Oasis 2009
- Northwest Nazarene University
- Book
- English
- Northwest Nazarene University
About Site Language
WHDL is viewable in multiple languages. Use the pull-down menu to select a language to view the site.
I changed my language, but I’m still seeing resources in the other languages?
If a resource or text has not been translated into your selected language, it will appear in the initially added language. We are always looking for help translating these resources. If you can help, contact us!
This study sought to describe the educational expectations and current experiences of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) students in terms of knowledge-centered, learner-centered, and...
Didache Faithful Teaching volume 9:1 (Summer 2009). The edition offers a wide array of articles addressing the major themes of this journal, a compilation of new writings available to our readership...
If 20th century thought has taught us anything, it has taught us that language matters. One merely has to respond to the colloquial inquiry, “How’s it going?” with “Groovy, man, groovy” and watch the...
Our proclamation as the Church of Jesus Christ is that the world was created in an original harmony. This harmony was centered in the fact that the creation, particularly the image God that is...
It is natural that Christians would have a desire to be a part of God’s redemptive activity in the world and it is a sign of good health when a church is finding ways to use a variety of resources to...
John Wesley’s life and ministry transformed 18th century England. His proclamation of the gospel of freedom from sin and social liberation revolutionized society. The Methodist movement was marked by...
Emerging evidence in both the scientific and medical literature seems to indicate that several addictive behaviors some Wesleyans traditionally have recognized as sinful may be linked to mutations in...
In an ad dress to the 1982 Ox ford In sti tute of Meth od ist Theo log i cal Stud ies, Al bert C. Outler out lined an agenda for what he called “Phase III” of Wes ley Stud ies, pro pos ing a slo gan...
Postmodernists reject truth. At least that’s what many Christians think. Type “Christian,” “truth,” and “postmodern” into an Internet search engine, and you’ll find plenty of Christian apologists...
The book is organized into an introduction and six chapters followed by endnotes and a useful bibliography. In the introduction Brower begins by describing the contemporary state of the ecclesial...
Deirdre Brower Latz I think that I stumbled into practical theology. I am called to be a pastor, but love teaching, and when the opportunity presented itself to me to teach, I took it. Initially I was...
Rev. Marcos Canales Pastoral ministry contributes immensely to the ongoing dialogue of ecclesiology and missiology. I consider it extremely important to regard pastoral ministry as the crossroads...
Juan Fernandez I believe that as times continue to get tougher around the world, Christians will be forced to deal with tough questions about their faith. Lukewarm Christians will be pushed toward a...
Dr. David M. Phillips I am convinced that there has never been a time when having an educated clergy is more important. We are living in a day when many people are entering the ministry as a second...
Introduction to the journal issue from the current editor of Didache
Introduction to the journal issue from the current editor of Didache
Didache: Faithful Teaching edition 8:2 (January 2009). This edition incorporates a wealth of theological, cultural and educational treatments that intersect with a broad readership. This edition...
This paper is offered in the hope of beginning a sustained conversation between Wesleyan-Holiness theology and Radical Orthodoxy. Such a conversation is necessitated by the emergence of postmodern...
Our call to the task at hand has come from many sources. The latest comes from Pope Benedict XVI who implored that scientific investigation should be accompanied by "research into anthropology...
One of the aims of this article includes a desire to add to this recent surge in historical scholarship by revealing how issues related to church governance, segregation, and evangelization impacted...
Our school slogan, since its founding, has remained, “Bridging Cultures for Christ.” There is one (only one) bridge across campus. The present bridge was erected over the old one, which you can still...
Charles Handy, a London-based author and broadcaster, explains the importance of intelligence in his international bestseller, The Age of Paradox. Handy asserts that wealth was once measured in land...
Jayme Hammelwright has provided a clear and accurate description of the Lisbon Agenda and the Bologna Process. As she reports, both of these initiatives seek to unify and coordinate the various...
In the process of teaching, methods for structuring and learning the information given in class are not often provided by the teacher. The visual tools presented below have been designed to accompany...