Beliefs, passions, desires, and intentions are the thoughts that drive narrative. These thoughts lie in the mind of the author as well as the characters, and a reader must draw these thoughts out in order to find the meaning they believe an author intended to communicate through the text. This innate mindreading task is deeply complex and requires…[Read more]

A major theme of Matthew’s Gospel is the portrayal of Jesus as the Suffering Servant foretold in Isaiah who will come as the covenant mediator announcing both the present and future realities of the Kingdom of Heaven, YHWH’s eternal rule over his people. This paper will examine this theme in Matthew’s Gospel and argue that Matthew declares Jesus…[Read more]

Zen-Christianity is a pluralistic theological movement that is gaining greater acceptance in the global evangelical community. Members of this movement claim to have achieved a theological bilingualism in which both distinct theological/philosophical systems are held in concert without conflict or distortion of one by the other. This article…[Read more]

Dante’s views on both language and politics effected the world from the point of their publication. He heavily influenced other popular renaissance philosophers such as Petrarch and Marsiulius of Padua. These individuals expanded upon Dante’s views of church/state separation and justice for the common man. Marsiulius was heavily influenced by Dan…[Read more]

Relevance Theory enriches historical-grammatical interpretation by offering a model of human communication that clearly identifies the cause of a modern audience’s tendency to apply inappropriately their own context to a biblical text. While Relevance Theory is complex in its explanation of human communication, when applied through Hill’s Mat…[Read more]

The first five hundred years of the Christian Church were a time of both exciting growth and constant persecution. A foundation was built that endures to this day. During this time many women had profound roles as teachers, witnesses, leaders, and nurtures of the church as well as those who gave their lives in witness to their love of their Lord.…[Read more]