Steven’s Blog

  • Now that I’m settling into my new position at Isaac Hunter Ministries, I thought I would get my feet wet by embarking on a long-term project (approx. 9 months) reading through and familiarizing myself with the research areas that I’ve been tasked to write and publish on. This material will be used as background research

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  • In my post-graduate program at the Koinonia Institute, I’m in the process of finishing up the courses in the Gold Level. I’ve completed the following Bronze and Silver Level courses and all the practicum requirements for the program. After finishing these last set of courses, I will have a final capstone course that I have

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  • Mock Dissertation Defense

    The following is a mock Dissertation Defense I completed in preparation of my actual upcoming defense for my ThD which I completed in May 2021. I will add any additional questions at the end of this document that come to mind if not already included. This list of questions was drawn from the Researchgate.net articles

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  • So, I’ve actually finished all my requirements for the Doctor of Theology in Christian Philosophy. I’ve completed the write up of the dissertation defense and posted it on this ePortfolio and I’ve received my offical transcripts and my Diploma. I’m thinking that’s it. Overall, it was a great experience and I’m really glad I did

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  • Dissertation Written Defense

    This post is an aggregation of my dissertation defense which was conducted over a few weeks asynchronously between myself and my 3 person committee. The process typically included comments and questions being forwarded to my Advisor and then he would forward those comments/questions along with his comments and questions (often about the comments and questions

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  • As part of my Doctor of Theology program at Forge Theological Seminary I have completed this Mock Dissertation Defense exercise in preparation for the official Dissertation Defense to be scheduled by my committee after they have completed their initial evaluation. My dissertation was submitted to the committee on May 28th 2021. The following is a

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  • As part of my Doctor of Theology program at Forge Theological Seminary I have submitted this journal article to FTS’ academic journal for publication consideration. This will fulfill part of my self-assigned requirements for the ThD Program at FTS. Listed are the artifacts related to this requirement: Journal Article #2 Submission: Philosophy of Death to

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  • As part of my Doctor of Theology program at Forge Theological Seminary I am submitting this final Dissertation in partial fulfillment of the program requirements. Listed are the artifacts related to this requirement: ThD Dissertation Submission – Doc File ThD Dissertation Submission – PDF File In addition to the above submitted written Proposal document, I

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  • As part of my Doctor of Theology program at Forge Theological Seminary I am posting this as an update to my progress as I (theoretically) begin Phase II – Research. Issues with Phase II Well, I guess the biggest issue, with it being 12pm on Tuesday and I was supposed to start Phase II of

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  • As part of my Doctor of Theology program at Forge Theological Seminary I am completing several preliminary foundational “seminars,” including reading through several books on dissertation development and production. This book in particular, Unwritten Rules of PhD Research, just happens to be the very LAST book to be read in Phase I of my doctoral

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