Frederick A. Schilling

By Frederick A. Schilling, Dean of School of Theology, Walla Walla College

Articles by Frederick A. Schilling

The Message of Habakkuk

April 1934

Among the shortest, least read, yet most important books of the Bible is that of Habak­kuk. From him the apostle Paul derived the text for his gospel of justification by faith (Gal. 3:11; Rom. 1:17); and from him, through…

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Successful Institute in North Pacific

June 1937

The individual minister labors in relative isolation from his fellow laborers so far as the interchange of thought, the comparison of notes as to methods and experiences, and mu­tual study are concerned.…

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Bible History Teaches Bible Doctrine—No. 1

January 1937

Bible history is inseparable from Bible doc­trine, and constitutes its setting or foun­dation. Divine revelations concerning moral, ethical, and legal truths, as well as revelations concerning the sphere of nature,…

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Bible History Teaches Bible Doctrine—No. 2

February 1937

The same doctrinal purpose and character of  Biblical history revealed in the Old Testa­ment is clearly seen in the historical narratives of the New Testament. It appears in the very composition of the Gospels, where…

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Study Suggestions for "History of the Reformation"—No. 3

July 1936

7. The Element of Personal Experience

Concepts and ideas dwell in the minds of living individuals. The actual experiences of those persons exert a formative influence on their ideas, however abstractly…

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The Need of the Personal Christ

November 1933

The ancient proverb, "Coming events cast their shadows before," expresses the Greek point of view with regard to historical events. It is the view which dominated in the Greco-Roman world of apostolic missionary endeavor.…

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The Roman Week

July 1937

Did the Romans operate an eight-day or a nine-day week up to the time of Theodosius? And did the Greeks operate on a ten-day week?

There is no evidence that the Romans ob­served an eight-day or nine-day…

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Study Suggestions for T.M. Lindsay's "History of the Reformation"—No. 1

May 1936

The experienced traveler, planning to visit  a new city, seeks to make his tour most profitable and instructive to himself by first making a general orientation survey of the city's extent and arrangement by the aid of…

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Study Suggestions for Lindsay's "History"—No. 2

June 1936

2. Chronological Conspectus

Having completed the first reading of the volume with observation of the preliminary items mentioned above, the reader may then well seek…

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