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Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Give sorrow words: understanding and ministering to persons with post-traumatic stress disorder, R. W. Vince Arnold
"Love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens": developing a model for the Impact Church of Christ's response to the needs of undocumented Hispanic persons, Stephan Russell Austin
Inner city ministry: a case study of the Los Angeles International Church, Dan Allen Axtell
A revival of memory: utilizing the innovative study of church history to enlighten, inspire, and mobilize believers in local congregations, David J. Brady
New wine among Southern Baptist teetotalers : assessing a new apologia for charismatic renewal in the SBC, Chad Brand
Cultural perspectives on working together: a case study of American-Indonesian multicultural ministry teams, Richard A. Byham
Contemporary epistemology and the rationality of Christian belief: Alvin Plantinga, Richard Swinburne and Nancey Murphy, Christopher Raymond Bystrom
The Characterization And Significance of Hannah, Mei-Mei Cheung
Managing crises in international missions, Moon-Gap Doh
Motivational factors among indigenous missionaries in India with special reference to the Friends Missionary Prayer Band, Frampton F. Fox
Outsiders feasting at God's table: the background and appropriation of two biblical themes in Luke 13:29, Poul Fossdal Guttesen
Preaching the messages of Revelation: from hermeneutics to homiletics, Milo Hadwin
Evangelism among modern Russian young people : a qualitative study of their religious background, attitudes and conversion experiences, Mark J. Harris
Change as an opportunity for personal and corporate renewal, Greggory Lee Janssen Hemmen
A study of character-driven leadership for the discipline of youth ministry, Bradford N. Henderson
Reformed Apologetics and American Literature: A Dialogue of Worldviews, Gregory Charles Hobaugh
Paul's interpretation of the Old Testament in Galatians 4:21-5:1 and its understanding in hermeneutical study, Hyun wan Kim
The transforming quest: the meaning and role of consideration in the monastic theology of Bernard of Clairvaux, Endre Gyorgy Kovacs
Use of religious and spiritual resources as a means of self care for coping with vicarious traumatization, Edna Mae Lezotte
Love and salvation in the thought of Saint Isaac the Syrian, Andrew Awakum Lukashonak
God's power manifest in jars of clay, Peter Lindsay Mallen
Toward Kierkegaard's Trinitarian exegesis: clarifying the divine-human relationship(s) present in the "reading" of Scripture, Paul Henry Martens
The wellspring of discernment : a hermeneutic model for pastoral guidance, Craig T. McClellan
Sacred Imaging: Prayerful Dancers as Icons of God, Ann Theresa McNeil,
The literary use of the fourth gospel in the second century, William Christopher Mills
Revelation of the thought of the heart in Luke 9:46-48, Ann M. Mitsakos
The Ark of The Covenant In Ethiopian Christian tradition, Semeon Mulatu
Radicalization of ecumenism: Union of Brest in Catholic, Orthodox, contemporary understandings, Alexei Nelayev
The exegetical value of an African reading of Genesis 4, Misheck Nyirendai
The Book of Acts, the spirit world, and spiritual warfare : a formula for responding to overt demonic opposition, D. Jim O'Neill
The sovereignty of the Holy Spirit in spiritual renewal: divine sovereignty and human responsibility in the formation of the new man in Christ, Richard Allan Ostella
Beyond perfection: the meaning of [teleios] in the New Testament, Sara L. Pearson
Spiritual gifts : a realized empowerment for Christian ministry at St. James Community Baptist Church, Joseph John Richardson
New Age or Kingdom come?: description and critique of the "new business spirituality" in light of a biblical spirituality of work, Jeff M. Sellers
Partakers of the Word of God : a textual and sub-textual reading of Against the heathen and On the incarnation by Saint Athanasius the Great, Robert C. Skidmore
Enhancing Vision Leadership in a Selected Group of Lay Leaders and Staff through Collaborative Reflection on Shared Ministry Experiences in a Large, Central Florida, United Methodist Church, Jeffrey H. Stiggins
Being about our father's business: characteristics of selected tentmaking entrepreneurs in South Asia, Joseph C. Suozzo
Paul's use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:19-23, Terri-Lynn W.P.H Tanaka
"And He touched her': Jesus' miracles of healing as an affirmation of physicality, W. David O Taylor
Discursive interaction and the prophetic role of the servant of Yahweh in Isaiah, Daniel Timmer
Christ our at-one-ment: the gospel according to George MacDonald, Jennifer M. Trafton
The deification of man: the integration of theology and spirituality in Gregory of Nazianzus, Jan Van Der Plas
The Manifestations of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12 with Special Emphasis upon Tongues as Evidence, Ricky Lyle Walston
Avery Dulles's advocacy of reformulation of dogma and doctrinal development, Richard Herman Warneck
Planning the content and the teaching for an inquiry-based Masters level course in theological research methodology, Keith P. Wells
