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Using the Old and New Man in Sanctification
(2017)
Why do Christians sometimes sin? What part of you is a sinner? Does Psalm 119 speak to your Old or New Man? Who is your New Man? How do we interact with our Old Man? Does everyone have an Old and New Man? Why do we do what ...
Loving my Neighbor from the Voting Booth: The Christian and the Social Contract
(2018)
Modern, liberal democracy provides Christians with a unique position in the history of politics:
regardless of age, economic status, religion, race, or gender, many in the world today are
promised a vote. Voters, in ...
Awakened to Confessional: The Doctrinal Development of F.C.D. Wyneken and its Place in the Course of Lutheranism in America
(2018)
Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken: the "Father of Lutheran Home Missions," the
inspiring voice which led to the influx of hundreds of pastors to America and the establishment
of seminaries in two continents, the leader ...
Biblical Text Messages: The Effect of Bible Software on Seminary Students
(2018)
Practitioners of media ecology study the powerful influence media exert on human perception. Research has discovered that digital technologies, such as computers and smart phones, interact with the plasticity of the human ...
Pastoral Care for Wives With Husbands Addicted to Pornography
(2018)
The goal of this thesis is to equip pastors to provide pastoral care to wives who are married to a
husband addicted to pornography. Pornography addiction is a widespread and prevalent issue. In
the recent years, Wisconsin ...
The Pastor and His Wife: Fortifying Marriage Against the Demands of Ministry
(2019)
This thesis aims to contribute to practical theology. Marriage and the public ministry are two gifts of God that are uniquely intertwined as a pastor serves his church and his family. God intends both of these to be blessings ...
Applying the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM) to the Text of the Old Testament: An Evaluation
(2018)
The goal of this research is to apply the Coherence Based Genealogical Method (CBGM) to the
Old Testament. Deuteronomy 5 was chosen to evaluate this method. This method is being used
to evaluate General Epistles in the ...
The Role of Apologetics in Witnessing to Mormons
(2018)
Over the last two years, Apologia Church, led by reformed pastor and apologist Jeff Durbin, has posted a number of videos on YouTube of Durbin witnessing to Latter-Day Saints on the streets of Tempe, AZ. Thousands of people ...
Through Different Eyes: A Restrospective Examination of the Breakdown of the Synodical Conference
(2018)
The break in fellowship between the LCMS and the WELS was a messy affair. In many ways it resembles a divorce. Many churches, families and friendships were divided in the break up. As with a divorce, each child had their ...
Teaching the Doctrine of Church Fellowship in a Chinese Context: A Western Perspective
(2018)
This paper investigates various methods of teaching church fellowship to a Chinese audience.
While appropriation of Christian doctrine properly belongs only to the work of the Holy Spirit,
he calls Christians to teach ...