Cletus Hull
I was raised in New Oxford PA (near Gettysburg) for the first 18 years of my life. My mother was from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and my father from Hanover PA. I had the benefit of learning two cultures and languages. As my father owned and managed an auto parts business for 25 years-he gave me many opportunities and skills to work with people. I also grew up with two brothers, Brian and Clark.
Accepting Christ in my youth, I eventually felt the call of God to enter the ministry. Matriculating at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa OK, these 4 years opened my mind to the world and provided many experiential moments to explore God's calling in my life.
I attended seminary at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge PA. During that time, I began to pastor a small church in Marianna PA. It was in that congregation that I learned how to be a minister. In 1987, I was licensed as a pastor and ordained in the Christian ministry in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 1989. I have also served as a chaplain at two PA state hospitals and a campus minister at California University of PA and Indiana University of PA.
Throughout the years, my ministry has included preaching, pastoral ministry, youth ministry, church camp, hospital chaplaincy, campus ministry and teaching in higher education. After traveling to 13 countries and ministering with people in new cultures, my view of God's world has expanded. I have also studied to attain a Doctor of Ministry degree in Church Growth at Fuller Theological Seminary and now, in 2017, I received a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies at Regent University.
Supervisors: Dr. Petrus Gräbe
Phone: 7243512679
Address: Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, United States
Accepting Christ in my youth, I eventually felt the call of God to enter the ministry. Matriculating at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa OK, these 4 years opened my mind to the world and provided many experiential moments to explore God's calling in my life.
I attended seminary at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge PA. During that time, I began to pastor a small church in Marianna PA. It was in that congregation that I learned how to be a minister. In 1987, I was licensed as a pastor and ordained in the Christian ministry in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 1989. I have also served as a chaplain at two PA state hospitals and a campus minister at California University of PA and Indiana University of PA.
Throughout the years, my ministry has included preaching, pastoral ministry, youth ministry, church camp, hospital chaplaincy, campus ministry and teaching in higher education. After traveling to 13 countries and ministering with people in new cultures, my view of God's world has expanded. I have also studied to attain a Doctor of Ministry degree in Church Growth at Fuller Theological Seminary and now, in 2017, I received a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies at Regent University.
Supervisors: Dr. Petrus Gräbe
Phone: 7243512679
Address: Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, United States
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The purpose of this exegetical study of 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 juxtaposes the biblical concepts of suffering and glory within the eschatological theology of Paul's Thessalonian correspondence. Recognizing the historical and biblical background of the text creates a foundation for exposing the Pauline eschatology of suffering and glory. The outcome of the paper reveals the kingdom understanding that suffering must precede God's glory in the life of his people.
The cross of Christ crucified symbolized the central theme of Paul’s ministry. In his letter to the Corinthians, the apostle commenced his correspondence with “the message about the cross” and “power of God” (1 Cor. 1:18, NRSV). The proposal for this paper utilizes the method analogia scripturae. Set within the wisdom motif of the Greco-Roman world, this study is dedicated to the examination of the apostle’s Christology in the context of 1 Cor. 1:18-25 and the Pneumatology in 1 Cor. 2:9-16 as both pericopes are juxtaposed in his epistle. Essentially, the thesis concerns the grounding of the Pneumatology of Paul with his Christology in 1 Corinthians. The Corinthian church required clarification and pastoral wisdom with their pneumatic experiences; thus, Paul recognized that a strong theology of the cross complemented their encounters with the Spirit. The question for biblical studies involves a lively tension of the Pneumatology of the Spirit with a robust Christology. Because the power of God throughout this passage has the cross as its paradigm, the structure of the paper leds to the significance of the apostle’s pneumatological contribution of the cross and Christ crucified (1 Cor. 1:18; 2:2). For this reason, a strong Christology must ground the Pneumatology of the Pauline corpus. This study in biblical literature commences a new discussion in ecumenical dialogue between pneumatic experiences in the church and christological issues in scripture.
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The purpose of this exegetical study of 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 juxtaposes the biblical concepts of suffering and glory within the eschatological theology of Paul's Thessalonian correspondence. Recognizing the historical and biblical background of the text creates a foundation for exposing the Pauline eschatology of suffering and glory. The outcome of the paper reveals the kingdom understanding that suffering must precede God's glory in the life of his people.
The cross of Christ crucified symbolized the central theme of Paul’s ministry. In his letter to the Corinthians, the apostle commenced his correspondence with “the message about the cross” and “power of God” (1 Cor. 1:18, NRSV). The proposal for this paper utilizes the method analogia scripturae. Set within the wisdom motif of the Greco-Roman world, this study is dedicated to the examination of the apostle’s Christology in the context of 1 Cor. 1:18-25 and the Pneumatology in 1 Cor. 2:9-16 as both pericopes are juxtaposed in his epistle. Essentially, the thesis concerns the grounding of the Pneumatology of Paul with his Christology in 1 Corinthians. The Corinthian church required clarification and pastoral wisdom with their pneumatic experiences; thus, Paul recognized that a strong theology of the cross complemented their encounters with the Spirit. The question for biblical studies involves a lively tension of the Pneumatology of the Spirit with a robust Christology. Because the power of God throughout this passage has the cross as its paradigm, the structure of the paper leds to the significance of the apostle’s pneumatological contribution of the cross and Christ crucified (1 Cor. 1:18; 2:2). For this reason, a strong Christology must ground the Pneumatology of the Pauline corpus. This study in biblical literature commences a new discussion in ecumenical dialogue between pneumatic experiences in the church and christological issues in scripture.