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The word “evil” appears frequently in English versions of the Hebrew Bible. Usually, it translates Hebrew ra‘. Over the centuries, however, English Bibles have used this rendering less frequently. While the KJV (or AV; 17th century) has “evil” 489.00 times in the Old Testament, the JPS (20th century) uses it only 120.00 times. Contemporary English … Read more
NOTE: This proposal is being submitted to both ETS and EPS. While not accepting the more controversial aspects of his argument, J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig embrace one feature of Richard Swinburne’s natural theological argument for the Trinity: that mutuality is an essential requirement of love. Accordingly, God’s being essentially all-loving entails that … Read more
The social model represents the primary lens through which disability theologians explore disability. Yet this model is inextricably linked to Critical Theory and often employs Foucauldian analysis to identify potential issues for people with disabilities. Many prominent voices in disability theology use this framework in their writings, to include Amos Yong, Brian Brock, and Nancy … Read more
To what was Jesus referring in the life of Abraham when he told the Jews, “Abraham your father rejoiced that he would see my day, and he saw it and he was glad”? This dissertation will demonstrate the intentionality of Jesus’s choice of seeing words in John 8:56 that allude to Genesis 22:1-19. The intimation … Read more
The literature review finds that both Anglophone and Chinese scholars working on Watchman Nee’s thoughts attempt to read and analyze his writing through a systematic theological perspective. Generally, those research results identify two theological emphases in Nee’s teaching: the “spiritual man” and the “local church.” Corresponding approaches could be concluded as one from an anthropological … Read more
Asia Theological Association (ATA) is Asia’s most prominent evangelical accrediting agency, with 393.00 Bible colleges and seminaries from 33.00 nations across Asia, South Pacific, West Asia, and beyond. It often holds consultations to discuss topics relevant for Asian churches. In 2012, ATA had a consultation at the Malaysia Bible Seminary, focusing on the Scripture: Its … Read more
Recovery of Walter Bauer’s Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity sparked popular and academic intrigue at the turn of the twenty-first century. Critics like Ehrman and Pagels introduced Bauer’s thesis of a strong-armed orthodoxy rooting out viable Christian traditions, and evangelicals like Köstenberger and Kruger responded with biblical and historical defenses for the primacy of … Read more
Families with a child on the autism spectrum are among the least likely to attend church according to research by Andrew Whitehead. This follows earlier research by Melinda Ault that demonstrates the challenges of reaching this people group. If children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are to be discipled, we must reimagine discipleship expectations and … Read more
A clear and definitive understanding of the genealogical ancestry of Jesus and his parents, the Virgin Mary and his earthly father Joseph, has been of great theological interest to scholars over the centuries, but somewhat of an enigma to determine. An exhaustive review of all genealogies in the Bible shows that, almost without exception, they … Read more
This paper explores the relationship between divine immutability and God’s creative and providential activity, arguing that immutability does not imply passivity but must be understood in relation to God’s purely actualized nature. As actus purus, God’s being is fully realized without potentiality, making his immutability not a limitation but the very ground of his continuous … Read more