This document provides instructions for a three-part exegesis research paper assignment on a biblical passage from Mark 4:26-34. Students must choose this passage and write an introduction providing background context in Part 1. In Part 2, they must analyze the meaning of the passage and include a bibliography. For Part 3, students must discuss the significance of the passage and rewrite Parts 1 and 2 based on instructor feedback. The document provides formatting guidelines and due dates for submitting each part of the paper.

1. RTCH 500
Exegesis Research Paper Instructions
Using Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics by Kaiser and
Silva as a reference guide, you will write an Exegesis Research
Paper submitted in 3 parts. You will choose between 3 biblical
passages listed below on which to write the paper.
Passage Options:
· Psalm 1:1–6
· Mark 4:26–34 Use this scripture
· Ephesians 4:7–16
Each part of the paper will begin the process of helping you
gain experience with submitting an Exegesis Research Paper
through the following stages:
Part 1: Introduction and Context of the Passage
You will write an introduction that serves as an overview of the
content of the paper, providing background and cultural
information about the setting of the book in which the selected
passage occurs. You will write a thesis/purpose paragraph that
alerts the reader as to what you plan to achieve in the writing of
the paper. Identify the literary context of the selected passage
and discuss its relevance for interpreting the passage. Each
section will have its own heading following current Turabian
style. Be sure the paper uses the School of Divinity
Standardized Title Page and reflects a graduate level of
vocabulary.
Part 2: Meaning of the Passage and Bibliography
Rewrite Part 1 as needed, taking into consideration any
feedback provided by the professor. In addition, address the
meaning of the passage, utilizing resources identified in the
accompanying bibliography. List 10 sources relevant to the

2. paper, cited in current Turabian format as interpreted by the
School of Divinity Writing Guide. The sources must be current
and scholarly (written by academics with credentials that
qualify them to write, not popular treatments written for laity)
using those found in the ATLA database as a guide.
Part 3: Significance of the Passage (Final Version)
Rewrite Parts 1 and 2 as needed, taking into consideration any
feedback provided by the professor. In Part 3 of the paper,
address the significance and application of the passage to the
Christian life and church ministry. Each paper must have a
coherent conclusion that summarizes the content of the textual
analysis. Submit a 2,500–3,000-word final version of the paper
(double-spaced, in 12-point font). You must carefully edit the
final version for spelling, grammar, and syntax. Perfection in
the implementation of current Turabian format is expected.
Exegesis Research Paper – Part 1 is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on
Sunday of Module/Week 3.
Exegesis Research Paper – Part 2 is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on
Sunday of Module/Week 5.
Exegesis Research Paper – Part 3 is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on
Sunday of Module/Week 7.
Feedback from Instructor
What are the three books you did not mention them?
Make sure your thesis points out 3 main ideas of topics you are
going to discuss in the Paper. Yours did not do this.
Add a footnote here giving information about the theologians
you talked about in the begging of the sentence to support your
observation.
The literacy review was not due in part 1.
Add a comma after the word three

3. LIBERTY SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
Parables of the Kingdom (Mark 4:26–34)
Submitted to Professor Denise Moitinho
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of
Exegesis Research Paper
RTCH 500-B14 LUO
RTCH 500
By
Avery Clementin
February 8, 2018
Introduction
This paper will discuss how Jesus Christ used parables in trying
to explain to his followers what the kingdom of God is like. In
the book of Mark Jesus used the parable of the scattered seed
and the parable of the mustard seed to show how the Kingdom
of God is mysterious. The book of Mark that contains these two
parables is one of the Gospel books of the Bible. However,
unlike the other three this book does not give the chronology of
Jesus from the time of his birth, instead, the book focuses more
on Jesus as an adult. Theologians believe that the author of this
book obtained most of this information from the narration that
he received from Apostle Peter.
Literacy Review
The purpose of writing this paper is to try and come up with an
understanding of the kingdom of God by looking at the two
parables found in this book of Mark. One of the parables is that
of the scattered seed while the other parable is that of the
mustard seed. Jesus used these two parables to teach his
followers how the Kingdom of God is like, therefore the paper

