2016
COMMENCEMENT Honoring The Twenty-Fourth Graduating Class Friday, May 13, 2016 7:00 p.m. Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Fort Lauderdale, Florida
THE 2016 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
PRELUDE *CALL TO WORSHIP
Mr. Steve Jeck Lecturer of Christian and Classical Studies; Director of Distance Education
* BAGPIPE PROCESSIONAL “Amazing Grace”
Robert Ritchie
PRAYER OF INVOCATION The Rev. Dr. Steven Kitchens Headmaster of Weston Christian Academy; Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church at Weston; Knox Chairman of the Board OPENING WELCOME
Dr. Timothy Sansbury Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Theology; Vice President of Administration
* HYMN OF INVOCATION “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” * READING OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES Dr. Heather Clark Visiting Professor of Christian Counseling CONFESSION OF SIN ASSURANCE OF PARDON * CONFESSION OF FAITH * DOXOLOGY - Old Hundredth
The Rev. Zac Hicks
INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Dr. Timothy Sansbury THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Dr. Samuel Lamerson Professor of New Testament; President of Knox Theological Seminary
Thanks be to God for His Indescribable Gift - 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15 PRESENTATION OF DEGREES
Dr. Samuel Lamerson Dr. Scott Manor Assistant Professor of Historical Theology; Vice President of Academic Affairs; Dean of Faculty
PRESENTATION OF HOODS
Dr. Ronald J. Kovack President Emeritus Dr. Steven Kitchens, Chairman Knox Theological Seminary Board of Directors
*Please stand, if you are able.
RECOGNITION OF GRADUATES’ SPOUSES Dr. Seth Tarrer Visiting Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES
Dr. Scott Manor
PRESENTATION OF DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS Faculty Representative of Department * HYMN OF RESPONSE “In Christ Alone” * BENEDICTION
Dr. Samuel Lamerson
* BAGPIPE RECESSIONAL “Scotland the Brave”
Robert Ritchie
THE POSTLUDE Please join us in the Kennedy Fellowship Hall immediately following the ceremony for a reception honoring the graduates.
A SPECIAL THANKS The faculty, staff, and Board of Directors at Knox Theological Seminary would like to thank The Rev. Zac Hicks, Pastor of Worship at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, for helping to lead our service this evening.
DR. SAMUEL LAMERSON COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER BIO Dr. Samuel Lamerson is all Knox: a graduate in the first class, friend and colleague of Knox’s founder, Dr. D. James Kennedy, Interim Pastor at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Professor of New Testament, Dean, and President. Prior to joining the Knox faculty, Dr. Lamerson taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His teaching philosophy can best be summed up in a quotation from William Butler Yeats; “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” He desires to light a fire in his students that will cause them to become life-long students of the Word of God.
THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2016 CERTIFICATE IN BIBLICAL STUDIES Philip S. Nicholas Dustin Gregory Qualley CERTIFICATE IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Gregg Deboben Russell George Norris MASTER OF ARTS (CHRISTIAN AND CLASSICAL STUDIES) Jeremy Shane Bennett Sir William Jefferey Bower Oscar Gregorio Carmona James Phillip Chaisson Jeremy Austin Crump Jay Michael Ewing Nicholas Jon Gausling Michael Joseph Golden Shannon Pearl Greene William Jennings Henderson, Jr. Austin James Hoffman John Jeongwan Huh Alexander Francis Longsworth Rebecca J. Manor Douglas Charles Randell Luis Roberto Renteria, Jr. Liam James Savage Matthew Gilmour Smart Michael Strand Andrew John Stuart Thomas Bart Warren MASTER OF ARTS (BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES) Babajide Ajayi Ramona Anderson Anthony Jerome Burgess Jason Cassell Keith Richard Cavanaugh Stephen Alexander Charles Dana Duane Craft Ronald Lewis Cunningham II Fils-Aime Darius Josip Debeljuh Robert William Falk Lori Farmer Anthony Alden Hall Thomas J. Jackson Eric Judd Aaron W. Killingbeck Ivar Kristianslund Ross David Lester Howard Allan Lewis Peter Y. Li Scott Allen Lindsey
Angela Lynn Mackey Joel Muddamalle Nathan Praytor Joseph Dennis Purcell Douglas Wayne Raines Arthur Edward Reeves Christopher Dale Rigby Paul Mauney Ruddock Michael David Samarel Stephen Anthony Scheidell Jacob Anthony Walker
MASTER OF ARTS (EVANGELISM) Jesus L. Villalobos, Sr. MASTER OF DIVINITY John Robert Smerznak, Jr. DOCTOR OF MINISTRY DEGREE Christy M. Anderson Edith Faith Bell Timothy James Christenson Jeffrey Scott Crevier Mario Garcia David N. Hodges Samuel Kim Timothy Earl Mills Arthur Ferdinand Mosley Mark G. Olson Jodyann Tamoy Reid Michael Gerard Schwarte Kevin W. Stowe Nathan Andrew Ward
THE KNOX THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY HOOD The custom-made, black hood is bordered in scarlet for the theology degree, three inches on the Master-level hood, four and one-half inches on the Doctoral hood. The inside lining has three one-and-a-half inch chevrons of worsted wool in Modern Red MacFarlane Tartan, the John Knox family tartan, on a background of dark green satin. Each hood is unique because the Modern Red MacFarlane Tartan must be matched as the hood is tailored; no two chevrons are alike.
