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A Journal of Biblical Studies, Theology, & Ministry temple baptist seminary aletheias A Journal of Biblical Studies, Theology, & Ministry Spring 2019 | Volume 4 | Issue 1 - EDITORIAL: PROCLAIMING THE FAITH TO THE Z GENERATION | Barkev S. Trachian - FROM CLARITY TO PROCLAMATION: TWENTY THESES ON SCRIPTURE’S PERSPICUITY | Jerry M. Hullinger - INCARNATIONAL APOLOGETICS | David A. Wheeler - PAUL’S PROCLAMATION OF THE FAITH IN ATHENS IN ACTS 17:15-34: A STUDY OF PAULINE EVANGELISTIC METHOD | Randy G. Bottoms - PROCLAIMING FAITH FROM THE PULPIT: THE ESSENTIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREACHING AND APOLOGETICS | Thomas J. Gentry II - BIBLICAL AND CULTURAL EXEGESIS: TWIN COMPONENTS FOR CONTEXTUALIZED MINISTRY IN THE GREAT COMMISSION ENTERPRISE | Dustin S. Conner - BORN OF WATER AND SPIRIT IN JOHN 3:5 | Larry A. Tyler - ATHEISTS LOVE THE OLD TESTAMENT COMMAND TO KILL THE CANAANITES | Timothy J. White - THE GEOGRAPHY OF DEUTERONOMY: EVIDENCE FOR MOSES’ AUTHORSHIP | Jason P. Seymour - JESUS’ SELF-UNDERSTANDING AND SELF-IDENTIFICATION AS THE MESSIAH | Alfred A. Nyamiwa - POLITICS AND THE APOSTLE PAUL: THE BELIEVER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO SECULAR GOVERNMENT | John M. Wiley - AN ANALYSIS OF THE SCRIPTURAL COMPATIBILITY OF THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS BY THOSE WHO PROCLAIM FAITH IN THE CHURCH AGE | Gregory N. Kaufman - THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST: THE HEALING OF A WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD AND THE RAISING OF THE RULER’S DAUGHTER (9:18-26) | Patrick W. Nasongo - THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF THE GREAT COMMISSION) | David A. Black - O AVANÇO DO EVANGELHO POR MEIO DA PRÁTICA DA DIACONIA UM EXEMPLO A PARTIR DE ATOS 6:1-7 | Antônio Renato Gusso, Sandra de Fátima Krüger Gusso - COSMOVISÃO CRISTÃ BÍBLICA E O SENTIDO DA FÉ: POR UMA PROPOSTA FORMATIVA DE EXCELÊNCIA | Gleyds Silva Domingues ἀληθείας | 2 Timothy 2:15 Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth A RESEARCH AND MINISTRY JOURNAL OF TEMPLE BAPTIST SEMINARY OF PIEDMONT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA Spring 2019 Volume 4, No.1 Spring 2019 Published Annually by: Temple Baptist Seminary of Piedmont International University 420 South Broad Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 © 2019 by Piedmont International University Charles Petitt President Steve Condon Chancellor Beth Ashburn Provost Alexander Granados Associate Provost Barkev Trachian Vice President of Temple Baptist Seminary Larry Tyler Dean of Bowman School of Bible and Theology Tim White Dean of Alford School of Ministry Barkev Trachian, Ph.D. Editor Lisa Underwood Publication Staff i Volume 4, No.1 Spring 2019 Introduction: Aletheias is the academic journal of Temple Baptist Seminary of Piedmont International University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Each issue consists of scholarly, researched articles in Biblical Studies, Theology, and Christian Ministry as well as timely sermons. The editors consider the journal as part of the ministry of the University, serving believers in academic circles, in churches, and in the public arena. The journal’s purposes are to inform, to encourage, to edify, and to instruct. Copying: Aletheias hereby grants permission for articles to be copied for use in a local congregation or classroom, if (a) the material is distributed free and (b) the copies include the notice, “Copyright (year) and reprinted from Aletheias, Piedmont International University.” For any other use advanced permission must be obtained. Doctrinal Basis: Aletheias adheres to the Piedmont Statement of Faith published in the University catalogs. Manuscripts: The Aletheias editorial board welcomes manuscripts submitted by Piedmont faculty, graduate students, and alumni. Original research articles are also welcome from friends of Piedmont whose submissions meet the publication standards. Policies and guidelines are specified in the “ Aletheias Instructions for Contributors.” The editorial board reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not meet the Aletheias standards. Correspondence: Lisa Underwood [email protected] ii Volume 4, No.1 Spring 2019 Introduction: Aletheias is the academic journal of Temple Baptist Seminary of Piedmont International University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Each issue consists of scholarly, researched articles in Biblical Studies, Theology, and Christian Ministry as well as timely sermons. The editors consider the journal as part of the ministry of the University, serving believers in academic circles, in churches, and in the public arena. The journal’s purposes are to inform, to encourage, to edify, and to instruct. Copying: Aletheias hereby grants permission for articles to be copied for use in a local congregation or classroom, if (a) the material is distributed free and (b) the copies include the notice, “Copyright (year) and