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During Advent, we will try to understand the unexpected ways in which God comes to us; now, in the middle of our betrayal, confusion, fear and hope. Mary Didn’t Know December 6, 2020 Pastor John...

Proceedings and Reports of the Twenty-nineth General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene, 25-30 June 2017.

2016-17 President's Report to the Board of Trustees Bruce E. Oldham May 4, 2017 9:30 AM - Horizon Hall, 4th Floor

Installation of Phillip Davis Assistant Professor of Theology Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Cobb Worship Center

This study of the corps of pastors continues a series of studies of the corps of pastors in the Church of the Nazarene. The series began in 1988 when the Church Growth Research Center, responding to a...

The Other Side of Eden : Genesis 4:1-14 January 24, 2019 APNTS Chapel Service Cobb Center 11:00 AM

The purpose of this essay is to suggest that Revelation could be interpreted as a series of images and sounds, rather than as a text, full of words. I have not done a full content analysis, but a...

ABSTRACT In Aristotle’s The “Art” of Rheoric, the basis of rhetoric is the enthymeme and the heart of the enthymeme is a Greek word, endoxa []. This essay suggests a new consideration of the...

An Inquiry into Post-War Ethnic German Migration and Resettlement in Canada. Post-Second World War ethnic German migration to Canada is a history marked by hardships, challenges, and a seemingly...

Luzon Nazarene Bible College Founders' Week 2006 Holiness Sermons and Commentaries In Celebration of the 54th Foundation Anniversary November 20-24, 2006

Philosopher, poet, and author Owen Barfield may be referred to as the “first and last inkling” (OwenBarfield.org). In his work, featuring the intermingling of literary excellence and philosophical...

The Sunset Limited script, written by Cormac McCarthy, depicts an intense conversation that takes place between two characters, White and Black. This conversation is what takes place after Black...

This study explored how the experience of being a pastor’s kid impacts a person’s relationship with God, their family, their friends, and the Church, and how they perceive and have experienced these...

When people train, they work to get better at something in order to achieve a goal within a specific system. Within the academic world, listening is taught through means of an ear “training” class...

Theodor Adorno, a leading proponent of the Frankfurt School, focuses a large portion of his writing on critical theory, and in terms of aesthetics, Adorno searches for the “social significance,” the...

This paper argues that the core purpose of sacred space is to serve the mission of the Church, that is, for God to be glorified in his people through their worship, edification and outreach. In order...

Documents related to the organization and responsibility of the local church board.

The 1998 document, “A Commitment to Excellence,” is the second of three strategic plans prepared during the 18-year tenue of E. LeBron Fairbanks as president of the university. As with the original...

Job descriptions for local church staff and pastors.

Human Resources included documents related to personnel management in the local church.

At the beginning of my tenure as President of Mount Vernon Nazarene College, I have the privilege and the responsibility to articulate some very definite convictions about Christian education. You...

At the beginning of my tenure as President of the Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, I have the privilege and responsibility to articulate my theological understanding of ministry. I come to...

The “ For This We Stand” document was originally drafted by the university president in the summer of 1993. The material was shared with the faculty and staff in the opening of school workshops and...

The 16-session leadership module, “Leading the People of God,” was originally prepared in 2003 by E. LeBron Fairbanks as part of the 24 modular course of study, outcome-based curriculum, designed and...