4. will be able to bring insight on these parables.
Jesus Christ used parables when he was teaching his followers.
Most of his followers did not understand what he was saying,
but the main ideas from the two parables in this chapter were
mainly concerned with the kingdom of God. To start with there
is the parable of the scattered seed, Jesus compares the
Kingdom of God to the casting of a seed into the ground. This
shows that Jesus was trying to portray the power of a seed that
cannot be seen when it is being cast on the earth. However,
after being thrown on the earth, the seeds usually have a
potential to produce roots. The roots of these particular seeds
then break through rocks and grow into plants that are later used
to sustain the life of people and also act as habitats for animals
(Mark 4;31).
In this parable, Jesus further tried to explain to the people that
it is not the effort of the farmer that makes the seed to
germinate. Therefore, he points out that the work of the farmer
is only in vain since many seeds can grow without having a
farmer to do much on them. Jesus shows that the growth of a
seed is a mystery and so it is with the kingdom of God.
From the parable, it is evident that the Kingdom of God is like
that seed that grows slowly although in a steady manner. This
means that there are people all over the world who are chosen
by God to do his work in small amounts that go unnoticed;
however, their work helps in the growth of the kingdom of God.
From the parable, it is clear that a seed depends on Grace of
God for it to grow the same way those preaching his word
depend on his grace to bring people closer to God (Mark4:28).
In the second parable Jesus compares the kingdom of God to a
mustard seed that is so small, but afterward, it develops into a
big tree that can hold a lot of birds in it. This illustration shows
that the gospel started differently from what people expected.
But at the end, it is expected that through Jesus Christ the

5. kingdom of God will stand out and overtake everything in the
world. It is clear that the two parables have a well-outlined
explanation of how the kingdom of God looks like. From the
above explanation, one can conclude that this kingdom of God
is a mystery and only God’s grace can help one come to terms
with it and also understand it.
Bibliography
Hannan, Maryanne. "A Lot of the Way Trees Were Walking:
Poems from the Gospel of Mark." Anglican Theological
Review 98, no. 3 (2016): 584.
Schneider, Floyd. "Mark's Gospel Compared with Virgil's
Aeneid." (2018).
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
School of Divinity Writing Guide
Submitted to School of Divinity Faculty & Students,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of
any course

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Conte nts
Formatting
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Style
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Grammar Us age Notes
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Leve ls of He adings
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Footnote Citations
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Bibliography
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Bibliography Tips
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Appendix A : Sacred Book References
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8. Appendix B: Capita lization
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1
SoD Writing Guide 1
Formatting
-inch margins
-pt. type font for paper content; Times
New Roman 10-pt. type font
for footnotes.
-spaced except in the footnotes, bibliography, block
quotes, and subheadings.
lines. Blocked quotations are
single-spaced and every line is indented one half-inch with an
extra return before and
after the excerpt. No quotation marks are used when using
blocked quotations.
that it is considered the first

9. page (i); all following front matter is numbered with lower case
Roman numerals
centered in the footer. The paper body, bibliogra phy, and
appendices display Arabic
numerals also placed in the footer. Note that this is one of the
major differences between
the LBTS writing guide and Turabian formatting.
Style
person pronouns unless
permitted by the assignment instructions. In historical writing,
use simple past tense
verbs, but when referring to an author’s written work, use
present tense.
notes-bibliography style in
submitted documents. When using this style, use footnotes and
do not use endnotes.
ootnotes. An example of a
superscripted footnote number is
“1.” If you are typing in Microsoft Word 2013, it is acceptable
to use the default setting
for footnote numbering.
footnotes the same amount as the
first line of the paragraphs within your paper (generally .5

