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Going to Make Disciples: An Examination of the Lives and Work of American Lutheran Women in Mission During The Early and Mid Twentieth Century
This document examines the work of American Lutheran women who served in several ELCA predecessor bodies in the early to mid twentieth century, when Lutheran…
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The Development and Place of the Notae Ecclesiae in Luther and the Lutheran Confessions
Our thesis will be guided by the following outline. First, we will explore the consequences of Luther’s initial discovery of justification for his understanding of…
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A Biblical Understanding of Women in Ministry: An Investigation of I Timothy 2:8-15
One of the continuing hotbeds of debate affecting a broad spectrum of denominations during the last half century has been the nature and scope of…
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"The Old Evil Foe Now Means Deadly Woe": The Works of the Devil in the Theology Of Martin Luther
The purpose of this research is to find out how Martin Luther understood the works of the Devil. The focus is not on speculative demonology,…
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The Structure of the Gospel of Mark: Revisiting the Implications of Repetition and Characterization
The search for a distinctive and coherent structure to the Gospel of Mark has long been a challenge for scholarship. While denying redaction and narrative…
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Why Does Joseph Wash his Face? A Semantic, Historical, and Literary Analysis of Genesis 43:31a
Modern commentators do not discuss Joseph washing his face. The focus of many scholars is usually on another detail that occurs prior to the washing.…
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The Descent of Darwin—A Theological Understanding of Charles Darwin
In the process of seeking to understand Charles Darwin and his ideas that have come to dominate much of the modern/postmodern, western worldview, it is…
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Fifty Years of Theological Education in the Gutnius Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea: 1948-1998
The Gutnius Lutheran Church (GLC) is one of two Lutheran churches in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, the other Lutheran church being…
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Vanity in Human Life-A Comparative Study of the Role of Hebel in Qoheleth and Wu in the Philosophical Thought of Wang Bi
The aim of this study is to increase the mutual understanding between the Old Testament and ancient Chinese thought. The methodology is both cross-cultural and…