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CH 502 Church History II

Kenneth C. Kinghorn

1. Bettenson, Henry, ed., Documents of the Christian Church, second edition, London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1963. 2. González, The Story of Christianity, vol. 2, The Reformation to the Present Day, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984. 3. Kerr, Hugh T., ed., Readings in Christian Thought, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1966.
CH 623 History of Methodism

Kenneth C. Kinghorn

Required texts: Kinghorn, Kenneth, The Heritage of American Methodism, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. Norwood, Frederick A., The Story of American Methodism, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1974. Those students who have read either of these books can arrange to read alternate materials. Recommended for present and future reference: Rowe, Kenneth E., Editor, United Methodist Studies: Basic Bibliographies, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 3rd edition, 1992.
MW 690 The Church Abroad: China

James Loftin

*Fulton, Brent, ed. ChinaSource Journal: Perspectives and Analysis for Those Who Serve China. Vol. I, No. 4. 16 pages. *GO Prepared. Produced by Teams Commissioned for Christ International, Inc. 1999. Six thirty-minute sessions. *Lambert, Anthony. China’s Christian Millions: The Costly Revival. Monarch Books/OMF, 1999. 250 pages. *Lee, Isaac. Cornerstone Ministries International. 7-minute video tape. Ling, Samuel. Megatrends: The Chinese, Asia and the World. 30-minute video tape by ChinaSource. *Notebook of selected articles and readings provided by James Loftin. 62 pages. Russell, Gary. The Role of the Short-term and Church-based Ministries. Gary Russell. 40-minute audio tape. *Serving China: A Primer for Pastors, Churches and Ministries. Published by ChinaSource and China Harvest. 29 pages, 1998. *Song of a Chinese Sparrow. Twenty-minute video tape by ChinaSource.
CS 624 The Poor in Wesley's Social Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

REQUIRED TEXTS: Hynson, Leon O. To Reform the ation: Theological Foundations of Wesley’s Ethics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984. Dunning, H. Ray. Reflecting the Divine Image: Christian Ethics in Wesleyan Perspective. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998. Jennings, Theodore W. Jr. Good ews to the Poor: John Wesley’s Evangelical Economics. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990. MacArthur, Kathleen Walker. The Economic Ethics of John Wesley. New York: Abingdon, 1936. Meeks, Douglas M., ed. The Portion of the Poor: Good ews to the Poor in the Wesleyan Tradition. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1995. Runyon, Theodore., ed. Sanctification and Liberation: Liberation Theologies in Light of the Wesleyan Tradition. Nashville: Abingdon, 1981. Sherwin, Oscar. John Wesley: Friend of People. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1961. Wesley, John. “XXVIII Sermon on the Mount” “XXXVIII A Caution Against Bigotry” “XXXIX Catholic Spirit” “XLVIII Self-Denial” “L The Use of Money” “LI The Good Steward” “LXXIV Of the Church” “LXXXVII The Danger of Riches” “XCI On Charity” “XCVIII On Visiting the Sick” “CVIII On Riches” “CXII The Rich Man and Lazarus” “CXXVI On the Danger of Increasing Riches” “CXXXIX On Love” “Thoughts on the Present Scarcity of Provisions” “Thoughts upon Slavery” in The Works of John Wesley. Vols. 5,6, 7,11. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998
CS 636 Hispanic Theology and Social Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

REQUIRED TEXTS: Bañuelas, Arturo J., ed. Mestizo Christianity: Theology from the Latino Perspective. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1995. García, Ismael. Dignidad: Ethics Through Hispanic Eyes. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997. González, Justo L. Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990. González, Justo L. Santa Biblia: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Novas, Himilce. Everything You %eed to Know about Latino History. New York: Plume Books, 1994. Isasi-Díaz, Ada María and Fernando F. Segovia, eds. Hispanic/Latino Theology: Challenge and Promise. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1996.
CS 700 Servant as Liberator

Hugo Magallanes

Required Texts: Dayton, Donald W. Discovering an Evangelical Heritage. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1988. Marquardt, Manfred, John Wesley's Social Ethics: Praxis and Principles. Trans. John E. Steely and Stephen Gunter. Nashville: Abingdon, 1992. CS 700 Servant as Liberator Reading Packet (Readings are OT in order in packet). See page 2 for recommended books.
ST 620 The Spiritual Life of the Minister