10. inches). The indentation
should be before the superscripted footnote number. Insert one
space after the superscript
number before the first word of the footnote. The footnotes
should be single -spaced, and
there should be a single blank space between (or 10-pt. line
space after) each footnote.
place.” As all foreign
words, the word should be italicized (or underlined) when used
in the body of the text;
however, when used in the footnote, the word is not italicized.
When citing a source
where the bibliographical data is the same as the previous
footnote, use Ibid. Do not
include a page number if you are citing the same page as the
previous footnote; however,
if it is a different page number, use the abbreviation (Ibid.)
followed by a comma (Ibid.,)
and then the page number (Ibid., #.). Do not use ibid. to refer to
footnotes that do not
appear on the same page. Ibid. is an abbreviation and therefore
must end with a period.
Lower case is used when the abbreviation is located within a
footnote (or any sentence);
upper case is used when it begins the note or sentence.
1 Based on Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research
Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 8th ed.,
rev. Wayne C. Booth, et al. (Chicago: University of Chicago

11. Press, 2013).
2
Since the Bible is considered a sacred work, cite it initially in
the footnotes and subsequently in
parenthetical references. For example, note the parenthetical
reference in the following sentence:
Christ declares his exclusive salvific value when he states, “I
am the way, the truth, and the life”
(John 14:6). The Bible reference is not included within the
quotation marks because it is not a
part of Christ’s declaration. The period would come after the
parenthesis because you cannot
begin a new sentence without a period immediately preceding it.
identified in the text with a
parenthetical reference (e.g. I Cor 1:13, ESV). Even if you
translated the Greek (or
Hebrew) text yourself you must identify the fact that this is
your own translation. If you
choose to use the same Bible translation (such as the English
Standard Version)
throughout the paper you should add a footnote in your first
usage stating “Unless
otherwise noted, all biblical passages referenced are in the
English Standard Version.”

12. This means that you will not need to reference the version of
the Bible in subsequent
citations unless you change the version. For example, if the
student identified the English
Standard Version as the primary version but chose to use the
New International Version
(NIV) when quoting a particular verse such as John 14:6, the
parenthetical citation
following the passage would be (John 14:6, NIV). Whatever
translation (other than your
own), it should be italicized since a translation is a book title.
is not consecutive with the
first citation, you do not need a full citation; instead use a
“shortened note.” A shortened
note should provide the author’s (or authors’) last name(s), an
abbreviated version of the
book title (in four words or less), and the page number. An
example of this is in the
footnote below taken from the previously cited source, A
Manual for Writers of Research
Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.2
you do not need to cite the
search engine or article address if the article is in the same form
as it would have been in
a print journal (typically you can tell this is the case if the
online article is downloadable
into a .pdf). If you need to cite the link to the article, it is
preferred that you cite the

13. article using the Digital Object Identifier (DOI).3 If no DOI is
available, make sure you
are using a permalink rather than a link copied and pasted from
your address bar.4 If you
signed into the Liberty University library using a username and
password, then the
address from the address bar will not work for anyone who does
not have your
username/password.
mediums with two distinct
purposes. When writing an academic assignment, avoid the
temptation to sermonize or
2 Turabian, Manual for Writers, 158.
3 Ibid., 140.
4 A permalink is a hyperlink that is not directly copied from
your web browser address bar. Instead it is
typically provided by a search engine. The permalink will allow
readers of your work to find the article you are
referencing without being sent to your institution’s login
screen. LUBTS students can find permalinks in the
majority of Liberty’s online library sources.
3
appeal to your reader’s emotions or character. Research writing

14. lays out the evidence for
the reader and lets it speak for itself.
Grammar Us age Notes
Avoid using the em-dash ( — ) in place of a comma to separate
thoughts in a sentence. When
necessary, make sure you understand the grammatical reasoning
behind using this form of
punctuation.
same author, replace the
author’s name with eight underscores followed by a period (i.e.,
________.).5
-dash, do not leave a space
before or after the punctuation;
for instance, “right-click,” not “right – click.”
and biblically is an adverb.
Bible should be capitalized, but biblical and biblically should
not be capitalized. The
same is true of Scripture in the nominal form versus the
adjectival (scriptural). See the
Capitalization Glossary for more examples of common
capitalization mistakes.
or italicized.