A cultural approach to evangelism in Latin America : an analysis and proposal for the work of evangelism in Medellin, Colombia, Mark E. Wittig
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Developing A Grant-Making Track For The Missions Program of Calvary Church: How To Give Large Amounts of Money Responsibly And Strategically, Billie D. Anderson
The body, soul and spirit concept of the Bemba in Zambia: fundamental characteristics of being human of an African ethnic group, Robert Badenberg
John 6 and the Lord's Supper, Jon C. Bischof
The effect of religion on the healing of coronary artery disease/hypertensive out patients in a family practice setting, Mario E. Ceballos
Evangelizing North Korea: a comparative study of South Korean mission programs, Ik-Seong Chang
Going to the well : spiritually empowering the pastor in a congregation with empowerment issues, Elaine Eachus
Using Creative Writing for Spiritual Growth: A Workshop for Evangelical Women in Religiously Conservative Protestant Churches, Susan Weaver Ellis
Kindred to the spirit: a Christian perspective on the imagination as portrayed in L.M. Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables' series, Julie Rae Golding Page
Training Preachers in Christian Apologetics for the 21st Century, Phillip Anthony Gray
The ethical implications of the Levitical incest laws for medically assisted procreation, Mark William Hendricks
A study of the Korean-Chinese Church and a projection of mission strategies, Byung Koog In
An evaluation of the biblical support presented by Wayne Grudem regarding the nature, role and exercise of non-apostolic prophecy in the New Testament and today, Richard D. Kelso
Central issues in proclaiming the Gospel to Korean shamanists, Chul Hwan Kim
Simone Weil and the enigma of suffering and affliction, Peter Klenner
The doctrine of predestination in scholastic Calvinism: an evaluation of the Muller thesis, Frederic John Koning
Why dispensationalists are so obsessed with eschatology : a historical and sociological analysis, R. Todd Mangum
The Trinity and the charismatic revival : an examination of Pastor Benny Hinn and theologian J. Rodman Williams, Larry S. McDonald
Cyril of Alexandria, the Old Testament, and Images of Christ for the Church, Steven A. McKinion PhD
Assertiveness Training for Pastors of the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico, Rafael Moreno-Rivas
Body and soul : the connection between spirituality and healing, Ryan Timothy Nichols
New Testament evidence for the role of women in the ministry of the church, Marco H. Pardo
Abortion and the ethics of American Christianity, Elizabeth Phillips
Discipleship in the Spirit of Jesus : reflections on Spirit Christology, Jeff B. Phillips
"On Paths Known Only to The Spirit of the Risen Lord": Bishops, Theologians, and the Faith of the Church, Paul J. Pluth
The cognitive sense of illumination in view of postmodern implications, Paul R. Shockley
The incarnation in the writings and the life of Athanasius of Alexandria, Stephanie Mar Smith
A historical study of the changes in the Hmar society of Manipur resulting from the introduction of Christianity 1910-1935, Joelouis L. Songate
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Understanding the hermeneutical framework of social-scientific criticism : how much can evangelicals get involved?, Kenneth Berding
Transatlantic roots of the Holiness-Pentecostal healing movement, Nancy Hardesty
Training Elders for Effective Ministry in a Pentecostal Community of Faith, Ronald Wilson Harvard
Bellows of the affections: the meditative spirituality of Thomas Watson, Norbert Haukenfrers
The wedding garment : exegesis of Matthew 22:1-14 and Revelation 19:6-10, Jeffrey D. Hogue
The Ethics of Racial Reconciliation in the American Evangelical Community, Lavern R. Holdeman
Will evangelicalism commit intellectual suicide?, Rebecca Price Janney
Distinctives of Dalit theology, liberation theology in India, Abraham Sampathkumar Joseph
Design for an effective intercultural internship : learning how to cross cultural boundaries successfully, G. Robert Kilgore
A reading of the Rahab narrative (Joshua 2:1-24) based on a text-linguistic and narrative analysis, Mark Jonathan Harvey Klassen
Scripture as text for spirituality: the love command in Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Mark, Gisela H. Kreglinger
Intergenerational perspectives in the Korean-American Church : an introductory approach, Kwan Young Lee
The history of the Evangelical Church of Manus: a developmental approach, Bernd Mortsiefer
A discipleship structure for the urban African-American church, Breckney G. Shaw
Music in the Bible and music on the radio : a biblical theology of music applied to the contemporary music styles debate, Gregg Strawbridge
Justice for the Accused: The Obligations of Major Superiors in Clerical Religious Institutes and the Sexual Abuse of Minors, Mark E. Tucker
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
The images of the God-experience as proclaimed in the songs of Hannah (I Sam 2:1-10) and Mary (Lk 1:46-55), Marianne Antczak
What has certainty to do with knowledge? : prolegomena to an evangelical response to postmodernism, Doug Blount
