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Applications of evolutionary culture theory Explores the recent attempts by researchers to apply evolutionary culture theory (ECT) in analyzing stasis and change in human cultural systems.
Biblical authority: a personal reflection Walter Brueggermann is professor emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.
Biblical authority: what is it good for? Why the Apostles insisted on a high view of Scripture This article examines the classical passages on biblical inspiration, 2 Tim 3:14- 17 and 2 Pet 1:19-21, and asks why the NT authors emphasized the inspiration of Scripture. It is argued that the theological payoff is not primarily that the Scriptures contain reliable information. The purpose of inspiration is ethical and religious. As the living and powerful word of God, Scripture serves the function of a judge: it condemns and acquits, it judges the sinner to death and gives new life through faith.
Characteristics of distance learners: research on relationships of learning motivation, learning strategy, self-efficacy, attribution and learning results Examines the relationships between the learning motivation, learning strategies, self-efficacy, attribution and learning results of 135 distance learners.
Going the distance: students' experiences of induction to distance learning in higher education The purpose of this research was to enable tutors to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the induction experiences of their distance students in order to improve and make more appropriate the levels of support provided to students commencing distance study.
High 5! Strategies to Enhance Comprehension of Expository Text The article discusses five comprehension strategies that can be used to read expository texts.
Inerrancy: a place to live The article offers the author's insights on the definition of inerrancy in the holy book the Bible. The author defines inerrancy as the propositional truth and mentions that the Bible contains no false assertions. Topics discussed by the author include the word of God in life, the Biblical doctrines, and the Scripture of the mighty acts of God.
Mighty in the Word: Athanasius’s Doctrine of Scripture in His War on Arianism In his war on Arianism, Athanasius turned discussion away from philosophical speculation and back to a biblical and theological basis.
Neighborhood Outpost Encourages Christians to be more active in changing the culture through change in attitudes. Ways to influence other cultural arenas.
Plenary discussion on biblical inerrancy Topics include the profit of reading the holy book Bible, the association of inerrancy with precisionism and exactitudes, and the issue of truthfulness concerning God and justification. Speakers who participated in the discussion are D. A. Carson, John Frame, and Ben Witherington III.
Secularization and culture change : an approach to understanding changing systems of religious belief Examines the concept of secularization as a tool for understanding certain religious aspects of culture change in modern Western societies and contrasts a theological approach to the understanding of secularization with a sociological approach.
Student Support Services for Millennial Undergraduates As increasing numbers of undergraduates take online courses, a full set of student services should be readily available through the Internet.
Students' accounts of the need for continuous support in a distance learning programme This paper looks at a qualitative case study of distance learning at Universiti Utara Malaysia as described by a small group of distance learners as they progress through their courses at the institution. It concerns the learners - it is their story, their experience, their perspective.
The authority of the Bible as a hermeneutical issue / by Stanley E. Porter
The easternization of the West: a thematic account of cultural change in the modern era [Comprehensive book review.] The core thesis in this book is that the West, meaning mainly Western Europe and North America, has since the 1960s experienced a fundamental cultural shift in its dominant worldview toward an "Eastern" one, with a corresponding decline in the previously dominant "Western" worldview.
The interplay between motivation, self-efficacy, and approaches to studying Examines the interrelationships between motivation orientation (intrinsic and extrinsic), self-efficacy (in reading academic texts and essay writing), and approaches to studying (deep, strategic, and surface).
Ulrich Zwingli on Sola Scriptura: The Clarity and Certainty of Scripture in Zwingli's Theology

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