15. Articles within journals or
book chapters must be placed within quotation marks, unless the
anthology is a collection
of previously published books such as C. S. Lewis’ The
Complete C. S. Lewis Signature
Classics.
i.e. (from the Latin id est) means “that is”
and should be used in
parentheses when providing a point of clarification.
“example” and should be
used in parentheses when giving an example.
and should appear directly
after the error because quotations need to be cited verbatim
(including errors). You do not
want to suffer the point reduction of an error; therefore, the
notation [sic] lets the reader
know that you purposefully copied over the error because it was
in the original citation.
Le ve ls of Subhe adings (not to be confus e d with Chapte r
Title )
Note the level of subheadings for LBTS papers below. All
headings are to remain Times New
Roman 12-pt. font. When providing a sectional heading, the

16. heading should have two blank
single-line spaces above the heading and one blank single-line
space below the heading.
Firs t Le vel: Ce ntered, Boldface , He adline -Style
Capitalization
Second Level: Centered, Regular Type, Headline-Style
Capitalization
5 Note, when including two or more works from the same author
in the bibliography, Turabian 8th edition
calls for a long dash, called a 3-em dash; however, this is a
point where LBTS digresses from the recommendation
of Turabian. For more on this see Turabian, Manual for Writers,
151.
4
Third Le ve l: Flus h Le ft, Boldface , Headline -Style
Capitalization
Fourth level: Flush left, regular type, sentence-style
capitalization
Fifth le ve l: Inde nt ½ inch for run in at be ginning of

17. paragraph (no blank line afte r),
boldface , s e ntence-style capitalization, te rminal pe riod. Start
first sentence here.
Footnote Citations
Book with a Single Author or Editor
1 Gary R. Habermas, The Risen Jesus and Future Hope
(Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield Publishers, 2003), 65.
Book with Multiple Authors
1 David Bagget and Jerry L. Walls, Good God: The Theistic
Foundations of Morality
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), 79.
Kindle/E-Reader Book
1 Dave Earley and Rod Dempsey, Disciple Mak ing Is . . . :
How to Live the Great
Commission with Passion and Confidence (Nashville: B&H

18. Publishers, 2013), 103, Kindle.
Journal Article in Print
1 Klaus D. Issler, “Inner Core Belief Formation, Spiritual
Practices, and the Willing-
Doing Gap,” Journal of Spiritual Formation & Soul Care 2, no.
2 (Fall 2009): 180.
Journal Article Online6
1 Brian T. Scalise, “Perichoresis in Gregory Nazianzen and
Maximus the Confessor,”
Eleutheria 2, no. 2 (2012): 72, accessed August 8, 2013,
http://digita lcommons.liberty.edu/e leu/
vol2/iss1/5/.
6 Break the http address at a logical breaking point (after a
period, /, etc. to go to the next line).
5

19. Dissertation
1 A. Chadwick Thornhill, “To the Jew First: A Socio-Historical
and Biblical-The ological
Analysis of the Pauline Teaching of ‘Election’ in Light of
Second Temple Jewish Patterns of
Thought” (PhD diss., Liberty University Baptist Theological
Seminary, 2013), 189.
Volume in Multi-volume Set with Translator
1 Aloys Grillme ier, From the Apostolic Age to Chalcedon
(451), vol. 1 of Christ in the
Christian Tradition, 2nd rev. ed., trans. John Bowden (Atlanta:
John Knox Press, 1975), 260.
Volume in Multi-Volume Commentary Set
1 Edward F. Campbell, Jr., Ruth, vol. 7 of The Anchor Bible
(New York: Doubleday,
1975), 116.
Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
1 Sergius Bulgakov, “The Virgin and the Saints in Orthodoxy,”
in Eastern Orthodox
Theology: A Contemporary Reader, ed. Daniel B. Clendenin
(Grand Rapids: Baker Books,

20. 1995), 68.
Reference Works (Omit from Bibliography):
1 Peloubet’s Bible Dictionary, 6th ed., s.v. “Romans, Epistle to
the.”
Bibliography Citations
Book with a Single Author or Editor
Habermas, Gary R. The Risen Jesus and Future Hope. Lanham,
MD: Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, 2003.
Book with Multiple Authors
Bagget, David and Jerry L. Walls. Good God: The Theistic
Foundations of Morality. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2011.
Kindle/E-Reader Book

