Eternal Sonship
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-12-02)John Gill believed that without the doctrine of eternal generation the doctrine of the Trinity could not be upheld. For Gill, this doctrine provided the foundation for the distinctions between the persons within the Godhead ... -
Glory and Glorification in the Gospel of John: The Granting of Δόξα to Believers in John 17:22
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-29)The glory given by Jesus to the disciples in John 17:22 has received little attention in Johannine scholarship. Often interpreters gloss over glory in 17:22 and direct their attention to Jesus’s prayer for unity. Others ... -
A Hermeneutical Critique of Pentecostalism for the Churches of South Africa
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-01-21)This project seeks to equip congregants in specific churches in South Africa with the knowledge of the doctrine of Spirit baptism and how to teach it. Chapter 1 presents the ministry context to which the congregants in ... -
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 ... -
The New Authority of the Resurrected Jesus in the Gospels
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-29)Following the evangelists’ emphases in characterizing Jesus, a study of all four resurrection accounts reveals two major themes, namely, that Jesus is (1) the same person as before and (2) one with great and expanded ... -
Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God from Mark Chapter 1
(2017-06-22)This project consists of a series of sermons preached through the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark with a special emphasis on examining the text through the lens of biblical theology. In particular, this includes ... -
The Promise of the Father, the Spirit of the Son: A Framework for a Trinitarian Christological Pneumatology
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-11-28)In this dissertation, I argue that a biblically faithful, theologically robust, and historically grounded pneumatology should be founded upon a classical trinitarian framework as well as maintain a distinct Christological ... -
Teaching Leaders of Redeemer Church, Denton, Texas, How to Apply Old Testament Minor Prophets
(2017-06-22)Chapter 1 explains the purpose of the project: to teach leaders at Redeemer Church how to apply the OT Minor Prophets christocentrically rather than moralistically through an expositional sermon series on Micah. The goals ... -
Teaching the Doctrine of Union with Christ at The Orchard in Arlington Heights, Illinois
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-02-08)This Doctor of Ministry project was developed to teach the doctrine of union with Christ at The Orchard in Arlington Heights, Illinois. This was achieved through an analysis of the church’s understanding of union with ... -
"That Which Is Not Assumed Is Not Healed": A Dogmatic Response to Recent Formulations of the Son's Assumption of a Fallen Human Nature
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-03-26)This dissertation contends that those who argue for the Son’s assumption of a fallen human nature are mistaken, because they work with a faulty notion of the nature of the hypostatic union, or revert Trinitarian order, or ... -
Training Congregants at First Baptist Church of Matawan, New Jersey, to Study the Bible in a Christocentric Manner
(2017-01-03)The purpose of this project was to train congregants at First Baptist Church of Matawan, New Jersey, to study the Bible in a Christocentric manner. Chapter 1 introduces the project by presenting its purpose, goals, context, ...