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Faith and Works: A Study of Martin Luther's and John Calvin's Understanding of James 2:14-26
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2006-04)It is fundamental for Christians to know that salvation is by grace through faith and not through works, even as good works certainly have a part to play in the Christian life and should be expected in everyone who has ... -
A Faith Best Sung : The Apostolic Hymnody of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (1909-1926)
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2012-05)The Bridegroom Songs is the first known Apostolic Pentecostal hymnal, published in 1916 by the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW), the first legally recognized Apostolic Pentecostal organization in the United States. ... -
Family Environment and Attachment Styles in Correlation within an Individual's Current Emotional Intelligence Score
(Tyndale University, 2021-03)The following information has been accumulated to examine the research question “How are parental relationships, attachment styles and emotional intelligence interrelated?”. Data collected from a sample of 68 individuals ... -
Finding Unity in Diversity: The Use of Appreciative Inquiry to Cultivate Common Ground Among Leaders in a Multi-Congregational Chinese Church in Canada
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2017-05)Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church is a large ethnic Chinese church in Toronto. Over the years it has become home to a diverse group of congregants who are of Chinese descent but who speak different mother tongues. Multiple ... -
Fire in His Belly: A History of the Office of Social Concerns and Public Relations of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada as Coordinated by Reverend Hudson T. Hilsden -- 1976-1993
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2011-04)In 1976, the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) announced that Canada had arrived at a significant landmark of moral deterioration. In response to an absence of legislation protecting Christian values, the PAOC ... -
A Formational Process to Help Ministry Leaders Engage in Inner Work
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2013-04)Engagement in inner work is important for ministry leaders because there is relationship between the development of the inner person and the exercise of leadership in the public arena. This research project facilitates the ... -
From Imago Dei to Missio Dei: An Art Experiment as Invitation to Spiritual Transformation
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2012-01)Jesus told stories and weaved together metaphors that called his followers and detractors to consider their place in the Kingdom of God. Today church leaders are challenged to engage the theological imagination in order ... -
"Fulfilling the Law" in Paul's Epistles: The Connection Between the Old Testament Law and Christian Ethics
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2017-04)Although the Bible is not strictly or primarily moralistic, ethics continue to be an important and unavoidable concern of the Christian life. The role of the OT in developing ethics is frequently debated. One common position ... -
God's Will That All Be Saved: The Character of God Revealed By the Word in John Wesley's Doctrine of Predestination
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2012-04)This thesis is a study of John Wesley's doctrine of predestination. It focuses on Wesley's view of God's character based on his understanding of both Scripture and Jesus Christ. Wesley's concept of the character of God as ... -
Grace Leads to Joy: Spiritual Formation and the Examen
(Tyndale University, 2021-02)The purpose of this portfolio was to study how best to lead church congregants in Christian spiritual discernment toward spiritual formation. This portfolio begins with the author’s spiritual autobiography and with that ... -
Hagar, Favored Woman, Favored Wife: A Narrative-Critical Study of the Egyptian Slave
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A Holistic Spiritual Formation Model for Selected Chinese Evangelical Churches in the G.T.A.
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2018-02)A holistic spiritual formation journey includes knowing the revealed and hidden aspects of God with our minds and our hearts. This is integral to Christian formation and facilitating authentic spiritual transformation in ... -
Identifying and Addressing Barriers to the Discipleship of Believers from Muslim Background in the Arabian Peninsula
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2015-08)One of the most pressing issues facing the rapidly emerging church in the Arabian Peninsula (AP) area is how to overcome barriers hampering the spiritual development of believers from Muslim backgrounds (BMBs). This research ... -
The Impact of a Staff Performance Management System on Performance Outcomes and Employee Commitment in a Private, Christian, Higher Education Institution
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2019-09)This thesis explored performance management in a private, Christian, Canadian, higher education institution. A Model for Effective Performance Management was developed which served as a framework for a participatory action ... -
The Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Culture on Emotion Recognition in Music
(Tyndale University, 2020)Do culture and emotional intelligence have an impact on emotion-recognition abilities in music? I hypothesized that people from one culture would more accurately recognize the emotions in instrumental music from their ... -
The Impact of Lament Rituals on the Spiritual Wellbeing of Medical Staff in the Health Care Environment
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2015-11)Lament rituals are a powerful tool for healing the spirit and a very human means of touching the emotion. This research project seeks to establish the value of lament rituals to promote self-awareness and grief expression ... -
Implementing the Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Revitalize the Church of Pentecost Canada
(Tyndale University, 2020-09)The Church of Pentecost Canada is an ethnic Pentecostal denomination with roots from Ghana. Over the last thirty years she has grown numerically, spiritually and geographically across Canada. However, the church is confronted ... -
The Importance of Hearing God in the Spiritual Formation of Chinese Christians of Immigrant Background
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2018-01)Christian spiritual formation is a process of being conformed to the image of Christ. A Christlike Christian will be a convincing witness for Christ. The focus of this portfolio is to help Chinese immigrant Christians in ... -
Improving Our Welcome: Listening and Responding to Newcomers in Order to Improve the Hospitality of Weyburn Free Methodist Church
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2017-05)This action research project used interviews to gain insight into the experience of newcomers to a rural church, used group discernment techniques to generate a response, and then evaluated the process and outcomes with ... -
An Integrated Approach to Spiritual Direction: Converging Spirituality, Creativity, and Cognitive Theories through the Expressive Arts as a Model for Christian Spiritual Formation
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2018-04)Christian spiritual direction today builds on both an ancient and an emerging practice. There remains both in the old and the new, a theological assumption that the “spiritual life and the practice of spiritual direction ...