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The Battle's Fierce, but the Victory's Won: The Unique Tasks and Blessings of the Competitive Christian

Goelzer, Nathanael (2023)

In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis suggests that Satan and his evil angels can only mutilate and cannot create anything. Where does competitiveness come from? Is it a product of God’s creation or of Satan’s mutilation? ...

Pastoral Resilience: Maintaining a Healthy Life in Ministry

Frailing, Joshua J. (2023)

The public ministry presents the pastor with blessings that prove to be gracious gifts of God. However, it also manifests many temptations, trials, and tribulations. The expectations placed upon a pastor can leave him ...

Called for More: How the Doctrine of Vocation Provides Comfort and Purpose to the Grieving

Digman, Justin D. (2023)

When a loved one passes, a void becomes apparent. The relationship where one once found love, purpose, and meaning is gone. Does the church have a doctrine uniquely equipped to address this sudden void? This paper will ...

“Come, Be Our King”: The Portrayal of Abimelek as an Anti-Judge in Judges 9

Bush, Aaron T. (2023)

The Lord said to Samuel concerning the Israelites, “It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king” (1 Sam 8:7). The book of Judges gives evidence of this rejection prior to the life of Samuel. ...

Preaching God's Story in Psalms: The Importance of Seeing the Tapestry in the Threads

Brown, Alex R. (2023)

This paper seeks to answer: “What homiletical strategies can help pastors preach the Psalms in a way that reinforces the hermeneutic that all of Scripture is a unified story of God’s love for people?” The paper is split ...

We Show Christian Love by Practicing Closed Communion

Beaver, Bob (2023)

As modern American culture places ever increasing emphasis on inclusion, tolerance, and acceptance, the Scriptural practice of closed communion is increasingly thought of as outdated and unloving. This, however, is simply ...

An Examination of Elihu and His Role in the Book of Job

Alair, Erik C. (2023)

In this paper, I examine the character of Elihu and his role within the book of Job and demonstrate how he, unlike the so-called “three friends” (Job 2:11), offers words of divine wisdom to Job at a crucial point in the ...