Alumni Publications – March 2014
Published Date: February 24, 2014
The Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies
by Dr. David Bauer (1980, MDiv) and Dr. Fred Long (1992, MDiv)
Inductive Bible study has been a major emphasis at Asbury Theological Seminary for seven decades. This month Dr. David Bauer and Dr. Fred Long have launched a new journal in connection with FirstFruits Publishing: The Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies. It will appear twice yearly (January and July) and is available on-line and in print on demand. Each issue will feature five to six articles dealing with biblical and exegetical studies, Bible study method, and the history of inductive Bible study, all written by significant junior and senior scholars. The journal can be found at: http://place.asburyseminary.edu/jibs/
True Christianity: The Doctrine of Dispensations in the Thought of John William Fletcher (1729-1785)
by J. Russell Frazier (1996, MDiv)
True Christianity is based upon Russ’ Ph.D. thesis for the University of Manchester. Purchase your copy from Wipf and Stock.
Overwhelmed by the Spirit: A Biblical Study on Discovering the Spirit
by Dr. Randall A. Harrison (MAR, 1989)
How do principles of inductive Bible study and exegesis apply to the interpretation of controversial expressions like “filled with the Spirit” and “baptized with the Spirit”? The book opens with the author’s own eyewitness account of an overwhelming manifestation of God’s power and transitions quickly into an extensive biblical study on the various experiences with the Spirit described in Luke-Acts. Observations on the role of the Holy Spirit in the book as-a-whole provide important clues for the interpretation of the disciples’ experiences. The author draws from more than 35 years of missionary experience and 10 years of teaching New Testament exegesis at the West Africa Alliance Seminary in Côte d’Ivoire to produce this detailed biblical study. Purchase your kindle or paperback copy from Amazon.
Youth Ministry: What’s Gone Wrong and How to Get it Right
by Dr. David Olshine (1980, MDiv)
Youth Ministry addresses the standard youth ministry practices and what needs to change from those in ‘the trenches.’ Dr. Olshine serves as Professor of Youth Ministry, Family and Culture at Columbia International University. You can purchase your Kindle or paperback copy from Amazon or Cokesbury today.
Finding the Pearl
by Rochelle Ray (1985, MDiv)
Finding the Pearl looks at the Kingdom of Heaven from Matthew 13:45-46. It explores what is so special, unique, attractive, intriguing and compelling about the kingdom of heaven that is worth selling all that you have in order to invest in it, in order to possess it? For Jesus’ followers, finding this kingdom has been even more valuable than life itself. Exploring the kingdom of heaven and its value is a life experience that reaches to the depth of the meaning of human life. Exploring the kingdom of heaven may reveal its value, its treasure, to you. Purchase your copy of from Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Finding the Pearl: The Companion complements Finding the Pearl, with additional material to assist the reader in further exploration of these and ideas for a group study.
The Second Woman Bible Study
by Penny Smith (NG Alum)
The Second Woman Bible Study—which takes its name from the story of King Solomon’s ruling regarding a child and two possible mothers—offers guidance to women who have endured traumatic experiences or made life choices they regret. This study offers a 10-week program to facilitate healing from domestic violence, sexual violence or post-abortion grief. Each week, the study focuses on one of the 10 processes of change or interventions that encourage change based on the Transtheoretical Model of Change, developed by psychologist James Prochaska.
Dr. Smith accepted her calling into Ministry in 2012 while testing her call by attending Asbury Theological Seminary. She is the survivor of date rape, and domestic violence. She is the mother of Kenaniah Armstrong whose name means “rooted in Yahweh” and an unborn child due to an abortion at age 19 who is posthumously named Zoe, meaning, “God kind of life”.
A native of Danville, Kentucky, Penny Smith is a higher education and government executive administrator. She served as Assistant Provost for a Historically Black College and Commissioner/Executive Director for a former Commonwealth of Kentucky Governor. Currently she is an Executive Director at a medical school. Penny R. Smith earned an undergraduate degree from Fisk University as well as her M.Ed. and Ed.D. degrees in education from Vanderbilt University.
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