The story of Jesus and the blind man: a speech act reading of John 9 by Hisayasu Ito

“… From text: Since the enigmatic nature of John’s Gospel has attracted a great deal of attention from many scholars, numerous studies of this Gospel have been produced. …”
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Playing in Tongues: The Hammond Organ and Black Pentecostal Instrumentality by Braxton D. Shelley

“…Grounded in an analysis of Hammond organ solos by Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark, one of the most renowned organists in the Black gospel tradition, I argue that this gospel practice uses arresting timbral transformations to articulate the escalatory cultural logic that has elsewhere been termed “tuning up.” …”
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Die sosiale konstruksie-model en die spanning tussen hoor en doen as reaksie op die prediking by DJB Kleynhans, JS Kellerman

“… Preaching is the occurrence of communication through which the gospel of Jesus Christ is made known to the world, in order to change people's lives. …”
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Virtuoses ambivalents by Graham Jones

“…Like their secular counterparts, gospel magicians propose tricks full of virtuosity. …”
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Spiritualiteit in het Lucasevangelie. Verwachting en volharding by H. Welzen

“…The isomorfism of these events is important for the impact of the gospel to its readers. In Luke’s view Jerusalem’s rejection of Gods liberation has led to the destruction of the city. …”
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Remarks on the church in the consumer society: similarities and dissimilarities by L. O. K. Lategan

“…Pastors should make it clear that the  gospel message is not a product for sale; however the gospel message should be directed at the needs of people. …”
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The homily as a way to the synodal Church.The possibility of building a responsible laity by Janez Vodičar

“…We would follow the words that Pope Francis wrote in The Joy of the Gospel: “We are not asked to be flawless, but to keep growing and wanting to grow as we advance along the path of the Gospel; our arms must never grow slack.” …”
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Primary Candida guilliermondii Infection of the Knee in a Patient without Predisposing Factors by Gun Woo Lee, Tae-Hun Kim, Jung-Hwan Son

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Learning from Black Theology by Basil Moore

“…What Black Theology in fact enabled clergy to understand, was that the Gospel was not primarily about the forgiveness of sins but about setting the oppressed free. …”
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Onderscheiding der geesten in Marcus by H. Welzen

“… In reading the gospel of Mark one gets the impression that one of the main activities of Jesus is exorcizing demons and unclean spirits. …”
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Poszanowanie wolności religijnej w prawodawstwie kościelnym by Dariusz Mazurkiewicz

“…The 20th century concept of human rights, however, allowed us to rediscover the beauty of the Gospel, which imposes itself only by the force of truth itself. …”
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Transformation in love in Paul's letter to the Galatians by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“… Paul’s Letter to the Galatians is known as a bitter defence of his “true” gospel of faith against opponents who wish to impose their “false” gospel of works on the faith community. …”
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Matthew's sitz im Leben and the emphasis on the Torah by F. P. Viljoen

“… The role of the Torah is the subject of a full scale discussion in the first Gospel. This article investigates the socio-historical setting that produced this text with such an emphasis on Torah observance. …”
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Narrative preaching - yet another perspective by J. J. van Rensburg

“…However, only recently did the interest in this form of communication of the gospel of Jesus Christ become apparent within the congregational context. …”
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Johannine metaphors/symbols linked to the Paraclete-Spirit and their theological implications by J. Joubert

“…The use of the dove, water and wind metaphors in the Johannine Gospel definitely has functional and theological implications for the Pneumatology of John. …”
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Czy Jan był czwartym Synoptykiem? by Bartosz Adamczewski

“…However, it is the Acts of the Apostles that constitutes the main base text (hypotext) for the conceptual structure of the Fourth Gospel. This surprisingly close structural-conceptual connection of the Fourth Gospel to the Acts of the Apostles permits us to regard John as in fact the fourth Synoptic. …”
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Mission among the Jews by A. van de Beek

“…When Gentile Christians are called to proclaim the gospel to the Jews, they can do so only on the common ground of the Scriptures: the Old Testament. …”
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Spiritualiteit in het Lucasevangelie: geschiedenis en bevrijding by H. Welzen

“… This first article of a series of three is about the spiritual nature of the gospel of Luke as a historiography. Luke presents his work as a history guided by God in which the reader of his book participates. …”
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Realigning with the slave-like Jesus of Mark: The shorter ending of Mark 16:1-8 as a relecture by S. Joubert

“… Mark’s shorter ending (16:1-8) is understood as a paratext, one that interrupts the existing text by forcing a relecture of the entire Gospel. It compels the intended readers to realign themselves with the provocative narration of Jesus as the atypical Messiah who challenges the physiognomic stereotypes of an honour-shame-based context. …”
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“It all starts with urgency…” Engaging with the local ekklesia of Thessalonica as a window and mirror en route to sustained missionary impact by S. Joubert

“…By immersing ourselves in these texts, which also serve as hermeneutical mirrors, we intend to participate in a mimetic learning process, in order to come to terms with the nature of Paul’s embodied proclamation of the Gospel and his missional urgency. This urgency, which was embedded in his own imitation of the suffering and joy of Christ, was also transplanted into the lives of the Thessalonians. …”
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