21. 6
Earley, Dave and Rod Dempsey. Disciple Mak ing Is . . . : How
to Live the Great Commission
with Passion and Confidence. Nashville: B&H Publishers, 2013,
Kindle.
Journal Article in Print
Issler, Klaus D. “Inner Core Belief Formation, Spiritual
Practices, and the Willing-Doing Gap.”
Journal of Spiritual Formation & Soul Care 2, no. 2 (2009):
179-198.
Journal Article Online
Scalise, Brian T. “Perichoresis in Gregory Nazianzen and
Maximus the Confessor.” Eleutheria 2,
no. 2 (2012): 58-76. Accessed August 8, 2013. http://digita
lcommons. liberty.edu/e leu/
vol2/iss1/5/.
Dissertation
Thornhill, A. Chadwick. “To the Jew First: A Socio-Historical

22. and Biblical-Theologica l Analysis
of the Pauline Teaching of ‘Election’ in Light of Second Temple
Jewish Patterns of
Thought.” PhD diss., Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary,
2013.
Volume in Multi-Volume Set with Translator
Grillme ier, Aloys. From the Apostolic Age to Chalcedon (451).
Vol. 1 of Christ in
Christian Tradition. 2nd rev. ed. Translated by John Bowden.
Atlanta: John Knox
Press, 1975.
Volume in Multi-volume Commentary Set
Campbell, Jr., Edward F. Ruth. Vol. 7 in The Anchor Bible.
New York: Doubleday, 1975.
Article or Chapter in an Edited Book7
Bulgakov, Sergius. “The Virgin and the Saints in Orthodoxy.”
In Eastern Orthodox
Theology: A Contemporary Reader, 65-75. Edited by Daniel B.
Clendenin. Grand
Rapids: Baker Books, 1995.
7 When consulting an anthology where all of the chapters are

23. written by different authors, insert the
inclusive page numbers of that particular chapter in the
bibliographic entry. If citing from a book within a collection
of books such as C. S. Lewis’ The Complete C. S. Lewis
Signature Classics, also insert the inclusive page numbers
of that particular book in the bibliographic entry.
7
Bibliography Tips
entries. Other terms such as
References or Work s Cited are not acceptable.
page numbering.
-half inch hanging indention.
-line spacing between (or 12-pt. line spacing after)
entries.
cite sources directly referenced in the body of your
paper. Do not cite works that
have only been consulted. For every reference there should be a
footnote and vice-versa.

24. 8
Appe ndix A
Sacre d Book Refe rences
Spell the name of biblical books in their entirety when referred
to in the main body of the paper
(outside of a parenthetical reference). When used in a
parenthetical reference within the main
body of the paper or in a footnote, the biblical book should be
abbreviated. To cite a specific
biblical passage within the text or notes, follow the guidelines
given in Turabian 17.5.2, but use
the following abbreviations instead of the ones given in
Turabian 24.6.
Old Testament
Gen Genesis Song or (Cant ) Song of Songs (or Cant icles)
Exod Exodus Isa Isaiah
Lev Levit icus Jer Jeremiah
Num Numbers Lam Lament at ions
Deut Deut eronomy Ezek Ezekiel

25. Josh Joshua Dan Daniel
Judg Judges Hos Hosea
Rut h Rut h Joel Joel
1-2 Sam 1-2 Samuel Amos Amos
1-2 Kgs 1-2 Kings Obad Obadiah
1-2 Chr 1-2 Chronicles Jonah Jonah
Ezra Ezra Mic Micah
Neh Nehemiah Nah Nahum
Est h Est her Hab Habakkuk
Job Job Zeph Zephaniah
P s/P ss P salms Hag Haggai
P rov P roverbs Zech Zechariah
Eccl (or Qoh) Ecclesiast es (or Qohelet h) Mal Malachi
New Testament
Mat t Mat t hew 1-2 T hess 1-2 T hessalonians
Mark Mark 1-2 T im 1-2 T imot hy
Luke Luke T it us T it us
John John P hlm P hilemon
Act s Act s Heb Hebrews
Rom Romans Jas James

