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OT 620 Pentateuch

David Loren Thompson

1. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or some other contemporary, standard (non-paraphrasing) version with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. NRSV, NASB, and NIV are also fine. 2. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. David L. Thompson
OT 630 Minor Prophets

David Loren Thompson

1. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, or some other contemporary, standard (non-paraphrasing) version such as The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, New American Standard Bible, with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. 2. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. David L. Thompson 3. Biblical Resources for Ministry, edited by David R. Bauer. Second edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1995
OT 720 Psalms

David Loren Thompson

1. New American Standard Bible, Revised Standard Version, or New Revised Standard Version of the Bible or some other modern, standard (non-paraphrasing) version with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. 2. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. David L. Thompson 3. Biblical Resources for Ministry. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1995. David R. Bauer
CH HT 612 Contemporary Cults

Steven Tsoukalas

Sire, James. Scripture Twisting: Twenty Ways the Cults Misread the Bible. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1980. Stark, Rodney, and William Sims Bainbridge. The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. Tsoukalas, Steven. Masonic Rites and Wrongs: An Examination of Freemasonry. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1995. Tucker, Ruth. Another Gospel: Alternative Religions and the 'ew Age Movement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989. *In addition to the above (approx. 1,100 pages), students are required to research primary source cultic literature toward the submission of a research paper.
CE 632 Recruiting and Empowering Laity for Ministry

Thomas F. Tumblin

The New Reformation, by Greg Ogden (Zondervan, 199 1,224 pgs) Starter Kitfor Lay Mobilization (Leadership Training Network, 1996, 120 pgs) Discovering Your Ministry Identity by Paul R. Ford (Church Smart, 1998, 54 pgs) Community of the King by Howard Snyder [IVP, 2 1 Gpgs]
CE 632 Recruiting and Empowering Laity for Ministry

Thomas F. Tumblin

The New Reformation, by Greg Ogden (Zondervan, 1991, 224 pgs) Starter Kit for Lay Mobilization (Leadership Training Network, 1996, 120 pgs) Discovering Your Ministry Identity by Paul R. Ford (Church Smart, 1998, 54 pgs) Community of the King by Howard Snyder [IVP, 216pgs] Another sample assimilation tool (like Networking, S.H.A.P.E., Ministry Exploration and others) An additional 600 pages of reading using the following topics: Ministry to different generations Dealing with conflict and change Teams Small Groups Other topics of your choice related to working with volunteers/unpaid servants
CL 614 Leading Groups and Organizations

Thomas F. Tumblin

Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership, 2nd ed. by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997) ISBN: 0787908215 (450 pages). Leading Congregational Change: A Practical Guide for the Transformational Journey by Jim Herrington, Mike Bonem and James H. Furr. (San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2000) ISBN: 0787947652 (186 pages). 2 Organizational Culture and Leadership, 2nd ed., by Edgar H. Schein (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997) ISBN: 0787903620 (448 pages). After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity by Miroslav Volf (GrandRapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998) ISBN: 0-8028-4440-5 (314 pages). FaithQuest: A Journey Toward Congregational Transformation (Bible Study) by Dan R. Dick (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1998) ISBN: 0881772399 (168 pages).
SM 514 Christian Leadership Practicum

Thomas F. Tumblin

The Call by Os Guiness
SM 614 Christian Leadership Practicum

Thomas F. Tumblin

Living the Life You Were Meant to Live by Thomas Paterson
SM 714 Advanced Christian Leadership Practicum

Thomas F. Tumblin

Connecting by Robert Clinton
CH 661 A Historical/Theological Survey of the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements

Robert G. Tuttle

Donald W. Dayton, Theological Roots of Pentecostalism, Zondervan Press, 1987, ISBN 0-310-39371-X. Robert G. Tuttle, Jr., Sanctity without Starch: A Layperson’s Guide to a Wesleyan Theology of Grace, Bristol House, 1992, ISBN 0-917851-19-6.
MS 610 The Ministry of Evangelism

Robert G. Tuttle

Required Texts: ME 501 Selected Articles Packet (125 pp.). 1. The Faith Sharing Congregation, Swanson and Clement (107 pp.). 2. To Spread the Power, George Hunter, III (200 pp.). 3. Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels and Mittelberg (221 pp.). 4. Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church, Ron Crandall (160 pp.). 5. Can We Talk?, Robert Tuttle, Jr. (110 pp.). Collateral Texts: Read at least one of the following not previously read. 1. The Heart of Youth Ministry, Goddard and Acevedo (Bristol, 1989). 2. Tell It Well, J. T. Seamands, Beacon Hill, 1981. 3. How to Reach Secular People, George Hunter, III (Abingdon, 1992). 4. A Song of Ascents, E. Stanley Jones (Abingdon, 1979). 5. New Testament Evangelism, Michael Green, OMF Literature, 1979.
PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion

Jerry L. Walls

A. William Hasker, Metaphysics. B. Michael Peterson et al., Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, 2nd edition. C. Michael Peterson et. al., Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, 2nd Edition (Readings)
PH 610 Systematic Apologetics

Jerry L. Walls

TEXTS 1. James Sire, The Universe Next Door. 2. Thomas V. Morris, Making Sense Of It All. 3. Blaise Pascal, Pensees. 4. G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy. 5. Burson and Walls, C.S. Lewis and Francis Schaeffer. 6. Reading Packet
NT 520 New Testament Introduction.