Stephen L. Martyn

COURSE TEXTS Steve Harper, Devotional Life In The Wesleyan Tradition Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy
NT 501 Comprehensive Greek I

Michael D. Matlock

Black, David Alan. Learning to Read "ew Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. Black, David Alan. It's Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. The Greek "ew Testament (Nestle-Aland, 27th edition). LSJ or BAGD Greek-English Lexicon
OT 501 Concise Hebrew

Michael D. Matlock

1. Bornemann, Robert A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998. Along with the materials created by the instructor, this text will supplement knowledge for the course. We will do some of the exercies from this text as noted below on the "Course Outline." It contains lessons which will help us to know all the essentials of Biblical Hebrew grammar. The text is written in a personal dialogical way. 2. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. Even though this dictionary or lexicon was published around the beginning of this century, it still provides the most wealth of information per the expense. You will probably agree its format needs revising. We will learn how to use BDB throughout the course. I have designed worksheets to accomplish this task. 3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Referred to as BHS, this is the Hebrew Bible reproduced from the oldest complete manuscript of the Old Testament,Codex Leningradensis (ca. 1008 A.D.), without significant alteration. 4. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. This is a basic introduction to many of the peculiarities of the Hebrew Bible. Scott provides an English key to the Latin text critical notes (found at the very bottom of a BHS page) which were added by scholars this century who edited BHS and to the Aramaic side marginal notes (a.k.a. "massorah") which were put there by Medieval Jewish rabbis who created the vowel and accent system of the Hebrew Bible. Scott also explains many other features of the Hebrew Bible that will help you to understand how it has been put together through hundreds of years. 5. Chisholm, Robert. From Exegesis to Exposition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. This book is designed to help a person figure out the significance of the Hebrew text and to craft a way to communicate its significance. We will read the portions of the text that relate to word study methodology, syntactical issues, and the narrative/poetry issues of the Hebrew Bible.
OT 501 Concise Hebrew

Michael D. Matlock

1. Seow, C.L. A Grammar For Biblical Hebrew. Rev. Ed. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1995). Along with class lectures, you will be asked to read selected portions and complete selected exercises. 2. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. Even though this dictionary or lexicon was published around the beginning of this century, it still provides a wealth of information per the expense. You will probably agree its format needs revising. We will learn how to use BDB throughout the course. I have designed worksheets to accomplish this task. 3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Referred to as BHS, this is the Hebrew Bible reproduced from the oldest complete manuscript of the Old Testament, Codex Leningradensis (ca. 1008 A.D.), without significant alteration. 4. Chisholm, Robert. From Exegesis to Exposition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. This book is designed to assist a person determine the significance of the Hebrew text and to craft a way to communicate its significance for ministry. We will read the portions of the book that relate to word study methodology, syntactical issues, and the narrative/poetry issues of the Hebrew Bible. 5. BibleWorks 4.0 Hermenuetika, Big Fork, MT. This software program will assist us in spotting grammatical forms of Hebrew words (also called parsing) which we could not otherwise understand and provides an abridged Hebrew dictionary (Brown, Driver, and Briggs) for quick reference. It is also a powerful tool for doing Hebrew word studies functioning as a concordance to find all usages of a word and providing a quick and easy way to see how the recurrence of a word functions in context. *WARNING: BWs is a tool for ministry, but if your desire is to take additional Hebrew based courses take some precautionary measures in using this resource. Always try to push yourself to parse and translate as much Hebrew as possible before going to BWs for parsing help.
OT 501 Concise Hebrew (and Comprehensive Hebrew I)

Michael D. Matlock

Required Texts 1. Seow, C.L. A Grammar For Biblical Hebrew. Rev. Ed. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1995). Along with class lectures, you will be asked to read selected portions and complete selected exercises. 2. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. Even though this dictionary or lexicon was published around the beginning of this century, it still provides a wealth of information per the expense. You will probably agree its format needs revising. We will learn how to use BDB throughout the course. I have designed worksheets to accomplish this task. 3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Referred to as BHS, this is the Hebrew Bible reproduced from the oldest complete manuscript of the Old Testament, Codex Leningradensis (ca. 1008 A.D.), without significant alteration. 4. Chisholm, Robert. From Exegesis to Exposition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. This book is designed to assist a person determine the significance of the Hebrew text and to craft a way to communicate its significance for ministry. We will read the portions of the book that relate to word study methodology, syntactical issues, and the narrative/poetry issues of the Hebrew Bible. 5. BibleWorks 4.0 Hermenuetika, Big Fork, MT. This software program will assist us in spotting grammatical forms of Hebrew words (also called parsing) which we could not otherwise understand and provides an abridged Hebrew dictionary (Brown, Driver, and Briggs) for quick reference. It is also a powerful tool for doing Hebrew word studies functioning as a concordance to find all usages of a word and providing a quick and easy way to see how the recurrence of a word functions in context. *WARNING: BWs is a tool for ministry, but if your desire is to take additional Hebrew based courses take some precautionary measures in using this resource. Always try to push yourself to parse and translate as much Hebrew as possible before going to BWs for parsing help.
OT 501 Concise Hebrew (and Comprehensive Hebrew I)