26. 1-2 Cor 1-2 Corint hians 1-2 P et 1-2 P et er
Gal Galat ians 1-2-3 John 1-2-3 John
Eph Ephesians Jude Jude
P hil P hilippians Rev Revelat ion
Col Colossians
Apocrypha and Septuagint
Bar Baruch Jdt Judit h
Add Dan Addit ions t o Daniel 1-2 Macc 1-2 Maccabees
P r Azar P rayer of Azariah 3-4 Macc 3-4 Maccabees
Bel Bel and t he Dragon P r Man P rayer of Manasseh
Sg t hree Song of t he T hree Young Men P s 151 P salm 151
Sus Susanna Sir Sirach/Ecclesiast ic us
1-2 Esd 1-2 Esdras T ob T obit
Add Est h Addit ions t o Est her W is W isdom of Solomon
Ep Jer Epist le of Jeremiah
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Appe ndix B

27. Capitalization Glos s ary8
Abrahamic Covenant
Age:
AD (Latin abbreviation for “in the year of our Lord”) goes
before the date (AD 2014)
church age
nuclear age
Apostolic Age
Bronze Age Iron Age
Stone Age
Almighty God
amillennial, amillenarian
Ancient Near East
the Antichrist
anti-Christian
antichrists (many)
the Apocrypha (but: apocryphal)
apostle(s) (but: the Twelve Apostles, the Twelve)
apostolic
archaeology
ark (any reference)
Ascension (specific biblical event) Atonement (of Christ)
BC (English abbreviation for “before Christ”) goes after the
date (586 BC)
Beatitudes
believer-priests’ Bible

28. biblical
black theology
body of Christ
Book of books (Bible)
book of Job (a book of the Bible)
book of life (mentioned in Rev. 20:15)
Bread of Life
bride of Christ
Calvary
Captivity (the Babylonian; others, lowercase)
Catholics, Catholicism (but: catholic, meaning universal)
chapter (general term)
Chapter 6 (specific chapter) charismatic
chief priest(s) children of Israel Christ Child
Christian education (but: Department of Christian Education)
8 For additional resource, see “Appendix A: Capitalization and
Spelling Examples,” in The SBL Handbook
of Style: For Eastern, Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early
Christian Studies (Peabody, MA: Henrickson Publishers,
1999), 154-65.
10
Christlike Christologica l Christology
Christ’s kingdom
church (both universal and local) church, the early

29. church fathers (but: the Fathers)
the commandments (capitalize only when referring to the whole
Decalogue: Ten
Commandments, but: first commandment)
commencement
communion (the ordinance)
communists, communism (when referring to the political
system)
covenant (but: Old Covenant and New Covenant)
Creation (the original)
the Creator
the Cross (figurative sense of Christ’s sacrifice and redemption)
cross (the wooden object)
the Crucifixion (when referring to Calvary in its total
significance)
curriculum (plural: curricula, not: curriculums)
Davidic Covenant
Day of Atonement
Day of Pentecost
Day of the Lord the
Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS)
Decalogue
Department of Historical Theology (but: the Historical
Theology department)
deity pronouns9
devil
disciple(s) (but: the Twelve)
Easter Day
Epistle (when used in connection with the biblical letters, as
“the Epistle to the Galatians,” “the

30. Epistles,” “the Epistles of Paul,” “the Pauline Epistles,” “the
Pastoral Epistles”; but Paul’s
epistles) eternal God
Exile (biblical event) Exodus (biblical event)
Fall (of man, biblical event)
fall season
the Father (God)
the Fathers (meaning the church fathers)
Feast of Tabernacles
Flood (biblical event—but: the flood of Noah’s day)
fundamentalism, fundamentalist
Garden of Eden
Garden of Gethsemane
Gentile
gnostic (when used as an adjective)
9 As a form of respect and less ambiguous reading between
human and divine antecedents, all pronouns
(i.e. He, Him, His) referring to the Christian God (God,
Yahweh, Father, Jesus Christ, Jesus, Christ, Holy Spirit,
etc.) should be capitalized.
11
Gnostic(s),
Gnosticism
Godhead

