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Introduction to the journal issue from the current editor of Didache

The growing dominance of global markets and the increasing desire to consume have lead to an invasion of Western culture by commercial values. Recent developments in the market economies of capitalist...

The author addresses the topic of transformation and the role of the Holy Spirit by looking at several questions. and is a reflection on the personal journey

Taken from the introduction: "This task of articulating and proclaiming holiness in Asia and the Pacific contexts has long been overdue. Wesleyan theology of holiness, for several decades, has been...

Ramon discusses 1 Thessalonians 2:3-13, a passage from the NT that directly connects preaching and holiness. For Wesleyans, the doctrine of holiness and its preaching is the axis around which all...

This paper will seek to examine the contribution, at times unique, offered by the writings of the prophet Hosea, to the Old Testament understanding of Holiness. Hosea’s concern with the covenant and...

The author asserts that Christian Holiness is a biblical concept that brings one to the point of sensing a deep need for the experience, and a realization that Christian Holiness is both the goal, and...

While spending two summers within the Laotian and Cambodian population that surrounded New Life Community Church of the Nazarene in Long Beach, California, I came to realize that the nuances of life...

Taken from the introduction: The Filipino Church needs to hearken back to its roots. To be Filipino and Christian is to be egalitarian. Unfortunately this is not always the case when it comes to the...

" Eradication of absolute poverty has become a top priority for the 21st century world. The world seeks to find ways to reduce vulnerability to being poor, ways for generating sustainable development...

"In the following pages, I want to examine briefly the history of higher education in the Church of the Nazarene in the United States and highlight four lessons we can learn by looking back at our...

When successful, the “Khit-Pen” Theological Education Model will increase the effectiveness of Thai pastors in relating the gospel to the realities of life, and the problem will be solved. Thai...

The Wesleyan/Holiness tradition has contributed in important ways to the ongoing relation between reason and faith. This contribution is a natural extension of the emphasis that John Wesley placed...

" I’m completing my eighth year as a history professor. I came to Christian Higher education as a newly minted Ph.D., confident that my arrival would mark a new era in the school’s history. Whereas...

This article establishes Wesley’s understanding of the kingdom of God as a multifaceted concept within Wesley’s thought. No single stream of expression will satisfactorily explain the Kingdom for...

Uno podría pensar que la pregunta en el título de este ensayo, “Postmodernismo - ¿Qué es eso?” sería facil de contestar. Después de todo, una gran cantidad de materiales se ha ofrecido (tanto para...

The first step toward a contemporary theology of creation is to examine the doctrine of creation in its historical unfolding. This is because Christian doctrine has an irreducibly traditional...

How, then, can Wesley's "gospel" of holiness be preached to people living in a culture which has been dominantly influenced by Confucian "ethics" of holiness? The question is important to a Asian...

Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary Inaugural Address: April 4, 2003. The title of my address on this occasion, “With Roots and Branches,” is borrowed and modified from a metaphor used by a...

It is not intended here to examine postmodernism as a philosophical framework or to enter into the debate as to the extent of its influence in academia. The concern in this article is to focus on its...

The prevention of free inquiry is unavoidable so long as the purpose of education is to produce belief rather than thought, to compel the young to hold positive opinions on doubtful matters rather...

The two-fold commandment, defined as a principle in this paper, that Christians love God and one another is foundational to the Christian faith. The announcement of this principle is immediately...

Power relations, then, are either coercive or generative and, within a church, either absolute or negotiable based on how power is perceived and distributed within the church organization. The...

The intent of this presentation on Christlike character is not to be exhaustive or inclusive of the topic, but to begin a conversation on the first institutional outcome for Northwest Nazarene...

The basic thrust of this address, therefore, is a hearkening back to the Church’s central confession of faith: God’s very Nature as revealed in God’s self-given Name is Triune; and thus, the holiness...