Michael D. Matlock

1. Seow, C.L. A Grammar For Biblical Hebrew. Rev. Ed. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1995). 2. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. 3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. 4. Chisholm, Robert. From Exegesis to Exposition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. 5. BibleWorks 4.0 Hermenuetika, Big Fork, MT.
OT 502 Comprehensive Hebrew II

Michael D. Matlock

A1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar For Biblical Hebrew. Rev. Ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. 2. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. 3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. A4. Mitchel, Larry A. A Student's Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984. A5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. A6. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976.
OT 502 Comprehensive Hebrew II

Michael D. Matlock

January: 1. Bornemann, Robert. A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998. This is the foundation text for this course. We will systematically proceed through Part Two, "Continuing Biblical Hebrew" which involves translating 1 Kings 17-19 and reviewing key points of grammar and syntax as we plod along. We may also review some lessons in Part One. A major advantage of this text is that it is written in a personal dialogical way. 2. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. Even though this dictionary or lexicon was published around the beginning of this century, it still provides the most wealth of information per the expense. You will probably agree its format needs revising. We will enhance our skills to use BDB throughout the course. 3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. This is the Hebrew Bible reproduced from the oldest complete manuscript of the Old Testament,Codex Leningradensis (ca. 1008 A.D.), without significant alteration. We will read it throughout the course gaining appropriate knowledge. 4. Mitchel, Larry A. A Student's Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984. Mitchel's book is arranged by frequency. He lists the word and definition(s) of some 2000 Hebrew words and all 648 biblical Aramaic words. We will be memorizing all the Hebrew words used 100 times or more. He groups nouns, verbs, and particles all together. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. This is a basic introduction to many of the peculiarities of the Hebrew Bible. Scott provides an English key to the Latin text critical notes at the very bottom of the page which were added by scholars this century who edited BHS and to the Aramaic side marginal notes (a.k.a. "massorah") which were put there by Medieval Jewish rabbis who created the vowel and accent system of the Hebrew Bible. Scott also explains many other features of the Hebrew Bible that will help you to understand how it has been put together through hundreds of years. Page 3 6. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976. This book is a brief introduction to Hebrew syntax (how words are put together). We will utilize this book throughout the course. Williams is too brief at many points, but the alternative books pertaining to syntax are of massive proportion or too expensive. Williams uses many terms for syntax that are now outdated; nevertheless, his text continues to be useful for beginning Hebrew students.
OT 502 Concise Hebrew (and Comprehensive Hebrew I)delete

Michael D. Matlock

1. Seow, C.L. A Grammar For Biblical Hebrew. Rev. Ed. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1995). Along with class lectures, you will be asked to read selected portions and complete selected exercises. 2. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. Even though this dictionary or lexicon was published around the beginning of this century, it still provides a wealth of information per the expense. You will probably agree its format needs revising. We will learn how to use BDB throughout the course. I have designed worksheets to accomplish this task. 3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Referred to as BHS, this is the Hebrew Bible reproduced from the oldest complete manuscript of the Old Testament, Codex Leningradensis (ca. 1008 A.D.), without significant alteration. 4. Chisholm, Robert. From Exegesis to Exposition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. This book is designed to assist a person determine the significance of the Hebrew text and to craft a way to communicate its significance for ministry. We will read the portions of the book that relate to word study methodology, syntactical issues, and the narrative/poetry issues of the Hebrew Bible. 5. BibleWorks 4.0 Hermenuetika, Big Fork, MT. This software program will assist us in spotting grammatical forms of Hebrew words (also called parsing) which we could not otherwise understand and provides an abridged Hebrew dictionary (Brown, Driver, and Briggs) for quick reference. It is also a powerful tool for doing Hebrew word studies functioning as a concordance to find all usages of a word and providing a quick and easy way to see how the recurrence of a word functions in context. *WARNING: BWs is a tool for ministry, but if your desire is to take additional Hebrew based courses take some precautionary measures in using this resource. Always try to push yourself to parse and translate as much Hebrew as possible before going to BWs for parsing help.
CE 620 Seminar Children’s Ministry

