What limitations do you face in intercultural communication and how is this shaped by preferred cultural values?

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Discussion

What limitations do you face in intercultural communication and how is this shaped by preferred cultural values?

After you complete the data analysis using the appropriate statistical software for your design, add the written narrative explaining your analysis.

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Assignment 4a: Draft of Chapter

Introduction

After you complete the data analysis using the appropriate statistical software for your design, you will add the written narrative explaining your analysis. Together, these comprise the draft of Chapter 4.

Instructions

Submit your draft of Chapter 4. Review the Dissertation Manual and the Dissertation Format document for information on formatting. Remember to use Turabian formatting even though this is a draft.

Explain your understanding of the “imprecatory psalms.” In what sense did these function as prayers and petition in ancient Israel? In what manner would they have functioned as “song” within the liturgical context of ancient Israel? In what manner should Christians approach these “imprecatory psalms”? Do they in some way contradict the “turn the other cheek” ethic taught by Jesus in the Gospels? Be specific in how you respond to this question.

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Discussion Replies: Individual-in-Community

Discussion Assignment Instructions

Respond to the following prompts in 250 words each. For prompt you must support your assertions with at least three (3) scholarly citations in current Turabian format. Each reply should also incorporate scholarly citations if appropriate to the context.

The discussion centered on After reading Psalms 35, 109, and 137, answer each of the following question prompts. You are permitted to use the textbook, outside scholarly sources, and the Bible in your responses.

  • Explain your understanding of the “imprecatory psalms.” In what sense did these function as prayers and petition in ancient Israel? In what manner would they have functioned as “song” within the liturgical context of ancient Israel?
  • In what manner should Christians approach these “imprecatory psalms”? Do they in some way contradict the “turn the other cheek” ethic taught by Jesus in the Gospels? Be specific in how you respond to this question.
  • What view do you take on the application of the “imprecatory psalms” for today? In responding to this question, be sure to provide supporting arguments and rationale, including support from the Old and the New Testament.

Indicate what your passage is and concisely describe the main point. What do we learn about God – His character and purposes – from this passage, either directly or indirectly? Which categories of systematic theology (soteriology, eschatology, ecclesiology, etc.) does your passage relate to, either directly or indirectly? What are the themes/topics of biblical theology (kingship, covenant, Israel, etc.) that your passage relates to, either directly or indirectly?

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Discussion Theological Interpretation Replies

Discussion Assignment Instructions

For Discussion: Theological Interpretation, post two replies of 200 words each to each prompt. Use Turabian format style. Must include at least citation in each response from a scholarly source. Ensure the prompts properly address the following

Address the following questions:

  1. Indicate what your passage is and concisely describe the main point.
  2. What do we learn about God – His character and purposes – from this passage, either directly or indirectly?
  3. Which categories of systematic theology (soteriology, eschatology, ecclesiology, etc.) does your passage relate to, either directly or indirectly?
  4. What are the themes/topics of biblical theology (kingship, covenant, Israel, etc.) that your passage relates to, either directly or indirectly?

Based on the information you’ve given the Dean about broader historical questions, do you think there are any historical or cultural issues that the Dean should be aware of when the media ask questions about the meaning of the passage? Are there any events, customs, titles, activities, social structures, or concepts that reflect the ancient historical culture/setting, which might have an impact on how people today interpret the meaning of this passage in the ancient text?

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Historical Context Assignment Instructions

Overview

Each student will write a 400 – 500-word exegetical essay describing the historical-cultural context of their selected passage. This essay should be based primarily on a close reading of the New Testament book in which Ephesians 2:1-10 is found. Therefore, you should prepare for this essay by following the inductive method described below while referring to the concepts covered in the assigned reading and course materials.

Instructions

Please do not consult textbooks, commentaries, or other resources until you have worked through the scenario and method below. Read Chapter 3 of Craig L. Blomberg and Jennifer Foutz Markley, A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2010) and watch the following video via this link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wiIK8A2EFk

Here is the inductive method you will use to construct the essay:

  1. Adopt the mindset of a detective or researcher. Imagine that you’ve discovered an ancient text buried deep in the archives of the Scriptorium in the Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty University (this sort of thing happens in libraries from time to time). You have been tasked with deciphering the hand-written Greek text and presenting a report about it to the Dean of the School of Divinity. The Dean will be addressing the media with information about the discovery, so you will need to determine, as best as possible, the following information:
    • who wrote the text;
    • when it was written,
    • where it was written;
    • to whom it was addressed and sent;
    • what purpose it served in those historical circumstances;
    • and whether it is a forgery or fake (those do exist in the antiquities market).