31. godless
godly
God-Man
gods (plural)
God’s Word
Golden Rule
the Good Shepherd
gospel (when referring to the evangelical message)
Gospel (one of the first four New Testament books)
Gospels (two or more of the first four New Testament books)
Great Commission
great white throne judgment handbook
Father
hell
High Priest (for Jesus, otherwise lowercase)
Holy Land
holy of holies, holy place, most holy place (in the tabernacle
and temple)
Holy One (God)
Holy Ghost
Holy Spirit
the Incarnation
the Intertestamental period
Jehovah (but: Yahweh is preferred)
judgment seat of Christ
the Just for the unjust
King of kings
the kingdom
kingdom of Christ

32. kingdom of God
Last Supper
Law (Pentateuch or the Ten Commandments; lowercase for any
other reason)
Law of Moses liberation theology
Lamb of God
Living Water (Jesus)
“living water” (salvation)
Lord of lords
Lord’s Day (Sunday)
Lord’s Prayer (specific prayer taught by Jesus)
Lord’s Supper
Lord’s Table
lordship
Majority Text
Markan priority
12
marriage supper of the Lamb
Masoretic Text (when used as a singular proper noun)
the Master (Jesus)
Mediator (Christ)
mercy seat
Messiah
messiahship
messianic
midrash (as a body of rabbinic literature; specific works within

33. the collection would be
capitalized and italicized such as Genesis Rabbah)
midrashim (plural)
midrashic (adjective)
millenarian
millenarianis m
millennia l
millennium
Mosaic Covenant
Mosaic Law
Most High (name of God)
most holy place
New Covenant
New Jerusalem
New Testament
Nicene fathers
Noah’s ark
non-Christian
Northern Kingdom (Israel)
Old Covenant
Old Testament
parable of the prodigal son (and other parables)
Passover feast (Feast of the Passover)
the person and work of Christ
the personhood of Christ
Person (if referencing one of the Trinity) e.g. The third Person
of the Trinity
postmillennia l
postmillenarian

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premillenarian
Prince of Peace
Promised Land
prophet (the prophet Amos)
the Prophets (Hebrew division of the Old Testament)
Protestant
Protestantism
proto-Mark
proto-Luke
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proto-Matthew
Psalm (specific song or chapter in the Psalms—Psalm 1; but:
this psalm)
psalmist (psalmist David)
the psalms (general reference)
Psalms (the biblical book)
rabbi
rabbinical (but: Rabbinical Judaism)
rapture
the Redeemer
the Reformation registration
the Resurrection (Jesus’; otherwise lowercase)
Righteous One
River Jordan
Sabbath Day

35. Sadducees
Sanhedrin
the Second Temple period
Satan
satanic
satanism
Savior
scribes
scriptural
Scripture (when referencing the Bible, otherwise scripture)
the Second Advent
the Second Coming (biblical event; but: Christ’s second
coming)
the Seminary (when referring to Liberty Baptist University
Theological Seminary)
Septuagint
Sermon on the Mount
Shekinah
Sin-bearer (Christ)
Son of Man
sonship
Southern Kingdom (Judah)
the Spirit of God
the Spirit of Truth
spring season (summer, fall, winter, spring)
Stoic(s) (member of the philosophy begun by Zeno)
stoic (an attitude)
suffering Servant (Christ)
Sunday school

36. Synoptics
Synoptic Gospels
systematic theology (unless used as a proper noun such as for a
course, Systematic Theology)
tabernacle
Talmud
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temple
the Ten Commandments (but: the first commandment)
the two-source (or document) hypothesis (or theory)
Theology
theological
third world (preference: two-thirds world)
throne of grace
Thy holy name
Transfiguration (biblical event)
Tribulation
the Tribulation
the Great Tribulation
Trinitarian
Trinity
Triumphal Entry
triune
TV (not T.V.)
the Twelve (referring to the apostles)
unbiblical

37. unchristian (but: un-Christlike, non-Christian)
Upper Room
white (Caucasian)
wise men (biblical)
Wonderful One (title of God)
the Word (Bible or Christ)
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