TITLES OF PROJECTS BY DOCTOR OF MINISTRY RECIPIENTS Christy M. Anderson Edith Faith Bell
Whoever Educates, Disciples: How the Church’s Adoption of Secular Philosophies of Education Have Caused the Abandonment of Biblical Discipleship within the Church and Family The Ishmael Complex: Inheritance Never Lost
Timothy James Christenson
A Theological Vision and Implementation Plan for the Renewal of Churches in California’s Wine Country
Jeffrey Scott Crevier
Fulfilling the Great Commission and Strengthening the Church through Large-Scale Church-Wide Events
Mario Garcia
Redemptive Grace in the Latin American Christian Church: Developing a Redemptive Gospel for the Transformation of Toxic Roots that Self-Sabotage the Latin American Culture
David N. Hodges
Teaching the Ministry of the Second Person
of the Trinity Prior to the Incarnation
Samuel Kim Timothy Earl Mills
Understanding God from the Beginning: Basic Themes of the History of Redemption
Arthur Ferdinand Mosley
The Effectiveness of the Logos Bible Study Software Program for Sermon and Bible Study Preparation
Mark G. Olson
The Challenges and Opportunities of Continuing Education: Equipping the Clergy of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations for Effective Gospel Ministry in Church Culture in the 21st Century
Jodyann Tamoy Reid
Deuteronomy 6:4-9: A Holistic Pedagogy
Michael Gerard Schwarte Kevin W. Stowe Nathan Andrew Ward
Examining the Religious Calendar Described in the Leviticus Chapter Twenty-Three: How the Seven Feasts of Israel Point to Jesus Christ as Messiah: Formulating a Method to Teach/Preach the Enduring Principles of These Truths
Ἐγὼ εἰμί: Who Jesus Said He was: A Baptist in Discussion with Nicholas Thomas Wright
A Journey of Increasing Grace Toward Immigrants and Immigration in the United States God’s Unseen Presence and Providence: An Interbiblical Reading of Esther and Theological Exegesis of Esther 6
KNOX FACULTY Dr. Gerald Bray, Distinguished Professor of Historical Theology Dr. Bryan Chapell, Distinguished Professor of Preaching Dr. Samuel Lamerson, Professor of New Testament, President Dr. Daniel A. Siedell, Associate Professor of Christianity and Culture (Guest Faculty) Dr. Scott Manor, Assistant Professor of Historical Theology, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Faculty Dr. Tim Sansbury, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Vice President of Administration Dr. Seth Tarrer, Visiting Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages Mr. Steve Jeck, Lecturer of Christian and Classical Studies, Director of Distance Education Dr. Michael Allen, Visiting Professor of Systematic Theology Dr. Leith Anderson, Visiting Professor of Preaching Dr. Jim Belcher, Visiting Professor of Practical Theology Dr. Steve Brown, Visiting Professor of Practical Theology Dr. Chad Causey, Visiting Professor of Missions and Christian Education Dr. Don Collett, Visiting Professor of Old Testament Dr. William Edgar, Visiting Professor of Apologetics Dr. Robert Evans, Visiting Professor of Practical Theology Dr. John Frame, Visiting Professor of Apologetics Dr. Mark Gignilliat, Visiting Professor of Old Testament Dr. Terry Gyger, Visiting Professor of Church Planting Dr. Justin Holcomb, Visiting Professor of Theology Dr. Jonathan Linebaugh, Visiting Professor of New Testament Dr. Michael Metzger, Visiting Professor of Practical Theology Dr. Ashley Null, Visiting Professor of Anglican Studies Dr. Haddon Robinson, Visiting Professor of Homiletics Dr. Paul Zahl, Visiting Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology Dr. Chip Bennett, Knox Online Professor Dr. Seth Ehorn, Knox Online Professor Mr. John Fallahee, Knox Online Professor Dr. Timothy Fox, Knox Online Professor Dr. Josh Kaiser, Knox Online Professor Dr. John Markley, Knox Online Professor, Academic Advisor Dr. William Pohl, Knox Online Professor Dr. David Reiter, Knox Online Professor Dr. Joe Rivera, Knox Online Professor Dr. Sean Turchin, Knox Online Professor Mr. Alan Wibbels, Librarian EMERITUS FACULTY Dr. Bruce Waltke, Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Emeritus Dr. Warren A. Gage, Professor of Old Testament Emeritus PRESIDENT EMERITUS Dr. Ronald J. Kovack KNOX BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Rev. Dr. Steven Kitchens, Chairman; The Rev. Dr. Pete Alwinson; The Rev. Dr. Thomas Hendrikse; Dr. Ronald J. Kovack; Mr. Donald Marks; Mr. Rob Matthews; Dr. Ann McClintock; The Rev. Rob Pacienza; Mr. Dan Smith; Mr. Kendall L. Spencer
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