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Nazarene Missions Reading Book 2008-2009 A compilation of the personal experiences of key leaders who have invested their lives in Eurasia and who were willing to chronicle their time as pioneers on...

Faithful Teaching Vol. 7:2. (January 2008) This edition offers an interesting array of articles addressing intersections between Wesleyan education and various contexts of ecclesial ministry in...

During the summer of 1991, Loma Linda University dismissed three faculty members including Dr. Stewart W. Shankel, chair of the Department of Medicine, for conduct that was against the policy of the...

While there is little doubt that ancient cultures resorted to physical punishment in the educational process in both home and school, there is some sign in the Wisdom Literature of at least the...

Introduction to the journal issue from the current editor of Didache

Introduction to the journal issue from the current editor of Didache. This edition serves as a means for saying “thank you” to several important contributors to theological education in the Church of...

As we contemplate the question, what is an evangelical? We need to realize that we would like to refer to instead of individual evangelicals to the evangelical church in its corporate dimension. We...

Didache: Faithful Teaching Vol. 7:2. (January 2008) This edition offers an interesting array of articles addressing intersections between Wesleyan education and various contexts of ecclesial ministry...

The objective of this paper then will be to assess Wesley’s theology. Granted that he was such a towering figure as an evangelist, apostle, pastor, ‘bishop’, and writer, what is his status as a...

Didache: Faithful Teaching Vol. 7:2. (January 2008) This edition offers an interesting array of articles addressing intersections between Wesleyan education and various contexts of ecclesial ministry...

In a struggling church situation, along with a feeling of insecurity, there is also a feeling of failure. What clearly distinguishes a religious institution from any other is the belief in absolute...

Christian Education has not always been consistent with its dedication to curriculum development. These inconsistencies can be found in various areas including a lack of training. Many seminaries...

I have analyzed some of the psycho-social dynamics within mainstream hip-hop music and film in an attempt to reveal the need to begin examining these representations on a consistent basis within the...

In the earliest beginnings of the Wesleyan-holiness movement from the 1890’s to 1908, founders of the Church of the Nazarene launched 14 schools of different levels to prepare leaders. Their passion...

Didache: Faithful Teaching. (June 2008) While a journal dedicated to a larger Wesleyan audience, this edition serves as a means for saying “thank you” to several important contributors to theological...

“What John 3:16 is to the unbeliever, Romans 15:7 is to the believer,” affirms Duane Elmer in his book, Cross Cultural Connections (2002, p.) Many of us memorized John 3:16 in the formative years of...

Perhaps it is a sign I’m growing older, but lately I have had a growing interest in my ancestry and have been exploring some of the genealogical records of past generations of Benefiels. This, of...

The International Course of Study Advisory Committee [1] of the Church of the Nazarene (ICOSAC) has been involved for over six years in fulfilling its Manual mandated task of validating curricula used...

Wesleyan ministers and counselors who deal with congregational leadership often discover an interesting observation when reviewing the history of their own founder, John Wesley. When surveying the...

This paper will focus on the nature of justice presented in Luke 4:18-19 and Isaiah 58:6- 7; 61:1-2. These texts provide a unity between the Old and New Testaments inviting us to see the under flowing...

This paper addresses the need for dialogue within the Church of the Nazarene concerning the issue of justice and the related mission of the church. I argue with Daniel Bell that justice conceived of...

Sophocles’ 5th century BCE epic of Oedipus, and the construct of Greek tragedy as a whole, has recently become the object of philosophical and theo-politcal examination, particularly as it relates to...

The November 2008 Re-dedication Service of the Fairbanks International School of Communication was held on the campus of the Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary. The occasion was the 25 th...

The May 17, 2008 Commencement Address at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. The theme of the address is “…not brilliance in the classroom, money in the bank, status nor position. But...

ABSTRACT: SUBSTANTIALIST AND RELATIONAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION AMONG CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE CLERGY by William M. Kirkemo I undertook this project to determine if the Church of the...