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OT 651 Intermediate Hebrew: Readings in Narrative and Poetry

Lawson G. Stone

Course Description: An intermediate level readings class in which students will read the Hebrew Bible in a seminar setting twice per week. Selections will come primarily from prose narratives in order to reinforce standard grammatical principles. The last several weeks of the course will focus upon poetry. Class preparation will be complemented by weekly quizzing on vocabulary and verbal distinctives, a midterm, and a final exam.
BS 501 Introduction to Biblical Studies

Lawson G. Stone and David Loren Thompson

1. Bauer, David R (ed.). Biblical Resources for Ministry. Second edition. Evangel Press, 1995. 2. Dillard, Raymond B. and Tremper Longman III. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. 3. Klein, William W., Craig L. Blomberg and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Dallas: Word Publishing, 1993. 4. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New American Standard Bible or some other contemporary, formal (vs. dynamic) equivalence translation with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. NRSV and NIV are also fine. 5. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994. 6. Several articles of importance for OT Studies have been scanned and saved as MS Word documents, and are located in the “Articles” folder with the lecture materials for this class on the lecture drive.
NT 500 X Concise Greek

J. Christian Stratton

1. Black, David Alan. It's Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. 2. Cotterell, Peter and Max Turner. Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation. London: S.P.C.K.; Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 1989. 3. Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1990. 4. NT500X Course Packet
CO 715 Assessment Tools and Inventories

Stephen P. Stratton

a. To begin development of the interviewing skills necessary to provide clinical care. b. To acquaint the student with general principles of psychological test evaluation, interpretation, and use. c. To help the student understand the major principles of psychological test construction. d. To sensitize the student to social and ethical implications and issues involved in psychological assessment. e. To broadly familiarize the student with the kinds of assessment instruments and methods available. f. To involve the student in practical, personal, and experiential as well as theoretical learning about psychological assessment. g. To familiarize students with the basic principles and format for constructing assessment reports.
CO 715 Assessment Tools and Inventories

Stephen P. Stratton

(1) Kaplan, R. M. & Saccuzzo, D. P. (2000). Psychological testing: Principles, applications, and issues, 5th Ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. (2) Heitzman, C. A. (2000). Workbook for Kaplan & Saccuzzo’s Psychological Testing, 5th Ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. (3) Zuckerman, E.L. (2001). Clinician’s thesaurus: The guidebook for writing psychological reports, 5th Ed. New York: The Guilford Press.
CH 650 John W. Fletcher: His Life and Theology

Patrick Streiff

Streiff, Patrick, Reluctant Saint? A Theological Biography of Fletcher of Madeley. Epworth Press, Peterborough 2001. (350 pages with notes; without index of sources) From the Works of John Fletcher (to be found in the printed editions of his works; pages according to the edition in 9 volumes of 1806-08): - A Vindication of the Rev. Mr. Wesley’s Last minutes: In five letters to the Hon and Rev. Author of the circular letter. By a Lover of quietness and liberty of conscience. (later called: First Check to Antinomianism) (1771) (95 pages) - The fictitious and the genuine creed; being ‘A creed for Arminians’ composed by Richard Hill, Esq; to which is opposed A creed for those who believe that Christ tasted Death for every man. (1775) (45 pages) - The Last Check to Antinomianism. A polemical essay on the twin doctrines of Christian Imperfection and a Death Purgatory. (1775) (305 pages) - The Doctrines of Grace and Justice. Equally essential to the pure Gospel. (1777) (39 pages) - The Reconciliation: or, An easy method to unite the professing people of God … (containing: Bible Arminianism and Bible Calvinism, a twofold essay.) (1777) (130 pages) From previously unpublished works: - The Asbury Theological Journal, Spring 1998, Vol. 53, No. 1 (90 pages)
CH 750 / MW 745 Methodism in Europe: 19th and 20th century

Patrick Streiff

1. McLeod, Hugh, Religion and the People of Western Europe 1789-1989. Oxford University Press, 1997 (second edition) (150 pages) 2. Kimbrough, S T Jr., Methodism in Russia and the Baltic States. History and Renewal. Abingdon Press, Nashville 1995 (250 pages) 3. Garber, Paul Neff, The Methodists of Continental Europe. Editorial Department, Board of Missions and Church Extension, The Methodist Church, New York, 1949. (125 pages) 4. Wunderlich, Friedrich, Methodists linking two Continents. Methodist Publishing House Nashville, 1960 (ca 170 pages) Total: 700 pages 5. For additional reading requirements (500 pages) according to personal choice see below under “course reading – recommended”.
MS 550 The Congregation as Evangelist

