Dissertations, Theses, and Projects: Recent submissions
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The Minds of Men Under Vicious Habits: Intellectual Vice and Testimony Rejection in the Gospel of John
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-05-05)Trustworthy witnesses testify about Jesus’s identity in John’s Gospel. Some hearers respond in belief, but others respond in unbelief because they are in ethical and epistemic darkness. Intellectual vice, part of what ... -
Sanctified by the Spirit: Applying John Owen's Concept of Spirit-Infused Habitual Grace to Divergent Models of Sanctification within the Biblical Counseling Movement
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-25)In this dissertation I argue that John Owen’s (1616–1883) conception of Spirit–infused habitual grace appropriately corrects and develops two divergent frameworks for understanding sanctification within the biblical ... -
The Lived Experience of African American Pastors: A Phenomenological Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-29)This study uniquely aims to ascertain how African American pastors, serving in predominately African American churches, perceive how the intersection of race and faith has impacted their lived experience. Furthermore, in ... -
Historiography and Extra-Biblical Sources Related to Daniel
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-30)This dissertation develops a historiographical methodology and applies that methodology to extra biblical sources related to the book of Daniel. The first chapter provides basic introductory information and presents the ... -
A Proposal for a Typological Reading of Daniel 11
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-30)This dissertation argues that Daniel 11 is a typological prophecy and, thus, it should be read typologically. While agreeing that Daniel 11:36–45 does not fit the life of Antiochus IV in a strictly literal way, contra the ... -
Lecrae and the Differing Perceptions Among American Protestants of the Causes of Disparate Racial Experiences
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2022-05-01)While White evangelical Protestants and Black Protestants are remarkably similar across measures of theological belief and practice, their views on racial issues tend to be deeply divergent. These divergent views have often ... -
Then They Understood: A Narrative-Critical Analysis of Matthew 16:12 and 17:13
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-13)This thesis is a narrative-critical analysis of the formula τότε συνῆκαν (οἱ μαθηταὶ) ὅτι as it appears in Matthew 16:12 and 17:13. This formula is rarely discussed in scholarly works, and yet it occurs at a pivotal part ... -
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 ... -
Information Structure and Constituent Order in EIMI + Participle (Periphrasis) Constructions: A Test Case in the Pseudepigrapha and Apostolic Fathers
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-28)In this study, I carry out a conceptual replication study of Stephen Levinsohn’s recent approach to copula + participle constructions (“periphrasis”) on a corpus of texts from the Apostolic Fathers and Pseudepigrapha. ... -
A Comprehensive Ordinance: A Biblical, Theological, and Formational Case for Threefold Communion
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-15)The night before Jesus died, the Lord presided over three important aspects in the upper room with his disciples. The Gospel accounts tell that Jesus ate a meal with the disciples, washed their feet, and shared the bread ... -
Revelational Foundationalism: A Constructive Synthesis of the Epistemologies of Cornelius Van Til and Alvin Plantinga
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-25)Cornelius Van Til and Alvin Plantinga are titans in the arena of Christian philosophy. They both come from Dutch Reformed Calvinist traditions and studied under William Jellema at Calvin College. Yet, their approaches to ... -
"Remember the Predictions of the Holy Prophets": 2 Peter's Prophetic Use of the Old Testament
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-07)This dissertation argues that the author of 2 Peter reads the OT as a prophetically forward-pointing narrative which colors the present time. It does so both by direct promise-fulfillment and by constituting the narrative ... -
Contest of Civility: Conformity, Dissent, and the Struggle for Religious Liberty
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-05-03)By the early 1660s, two bordering jurisdictions in colonial America enacted fundamentally divergent political communities. Massachusetts perpetuated civility of conformity, a political formulation that fastened society ... -
“Seeing the Invisible God”: John Ryland Jr.'s Spirituality of Triumphal Living in Christ
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-20)This dissertation argues that John Ryland, Jr.’s doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation, as they relate to the deity of Christ and his presence among believers, have a direct bearing on his spiritual formation. Chapter ... -
The Exclusive Missional Nature of the Church
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2022-04-26)This DEdMin thesis identifies those missional tasks that are exclusively the responsibility of the local church. The church is first and foremost a visible gathering with a visible ministry. As such, the church is God’s ... -
Equipping “Empty Nesters” for Ministries at Maryland Chinese Baptist Church, Rockville, Maryland
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-13)This project seeks to equip “empty nesters” in Maryland Chinese Baptist Church, Rockville, Maryland for Christian service by leading them to understand the relationship between their needs and God’s calling and encouraging ... -
John Calvin, The Puritans, and John Frame: Worship Theology and Praxis Among Regulative Principle Adherents
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2022-04-20)This thesis presents a taxonomy of views concerning the regulative principle of worship among John Calvin, John Frame, and the Puritans. Chapter 2 explores Calvin’s impact on worship regulation, and his theology is mapped ... -
Teaching the Redemptive Story of the Bible to Increase Biblical Literacy at Brainard Avenue Baptist Church in Countryside, Illinois
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-26)The purpose of this project was to teach the redemptive story of the Bible to increase biblical literacy at Brainard Avenue Baptist Church in Countryside, Illinois. Chapter 1 summarizes the context of the church, states ... -
Developing A Biblical Approach To Counseling Students On Gender And Sexuality At Rhody Christian Fellowship
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2022-04-20)This project sought to help a college ministry in Rhode Island gain a biblical understanding of gender and sexuality, and to apply biblical counseling principles. Chapter 1 highlights the history of the ministry and the ... -
Enhancing Corporate Prayer at First Baptist Church in Owensboro, Kentucky
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2022-04-28)This project helped members of First Baptist Church in Owensboro, Kentucky, to understand, desire, and live out biblical corporate prayer. Chapter 1 sets the context of the project, ultimately giving the rationale for the ...