Joseph S. Wang

Green, Joel B. ed., Hearing the New Testament, Strategies for Interpretation Guthrie, Donald, New Testament Introduction. Revised Edition Johnson, Luke T., The Writings of the New Testament, An Interpretation, Revised Edition.
NT 652 Exegesis of Romans

Joseph S. Wang

Prerequisite: NT (IBS) 525 or 530; and NT 501/502 [NT 401/402] or equivalent.
MU 550 Basic Musicaship For The Pastor

Albin C. Whitworth

Students are to duplicate from masters provided for their text while they will be creating as the semester progresses.
PH 740 Cosmology, Chaos, and Cloning: The New Dialogue of Science and Theology

David Wilkinson

John Hedley Brooke, Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991). Malcolm A. Jeeves and R. J. Berry, Science, Life and Christian Belief: A Survey of Contemporary Issues (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker, 1998). John C. Polkinghorne, Belief in God in an Age of Science (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998). David Wilkinson, God, the Big Bang and Stephen Hawking (Crowborough, UK: Monarch, 1996). David Wilkinson, Alone in the Universe? The X-Files, Aliens, & God (Downes Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 1998).
BS 400 Bible Survey

Ryan R. Winter

REQUIRED TEXTS The Bible! Preferably RSV or RSV. IV allowable. Anderson, Bernhard W. The Unfolding Drama of the BIBLE. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988. Marshall, Celia Brewer. A Guide Through the Old Testament. Louisville: Westminster/ John Knox, 1989. Marshall, Celia Brewer. A Guide Through the ew Testament. Louisville: Westminster/ John Knox, 1994
NT 500 Concise Greek

Ryan R. Winter

Black, David Alan. Learn to Read ew Testament Greek. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994. ovum Testamentum Graece. Ed. B. Aland et al. 27th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993. Wallace, Daniel B. The Basics of ew Testament Greek Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. AND Bauer, Walter. A Greek-English Lexicon of the ew Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Trans. and rev. W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich, and F. W. Danker. Chicago: U of Chicago, 2001?. OR Liddell, H. G. And R. Scott. A Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Rev. H. S. Jones. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1945.
NT 500 Concise Greek

Ryan R. Winter

Black, David Alan. Learn to Read New Testament Greek. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994. (LRNTG) Novum Testamentum Graece. Ed. B. Aland et al. 27th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993. (NTG) Wallace, Daniel B. The Basics of New Testament Greek Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. (BNTGS) AND Bauer, Walter. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Rev and ed. F. W. Danker. Trans. W. F. Arndt and F. W. Gingrich. Chicago: U of Chicago, 2000. (BDAG) OR Liddell, H. G. and R. Scott. Greek-English Lexicon. Rev. H. S. Jones. New York: Oxford UP, 1996. (LSJ)
NT 502 Comprehensive Greek II

Ryan R. Winter

Black, David Alan. Learn to Read ew Testament Greek. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994. ovum Testamentum Graece. Ed. B. Aland et al. 27th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993. Wallace, Daniel B. The Basics of ew Testament Greek Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. AND Bauer, Walter. A Greek-English Lexicon of the ew Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Trans. and rev. W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich, and F. W. Danker. Chicago: U of Chicago, 2001?. OR Liddell, H. G. And R. Scott. A Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Rev. H. S. Jones. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1945.
OT 501 Concise and Comprehensive I Hebrew

Ryan R. Winter

Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. 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. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. Chisholm, Robert. From Exegesis to Exposition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. Braun, Frank X. English Grammar for Language Students. Ann Arbor: Ulrich, 1947.
OT 501 Survey of Biblical Hebrew

Ryan R. Winter

REQUIRED TEXTS Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. (BHS) Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. (Guide) Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1906; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996. (BDB) Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. (GBH) Braun, Frank X. English Grammar for Language Students. Ann Arbor: Ulrich, 1947. (EGLS)
OT 502 Comprehensive Hebrew II

Ryan R. Winter

1. Students will be able to translate any passage of OT Hebrew with the aid of BDB (or equivalent) Hebrew lexicon. 2. Students will be familiar with and able to access the key intermediate and advanced Hebrew grammars. 3. Students will be confident enough in their Hebrew skills to make serious and intentional use of them in the study and proclamation of the OT. 4. Students will begin and continue a life-long pursuit of greater competence in OT Hebrew and ultimately in God’s word through the people of Israel.