reprinted from Aletheias, Piedmont International University.” For any other use advanced permission must be obtained. Doctrinal Basis: Aletheias adheres to the Piedmont Statement of Faith published in the University catalogs. Manuscripts: The Aletheias editorial board welcomes manuscripts submitted by Piedmont faculty, graduate students, and alumni. Original research articles are also welcome from friends of Piedmont whose submissions meet the publication standards. Policies and guidelines are specified in the “ Aletheias Instructions for Contributors.” The editorial board reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not meet the Aletheias standards. Correspondence: Lisa Underwood [email protected] ii Volume 4, No.1 Spring 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL: PROCLAIMING THE FAITH TO THE Z GENERATION ..................................... v Barkev S. Trachian FROM CLARITY TO PROCLAMATION: TWENTY THESES ON SCRIPTURE’S PERSPICUITY ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Jerry M. Hullinger INCARNATIONAL APOLOGETICS ................................................................................................. 21 David A. Wheeler PAUL’S PROCLAMATION OF THE FAITH IN ATHENS IN ACTS 17:15-34: A STUDY OF PAULINE EVANGELISTIC METHOD.............................................................................................. 30 Randy G. Bottoms PROCLAIMING FAITH FROM THE PULPIT: THE ESSENTIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREACHING AND APOLOGETICS ............................................................................ 46 Thomas J. Gentry II BIBLICAL AND CULTURAL EXEGESIS: TWIN COMPONENTS FOR CONTEXTUALIZED MINISTRY IN THE GREAT COMMISSION ENTERPRISE ............... 88 Dustin S. Conner BORN OF WATER AND SPIRIT IN JOHN 3:5 .............................................................................. 128 Larry A. Tyler ATHEISTS LOVE THE OLD TESTAMENT COMMAND TO KILL THE CANAANITES 153 Timothy J. White THE GEOGRAPHY OF DEUTERONOMY: EVIDENCE FOR MOSES’ AUTHORSHIP .... 176 Jason P. Seymour JESUS’ SELF-UNDERSTANDING AND SELF-IDENTIFICATION AS THE MESSIAH ... 192 Alfred A. Nyamiwa POLITICS AND THE APOSTLE PAUL: THE BELIEVER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO SECULAR GOVERNMENT ............................................................................................................... 214 John M. Wiley AN ANALYSIS OF THE SCRIPTURAL COMPATIBILITY OF THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS BY THOSE WHO PROCLAIM FAITH IN THE CHURCH AGE .................................... 228 Gregory N. Kaufman THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST: THE HEALING OF A WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD AND THE RAISING OF THE RULER’S DAUGHTER (9:18-26) ........................ 254 Patrick W. Nasongo iii Volume 4, No.1 Spring 2019 THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF THE GREAT COMMISSION .......................................... 268 David A. Black O AVANÇO DO EVANGELHO POR MEIO DA PRÁTICA DA DIACONIA UM EXEMPLO A PARTIR DE ATOS 6:1-7 .................................................................................................................. 272 Antônio Renato Gusso Sandra de Fátima Krüger Gusso COSMOVISÃO CRISTÃ BÍBLICA E O SENTIDO DA FÉ: POR UMA PROPOSTA FORMATIVA DE EXCELÊNCIA ..................................................................................................... 294 Gleyds Silva Domingues iv Volume 4, No.1 Spring 2019 EDITORIAL: PROCLAIMING THE FAITH TO THE Z GENERATION Barkev S. Trachian * Introduction Elie Wiesel was one of the most articulate spokesmen of the Holocaust survivors. The author of fifty-seven books and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Wiesel kept the excruciation of the pain of Auschwitz ever present in the moral conscience of the world. Wiesel’s initial meeting with the French author François Mauriac has been recounted in many publications under the heading, “Speaking of Christ.” It was this encounter that encouraged Wiesel to publish his manuscript for the Night . Originally written in Yiddish, it was later published in French (La Nuit) and in English (Night). With a deep appreciation of the Jewish people and a tender compassion for their suffering, Mauriac was eager to share with Wiesel, during their meeting, God’s infinite love and Christ’s sacrifice. However, with the horrific pain of the Holocaust still torturing him, Wiesel was not interested in Mauriac’s message. Mauriac writes: And I, who believes that God is love, what answer could I give my young questioner, whose dark eyes still held the reflection of that angelic sadness which appeared one day upon the face of the hanged child? What did I say to him? Did I speak of that other Israel, his brother, who may have resembled him – the Crucified, whose cross has conquered the world? ... I could only embrace him, weeping. 1 Recalling the agony of Auschwitz, Wiesel writes: On that most
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