The path from the "then" of biblical exegesis to the "now" of biblical preaching always proceeds between borders. On one side are the times, on the other, timeless principles. The contemporary preacher must negotiate the path so as to bring the truly universal teaching of Scripture to bear on conditions similar in some significant ways to those addressed in Scripture. The path is strewn with de...

Ashraf Ali Thanawi (1863–1943) was one of the most influential South Asian preachers and authors twentieth century. His sermons range from Friday in Arabic to those held before select disciples or at mass rallies Urdu, they were printed ever since his lifetime great number consistency. This article is particularly interested emotional roles allotted preacher audience overlap between religious d...

Salafi da’wah has recently spread rapidly to various regions in Indonesia. The presence of salafi does not often lead conflict as a result the method used. Unlike case Riau, especially Pekanbaru, last decade gained place hearts people so that it experienced rapid increase. purpose this paper is analyze factors led acceptance Pekanbaru society. This uses qualitative based on series interviews wi...

A fundamental goal of longitudinal modeling is to obtain estimates of model parameters that reflect meaningful aspects of change over time. Often, a linear or nonlinear model may be sensible from a theoretical perspective, yet may have parameters that are difficult to interpret in a way that sheds light on substantive hypotheses. Fortunately, such models may be reparameterized to yield more eas...

Prince is an artist who integrates elements from the sacred into his work. He uses popular iconography to present himself as an icon of consumer culture, as a deified ‘rock god’ worshipped by his fans, and as a preacher leading his audience like a congregation. His personality cult mixes spirituality and sexuality, and deals with issues of ecstasy and liberation, a transgressional approach that...

BACKGROUND Many theory-based interventions exist that incorporate theoretical constructs (e.g., self-efficacy, behavioral control) believed to increase the likelihood of mammography. Nonetheless, little work to date has examined if increased screening among women receiving such interventions occurs due to changes in these targeted constructs. The aim of this study is to address this gap in the ...

This study was designed to find out whether a person's relationship with his voices and the negative affect he suffers from are mediated by beliefs about the voices. Research done to date shows contradictory results (Sorrell, Hayward, & Meddings, 2010, Vaughan & Fowler, 2004). A cross-sectional study was done to study the associations among variables, and a multiple mediation model (Preacher & ...

Words With Power was published in 1990; it is the last of forty books of literary criticism written by its author, Northrop Frye, who died in January 1992 at the age of 78. A recent survey of 950 journals reveals that he remains the eighth most frequently cited author in the arts and humanities, among a company that includes Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Freud. A bibliography of his work and comm...

Vitamin C may reduce inflammation and is inversely associated with mortality in the general population. We investigated the association of plasma vitamin C with all-cause mortality in renal transplant recipients (RTR); and whether this association would be mediated by inflammatory biomarkers. Vitamin C, high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), soluble intercellular cell adhesion molecule 1 (...