 

There is no textbook to grab that will give you these answers; you are the expert since you’re the only person alive who has read the text. Therefore, the only guidance you have is the information in the text itself. Only be as precise as the information in the text allows you to be. For the sake of getting into the right mindset and maintaining good method, it might help you to pretend that no book such as this exists in the New Testament; though you are able to compare what you find in it to the other books of the New Testament.

 

  1. You must draft a report (400 – 500 words) for your Dean, presenting this information, as best you can discern it, from the text. Since the Dean will be addressing the media about the discovery, any statement about the text’s historical circumstances/context will need to be supported with evidence. Therefore, when you describe the date or author, you need to include the evidence from the text that led you to your conclusions (use chapter and verse citations). Evaluate the evidence so that your Dean knows how confident you are of the information and conclusions in your report.

 

  1. As part of your report, focus especially on the passage previously selected. Based on the information you’ve given the Dean about broader historical questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how?), do you think there are any historical or cultural issues that the Dean should be aware of when the media ask questions about the meaning of the passage? Are there any events, customs, titles, activities, social structures, or concepts that reflect the ancient historical culture/setting, which might have an impact on how people today interpret the meaning of this passage in the ancient text? The Dean will need to tell the media what plans the Divinity School has for further historical-cultural research of the text and this focal passage. So, your report should prepare the Dean with a recommendation.

Develop an administrative structure chart and be sure to include an explanation of the chart. Develop a sample church budget that demonstrates how he/she believes his/her local church resources should be allocated in the local church based on the local church’s mission, vision, and strategic plan.

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Analysis of Local Church Administration:

This 5-7 page paper requires the student to analyze his/her local church’s administrative structure and processes. The student must begin with the congregation’s mission statement, or generate one for the local congregation. Next, the student must identify and describe the strengths and needs of the local church. The student should utilize the COGOP Ministry Policy Manual and other resources to support his/her assertions and recommendations. The student must include the following: Name of the congregation, Brief history of the congregation, Number of members 200, Demographics of the local community, St. Thomas United States Virgin Islands, Mission statement and Vision statement, Core values/beliefs of the local church, Ministry.

Descriptions (pastor and staff), and local church strategic plan for growth and ministry expansion. The student must develop an administrative structure chart (including all persons and positions at the decision-making and implementation levels) and be sure to include an explanation of the chart. The student must then develop a sample church budget that demonstrates how he/she believes his/her local church resources should be allocated in the local church based on the local church’s mission, vision, and strategic plan.

The final paper must next explain the student’s theology of Pentecostal local church ministry. In this section, the student must share how his/her calling has contributed to his/her ministry to the local church. Finally, the student must expound on the biblical support that informs his/her Pentecostal theology of ministry and end with his/her goals for continued local church ministry, engagement and contribution toward the local church’s fulfillment of its mission and vision. Final papers must be double spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font size, with 1-inch margins. A minimum of 5 scholarly sources must be cited with no more than two web sources. Students may use textbooks as sources.

Select a current moral issue to research (MAID – Medical Assistance in Dying) Provide a clear discussion of the issue (Pros/Cons), moral Catholic teachings regarding it, and application to pastoral settings, including the formation of Catholic conscience on the issue.

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Part 1 – Outline and Bibliography on a Current Moral Issue – MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying)

Final (2500 word) Paper – Select a current moral issue to research (MAID – Medical Assistance in Dying) Provide a clear discussion of the issue (Pros/Cons), moral Catholic teachings regarding it, and application to pastoral settings, including the formation of Catholic conscience on the issue.

Write a minimum 1000-word response paper on the Module Seven readings that includes a discussion on the role of politics in the local church. In the paper consider aspects of biblical justice, biblical mercy and if the church should be involved in politics from a theological perspective.

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Assignment 7c: Reading Response

Instructions
Write a minimum 1000-word response paper on the Module Seven readings that includes a discussion on the role of politics in the local church. In the paper consider aspects of biblical justice, biblical mercy and if the church should be involved in politics from a theological perspective.

How are the hurdles to ethnic reconciliation played out in the modern church? In what ways have we allowed these hurdles to weaken our witness and the effectiveness of the Gospel?

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Assignment 7b: Hurdles of Reconciliation Discussion

Introduction
As you are reading, please take some time to consider what hurdles to ethnic reconciliation does the church face as a corporate body and as individual believers.

Questions
How are the hurdles to ethnic reconciliation played out in the modern church?
In what ways have we allowed these hurdles to weaken our witness and the effectiveness of the Gospel?

 

How does working remotely affect the management of cyber security threats?

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Audience Analysis

How does working remotely affect the management of cyber security threats?