Theses/Dissertations from 2023
No Lack of Gain: A Biblical Theology of Feminine Generosity, Jenny Zoë Huelsman
Sex in Church: The Christian Vocation of Sexuality Within the Ecclesial Community, Sarah Talena Rusche
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Identity Formation and Powerful Narrative: What the Church Can Learn from Disney, Janie Fisher
God and Satan: A Look at Martin Luther’s Titles for Satan and What They Reveal about the Relationship between God and Satan, Alexandria M. Shick
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Subtlety of Anger and Its Connectedness to Murder: An Exegetical Paper Based on Matthew 5:21–26, Joseph Okoth Abuor
A Lutheran Response to the Role of Healing and the Healer in African Independent Churches, Jasper Olawo
The Contemporary Situation of Elderly People in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Tsigewengel B. Uddo
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Building a Bridge to Community Creating Belonging by Intentionally Incorporating Christians into the Life of the Congregation, Michele Doel
Demonology According to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Three Important Aspects and a Lutheran Response, George Felten
THE ROLE OF THE AFRICAN CHURCH IN THE 21ST CENTURY GLOBAL MISSION: A CASE STUDY OF THE EECMY GLOBAL MISSION VENTURE AND ECONOMIC MINDSET, WONDIMU M. GAME
History of Lutheranism in Liberia: The Current State of Lutheran Churches In Liberia as a Result of Their History and Development, Edward Momoh Kollie
The Christian Family: Implications of Familial Language for the Identity of the Church, Rebekah Lukas
Chrysostom and Luther on the Intergenerational Character of the Faith: Retrieving the God-Designed Parental Role in the Transmission of the Faith to the Next Generation, Charles Samuel Voigt Ledebuhr and Charles Samuel Voigt Ledebuhr Mr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Recapitulation and Christ’s Active Obedience A Lutheran Retrieval of Irenaeus, Andrew Bloch
Truth and Reconciliation in Light of the Cross: Martin Luther’s Theology of the Cross in Relationship to the Current Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu, Nokukhanya Pearl Shabalala
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Just Play: On Being Fully Human in Sport, Amy Gray Bird
Leonardo Boff’s Social-Environmental Ecology Exposition, Analysis, and Appropriation for Lutheran Theology, Alan Furst
The Power of God’s Word: Jeremiah Speaks to Kenya Today, Jared Otieno Magero
A Messianic-Millenarian Movement in Brazil: Canudos/Ba 1893–1897, Celiane da Rocha Vieira
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Tithing: A Biblical Principle for the Sustenance of Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia, Simon Dapaye
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Role of Edward VI in the Development of the English Reformation, Lisa Eaton-Adams
Role of the Church in Fighting HIV-Aids Stigmatization Among Women In Kenya, Christine Adhiambo Ouko
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Rhetorical Rationale for the Compositional Integrity of Second Corinthians, Mark Erickson
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Romans 5:12-21 an Exegetical Investigation, Jonathan Bennett
Deconstruction, Hermeneutics, and the Book of Job: A Comparative Analysis and Critique of Two Deconstructive Readings of the Epilogue (42:7-17), Alexander Duncan MacLean
The Suffering of God with Implications for Human Suffering in the Trinitarian Theology of Karl Barth, Peter Jon Michael Glen Mitchell
The Use of Didaskein in 1 Timothy 2:12 and its Applications, Cortney Whiting
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Moral Status of the Human Embryo Based on Theological Arguments, James L. Chambers
Johann Walter- Pioneer Church Musician, Arthur Eichhorn
Jesus as a Healer: Investigating The Healing Miracles of the Gospel of John and Their Background, Brittany Ann Flowers
The Interpretation of Allegory in Ezekiel 16:1-63, Nathan Nehemiah Hoff
Recapitulation and Salvation in Irenaeus of Lyon, Jonathan Hoglund
Early Trinitarianism in the Apostolic Fathers: A Comparative Study of 1 Clement and the Ignatian Corpus, Kyuhong Hwang
The Theological Message of Amos 7:10-17 in Harmony with its Literary Structure, Yongseung Kang
When Myth Married Truth: The Practical Value of Tolkien and Lewis’s View of Mythology and Christianity, Kevin H. Kelsey
Responding to Questions of Homosexuality; A Look at Forty Years of Teaching in the Evangelical Lutheran Church In America (and Predecessors) and the Roman Catholic Church, Jacob M. Kohlhaas
The Eucharist: A Covenantal Analysis of I Corinthians 11 :17-32, David C. Linton
Evaluating the Reading Choris Theou in Hebrews 2:9 in Light of Patristic Evidence, Krista M. Miller
Saved by Teaching: An Exegetical Study of 1 Timothy 4:11-16, David A. Niblack
The Contour Methodology: Mediating Scripture in the Digital Age, Cara L. Pfeiffer
Etymology and Usage as Clues to the Meaning of the Hebrew Term KPR, Charles Rhine
Free Will in Clement of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Methodius of Olympus and Athanasius of Alexandria, Luis Joshua Salés
The Primitive Advance of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the First and Second Century Church, Andrew David Shurson
A Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Corinthians 7:1-24, Jaideep S. Taluja
Reclaiming Fundamentalism: Harold Lindsell, Inerrancy, and the Fragmentation of Postwar Evangelicalism, 1935-82, Amber R. Thomas
An Exegetical Analysis of 1 Corinthians 11:4-6, Martin Tuohy
Jesus' Eternal Priesthood in Hebrews, Chi Ming Yam
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The Egalitarian Use of the Trinity as a Model for Gender Relations, Barry L. Branaman
Water as a Metaphor for the Holy Spirit in Johannine Pneumatology, Andrew Albert Carr
The Text-Critical Problem of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and the Evidences of its Origin, Siqueira; Julio Cesar Piffero de Siqueira
The Heart of the Lutheran Church: Developing a Pietist Ecclesiology from its Lutheran Roots, Paul Eastwood
Scripturality of Instrumental Music in the New Testament Church, William Howard Jr. Elder
‘Faith Credited as Righteousness’ An Evaluation of N.T. Wright’s Perspectives on Justification Through Paul’s Use of Psalms 32 in Romans 4, Michael E. Erickson
Use of Gar in the New Testament, Chi-Ping Fu
Paul, Ananias, And Authority: An Exegetical Study of Acts 22:30-23:5, J. L. Gerdes
Gratia Pro Gratia: Augustine's Doctrine of Grace, Matthew James Gore
No Beauty We Could Desire-A Lutheran Evaluation of C. S. Lewis' Sehnsucht, Jonathan Graf
The Genesis Creation Narratives: Through the Lenses of a Historical-Critical Perspective and the Creation/Evolution Debate, Ryan Michael Jackson
Psalm 93: An Exegetical Study of the Psalm and its Relationship to Ancient Near Eastern Mythology, Geoffrey Randall Kirkland
Biblical Counseling and Culture: Addressing Cross-Cultural Challenges in Counseling, Theodore E. Knox
Interpreting Qohelet's Contradictions, Richard L. Metzger
Augustine & Barth's Views of Evil: Theodicy in Postmodern Context, John Louis Schaaf
A Hermeneutical and Exegetical Evaluation of Contextualization in Light of John 1:14, Steven J. Schneider
The Genealogy According to Matthew, Previewing The Plot Before the Story Begins, Elizabeth Michelle Scott
A Word, Syntactical, Narrative and Contextual Analysis of Matthew 8:23-27, Alex Smith
Luke's Sermon on the Plain and the Restoration of Israel: Luke 6:12-20 as Prolegomenon, Drew J. Strait
The Role of The Holy Spirit in Old Testament Salvation, Thomas Kenji Sugimura
A Exegetical Study of Hebrews 6:4-6: Apostasy and Renewal to Repentance, Don Wiley
"In Remembrance of Me": A Critical and Historical Inquiry into the Last Supper and the Words of Institution (Matt 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:15-20; 1 Cor 11 :23-26), Matthew R. Wilson
The Christ, the Antichrist, and Prophetic Claims, Jonathan Woell
Translation of the Hebrew Tripartite Nominal Clause in the Greek Old Testament, Steve Keith Jr. Woodard
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Origen's Role in the Formation of the New Testament Canon, C. G. Bateman
The Resurrection and Paul's Pneumacentric Gospel in Romans, Joshua A. J. Chalmers
A Historical and Theological Examination of the Resurrections of the Saints in Matthew 27:51-53, John Thomas Frawley
A Literary-Theological Study Of the Nations in Isaiah 56-66, Matthew Jeremy Lynch
Who is the Speaker in Job 24:18-24 and What Does He Mean?, Joel Reemtsma
An Evaluation of the Homiletic of Some Emerging Church Pastors, Timothy James Titus
An Evaluation of George Lindbeck's Theory of Doctrinal Truth, Joshua Paul Winn
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
An Analysis of Paul's Usage of Five Words for Power, Kurt H. Gebhards
Sleep as Metaphor in Paul- Dying and Living in the Promise of the Parousia, Nadine Grayl
Women's Ordination- A Litmus Test for Antinomianism, Joseph Omolo
Paul's Doctrine of Justification in Romans 2:1-16 In Dialogue with the Old and New Perspectives, J. David Stark
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Congregational Caring for Those Experiencing Pain and Suffering, Nanette Dost
In Defense of Sola Fide: A Refutation of N. T. Wright's View of Justification, Paul Yoon
Angels and the Future of the Elect, Tina Ziemnick
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Fire Starters: A Comparative Study of the Lives and Reforms of Martin Luther and Alexander Campbell, Russell Dean Burbank
Augustine and the Justification Debates: Did Calvin Step Too Far in the Right Direction?, Gerald Hiestand
The Two Will Become One Flesh: Paul's Use of Gen 2:24 in Eph 5:31, Peter Ivan Ho
History of Research on the Book of Micah Chapters 4-5, Jun Kim
The Righteousness of God in the Old Testament and its Implication on Justification, Terry T. Wong
Martin Luther's Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: Cultural Defeatism or Theonomic Reconstructionism?, Sang Hyun Woo
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
The Christian Concept of God and Japan-An Examination of the Christian Concept of God in Japanese Culture, Utilizing the Two Realms Theology of the Lutheran Framework, Chikako Drawbaugh
The Lamb of God Image of Christ in Revelation, Donald Fitzner
The Spirit of God and the Salvation of Israel-Recovery of an Economic View of the Trinity, Gayle Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
The Jesus Name Controversy-A Doctrinal Development in the Pentecostal Movement of the Twentieth Century, Paul Buford
The Old Testament Source of Rev 21:3c, Helen Cadogan