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Hearing God

open access: yesModern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 815-832, October 2024.
Abstract This essay attempts to address a simple question: what does it mean to hear God? So much hangs upon learning something about hearing God: revelation, salvation, formation, vocation and mission, for example. What is the relationship then between hearing and knowing God?
Graham Ward
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Perspectives from the Christ hymn in Colossians 1:13–20 on cosmic powers and spiritual forces within an African context

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2019
The central argument of this article is that the way in which the author of Colossians makes use of this Christ hymn can provide useful perspectives within the African context where people often struggle with assumed threats of cosmic powers and ...
Francois P. Viljoen
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Mengelola Perbedaan Menjadi Sebuah Kekayaan: Suatu Analisis Teks Kolose 3:12-17

open access: yesManna Rafflesia, 2020
Success is making a difference in wealth is the longing of every human being in general and believers in particular. Everyone longs for unity. However, the reality of conflict often occurs both within the family, in the church, and in the life of the ...
Manase Gulo
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Hegel's Transcendent Absolute

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 239-257, May 2024.
Abstract In this essay, I argue that Hegel's Absolute must be understood to be transcendent in the sense of being both immanent within the world and exceeding it. This account of transcendence invariably turns on Hegel's inheritance of the Christian tradition and, in particular, the metaphysics espoused through Christian Platonism.
Kyle J. Barbour
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‘Hope Kept in Heaven’ in Colossians and 1 Peter

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2016
In Colossians 1:5, Paul (who is assumed to be the author for the purposes of this article) writes of ‘the hope stored up for you in heaven’ (New International Version [NIV]). This text appears to present hope (ἐλπίς) as an objective reality, which can be
Alistair I. Wilson
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Jesus Was a Refugee: Unpacking the Theological Implications

open access: yesModern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 386-403, April 2024.
Abstract This article is an in‐depth exploration of the divine purpose for Jesus’ refugeehood (recorded in Matthew 2) and its theological implications. Part One finds three reasons for Jesus’ displacement: (1) to recapitulate the displacement in Israel's story, (2) to recapitulate the exile of Adam and Eve, (3) to point forward to the Church's calling ...
Barnabas Aspray
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Slavery and Manumission in the Pre-Constantine Church [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper looks at the church’s handling of the issue of slavery in the period before Constantine and the official recognition of Christianity. The time period is important because Christians had no political authority to end slavery, assuming they ...
Super, Joseph Francis
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Belydenisuitsprake as Pauliniese briefoorgange

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1988
Credal statements as Pauline epistoraly transitions In view of the fact that I have previously found five occurrances of credal statements in the Pauline literature, the function of which were to effect a transition from letter opening to letter body ...
J. H. Roberts
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Christ’s Supremacy: Colossians 1:15-20 and Its Implication in Education

open access: yesDiligentia: Journal of Theology and Christian Education, 2019
Supremacy of Christ in Col. 1:15-20 is essential to Christian faith. Many attempts have been made to examine this passage and mostly from the theological point of view. The aim of this article is to reexamine this passage and propose an analysis from the
Chandra Han
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3. Launched on a Quest: Transformation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Papers given at conf \u27Discovery \u2799: festival of faith and life\u27, Erindale College, Univ of Toronto in Mississauga, June 10-13 ...
Riegert, Eduard R.
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