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Reclaiming Responsibility For The Great Commission An Evaluation of Traditional Missions with Focus on How the Local Church Can Reclaim its Responsibility for the Missions Process
This paper presents an evaluation of “traditional missions” within the purview of patterns and principles gleaned from a study of Scripture. In addition to the…
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Augustine and the Justification Debates: Did Calvin Step Too Far in the Right Direction?
The following thesis examines Augustine’s doctrine of justification in light of Reformed theology and the eventual rise of Free Grace sotieriology-the view that perseverance in…
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The Two Will Become One Flesh: Paul’s Use of Gen 2:24 in Eph 5:31
This thesis shall argue that Paul’s interpretation of Gen 2:24 in Eph 5:31 is typological. He sees Christ as the second Adam who has come…
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Martin Luther’s Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: Cultural Defeatism or Theonomic Reconstructionism?
Martin Luther (1483-1546), one of the greatest Reformers, lived in the period of Reformation when the horizons of world history changed radically. With his main…
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Conrad Dieterich (1575-1639) and the Instruction of Luther’s Small Catechism
Bode, Gerhard H. “Conrad Dieterich (1575-1639) and the Instruction of Luther’s Small Catechism.” Ph.D. Diss., St. Louis, MO: Concordia Seminary, 2005.350 pp. Luther’s catechisms have…
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Fire Starters: A Comparative Study of the Lives and Reforms of Martin Luther and Alexander Campbell
Church reform has always been a process in which the standard bearers become heroes or scoundrels. The two men that this study discusses have, depending…
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The Righteousness of God in the Old Testament and its Implication on Justification
It is this understanding of God’s righteousness that will be examined; a righteousness that cannot be imputed to a believer in order to vindicate the…
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"Why Then the Law?" Salvation History and the Law in Martin Luther’s Interpretation of Galatians 1513-1522
Herrmann, Erik H. “‘Why Then the Law?’ Salvation History and the Law in Martin Luther’s Interpretation of Galatians 1513-1522.” Ph.D. Diss., St. Louis, MO: Concordia…