Scottie May

Offering the Gospel to Children by Gretchen Wolff Pritchard 7 Ways of Teaching the Bible to Children Barbara Bruce
PM 608 The Servant as Pastoral Care Giver

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

1. Dinkins, Burrell & Losoney. “Grief” 2. Frederic, Harold. The Damnation of Theron Ware. 3. Hunter Rodney, Gen. Ed. Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling: (On Reserve: See class dates for specific readings) Pastor, Pastoral Care of, pp. 830-832; Burnout, pp. 112-113; Prayer and worship life, Pastor’s, pp. 939-940; Identity, Pastoral pp. 567- 568; Pastoral Theology pp. 867-872; Pastoral Theological Methodology pp. 862-864; Pastoral Care and Counseling p. 845; Pastoral Care pp.832-836; Pastoral Counseling pp. 849-854; Clergy, Empirical studies of, pp. 171-175; Cross-Cultural Pastoral Care pp. 251-252; Cultural and Ethnic Factors in Pastoral Care pp. 253-254. 4 Headley Anthony, Achieving balance in ministry, 1999. 5. Kollar, Charles Allen: Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling 6. Kuenning, Delores. Helping People Through Grief. 7. Nichols, Michael P. The Lost Art of Listening 8. Steinborn, Melvin. The Lay Driven Church: How to Empower the People In Your Church to Share In the Task of Ministry. 9. Steinke, Peter. How Your Church Family Works.
PM 635 Practicum in Pastoral Care

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Read one book as assigned by supervisor and /or selected by the student. Suggestions: Biddle, Perry H. Hospital Manual – Abingdon Press, 1990. Holst, Lawrence. Hospital Ministry – The Role of the Chaplain Today. New York: Crossroad, 1989. Richmond, Kent D. & David L. Middleton. The Pastor and the Patient, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.
NT 662 Exegesis of Philippians

M. Robert Mulholland

Novum Testamentum Graece (Nestle-Aland Version) Toward an Exegetical Theology, Walter C. Kaiser Opening the Bible, Thomas Merton
NT 666 The Book of Revelation

M. Robert Mulholland

G. K. Beale, The Book of Revelation Klein, Blomberg, Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpretation Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece
NT 666 The Book of Revelation

M. Robert Mulholland

G. K. Beale, The Book of Revelation (C and E – cf. 3 under PROCEDURES) Klein, Blomberg, Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (C) Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece (C and E)
NT 666 The Book of Revelation

M. Robert Mulholland

G. K. Beale, The Book of Revelation (C and E – cf. 3 under PROCEDURES) Klein, Blomberg, Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (C) Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece (C and E)
NT 715 Textual Criticism of the New Testament

M. Robert Mulholland

Texts: Novum Testamentum Graece, Nestle-Aland, 27th Edition. The Text of the New Testament, Metzger (M) The Text of the New Testament, Aland and Aland (A)
CH 724 Theological German

J. Steven O'Malley

1. Jannach, Hubert, German for Reading Knowledge, 3rd ed., 1980 (D. Van Nostrand Co.) 2. Die Bibel: (revised Luther ed.) (Deutsche Bibelstiftung, Stuttgart) 3. Cassell’s German-English Dictionary (unabridged ed.) 4. Ziefle, ed., Modern Theological German 1. Stutz, 501 German Verbs (paperback) (Barron’s Educational SVCS)
CH 728 Pietism in the Christian Tradition

J. Steven O'Malley

Peter Erb, ed., The Pietists; Classics of Christian Spirituality Series (Paulist Press) J. Steven O’Malley, Early German-American Evangelicalism (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow/University Press of America, l995). F. Ernest Stoeffler, Continental Pietism and American Christianity (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, l976). (reprint ed.) (=Stoeffler IV in reading list) T. Tappert, ed.and tr., P.J. Spener: Pia Desideria (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, l964)