Hearing God's Voice : My Life with Scripture in the Churches of Christ

by Olbricht, Thomas H.

• ISBN13: 9780891120186
• ISBN10: 0891120181
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Abilene Christian Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Point of Departure	7	(364)
1 The Scriptures Through the Eyes of Grandparents and Parents	19	(30)
T. Shelt Taylor	21	(9)
Agnes M. (Taylor) Olbricht	30	(8)
Benjamin J. Olbricht	38	(11)
2 Interpretation in the Churches: 1938--1947	49	(38)
Our Revivalist Roots	50	(2)
Gospel Meetings in Southern Missouri	52	(3)
The Churches in Mammoth Spring and Thayer	55	(6)
Defining the Church: Historical Roots	61	(4)
Dispensational Hermeneutics: The Scripture that Really Counts	65	(12)
My Decision	77	(10)
3 Expanding the Base of Scriptures to be Interpreted: 1947-1949	87	(48)
New Preunderstandings: Andy T. Ritchie, Jr.	92	(9)
Preaching: The Emotive Side	101	(4)
The Encouragement of Rodney Wald	105	(4)
Preaching: The Empirical Side	109	(13)
Command/Example/Inference: Origins	122	(5)
J.D. Bales	127	(8)
4 A Constant Interpreter in a Growing Church: 1949-1951	135	(44)
The First Summer in Madison, Wisconsin and DeKalb, Illinois: 1948	137	(9)
The Return to DeKalb as Minister: 1949	146	(11)
Campbell's Hermeneutical Ancestry	157	(2)
A Common Understanding?	159	(1)
Northern Illinois State Teachers College	160	(5)
Controversies in Northern Illinois	165	(14)
5 Interpreting Texts: Iowa City, 1951-1954	179	(30)
The Church in Iowa City	181	(2)
Hermeneutics: an Inventory	183	(2)
The Image of the Preacher	185	(6)
The University of Iowa	191	(18)
6 Conventional Christian Interpreters: 1954-1959	209	(42)
The Church in Monticello, Arkansas	215	(4)
Politics and Religion at Harding	219	(14)
The Church of Christ in Dubuque	233	(6)
Basil, Homiletics, and Hermeneutics	239	(8)
One More Time Around: Plans for Seminary	247	(4)
7 Larger Contexts for Interpretation: 1959-1962	251	(44)
The Church of Christ in Natick	256	(7)
Theological Education in the Churches of Christ	263	(3)
Harvard Divinity School	266	(21)
Preacher's Meetings, New Testament Theology and Hermeneutics	287	(8)
8 The Word in the Church and in the Academy: Pennsylvania, 1962-1967	295	(34)
The Church	297	(10)
Pennsylvania State University	307	(4)
Pedagogies, Publications and Perspectives	311	(9)
Missions and Apologetics	320	(5)
The Move to Abilene	325	(4)
9 The Heart of the Scriptures: Abilene Christian University, 1967-1976	329	(42)
Developed Perspectives on Hermeneutics	335	(2)
The Teaching of Biblical Theology	337	(4)
Old Testament Theology	341	(6)
New Testament Theology	347	(9)
Church Life	356	(2)
Restoration Quarterly	358	(13)
10 New Topics for Interpretation: 1977-1996	371	(48)
Two Examples	378	(1)
The Church's Worship	379	(13)
The Role of Women	392	(20)
What does it Mean, and How Does it Apply?	412	(7)
11 The Church in the World: Controversies and Conclusions	419
The Rising Controversy over the New Hermeneutics	426	(9)
A Critique from the Scriptures	435	(4)
By Way of Conclusion	439	(1)
The Unfolding of My Reflections on the Nature of Scripture	439