Roger K. Swanson

1. The Faith-Sharing Congregation, Roger Swanson & Shirley Clement 2. Either The Celtic Way of Evangelism, or Church for the Unchurched, by George Hunter III 3. Reclaiming the Great Commission, Bishop Claude Payne & Hamilton Beazley
CS 601 Christian Ethics

James R. Thobaben

(1) Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988). (2) Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999). (3) Packet
CL 553 United Methodist Polity and Discipline

H. O. Thomas

1. The Book of Discipline 2000. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 2000. 2. Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997. 3. Tuell, Jack M., The Organization of the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997.
SM 701 Internship

H. O. Thomas

You have elected to fulfill one of your Supervised Ministry requirements in a full-time internship off-campus. This is a commitment that will involve you in continuing daily relationship with both supervisor and the people to whom you are ministering. You will find this a unique opportunity to “test the waters” of real ministry and help to confirm your call to ministry.
NT 511 The Gospel of Mark

David Loren Thompson

This course seeks to introduce the various aspects of methodical, inductive Bible study, especially observation and interpretation. It intends, by study of Mark’s Gospel, to foster Bible study which values orderly procedure, direct personal contact with the text, analysis of relations which hold between text units, and recognition of the book as the crucial context for interpretation. The English Bible will serve as the text of entry for the study, with emphasis also on appropriate use of the Greek New Testament and “original language” skills and tools for interpreting the book of Mark.
NT 511 X The Gospel of Mark

David Loren Thompson

A. Regarding method and content, by the end of the course students will: 1. Distinguish between each of the major phases of inductive Scripture study: observation, interpretation, evaluation, application; 2. Analyze content and structure of a selected passage from the book of Mark, and locate that passage accurately in its immediate context as well as the larger, book context; 3. Apply a coherent set of interpretive questions to guide research aimed at discovering the meaning of a passage; 4. Answer these questions based on evidence from within and beyond the text; 5. Situate a text’s teaching in the Bible’s larger treatment of the issues raised by that text, with a view toward determining how it might speak to times and cultures beyond its own; 6. Draw valid and practical lessons from Scripture thus studied; 7. Present an overview of the Gospel of Mark without recourse to the text or notes, identifying major passages and delineating major themes. B. Regarding attitude, I purpose that by the end of the course you will desire to: 1. Apply the inductive method to other biblical books; 2. Make the Gospel of Mark the object of life-long study; 3. Use the Gospel of Mark as a resource for preaching, teaching and living.
NT 511 X The Gospel of Mark

David Loren Thompson

1. Revised Standard Version. Any edition that gives an uncluttered text, without paragraph titles or other interpretive comments is recommended. Similar formatted editions of the NASB, NRSV, and NIV are also acceptable. 2. Either Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th rev. ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993; Or J. D. Douglas (ed.). The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale Publishers, 1993, or its equivalent. 3. Either 1) Bauer, et. al. (eds.). A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000, And 2) a concordance that allows you to track original language words, either a regular Concordance of the Greek New Testament, or an “Englishman’s” concordance (BSTW, 55) or, less preferably, an analytical concordance (e.g., Strongs, Youngs). Or Bible Works 5: Software for Biblical Exegesis and Research. Distributed by Hermeneutika (which incorporates allowable lexical information and concordance search capabilities). 4. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. Thompson, David L (=BSTW). This non-technical book will give us a quick overview of the terrain we will explore more precisely throughout the semester.
OT 615 Minor Prophets

David Loren Thompson

1. A standard contemporary English translation. 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. A Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible. Either Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 4th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1990, or The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament. John Kohlenberger III, editor. Zondervan, 1993, or its equivalent. 3. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. David L. Thompson. Do not use the 1982 edition for class! 4. Biblical Resources for Ministry, edited by David R. Bauer. Second edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1995. 5. A concordance of the Hebrew Bible Either Even-Shoshan, A New Concordance of the Old Testament, Baker, or G. V. Wigram , The New Englishman’s Hebrew Concordance, Hendrickson or BibleWorks5 with its concordance search capability 6. A lexicon of the Hebrew Bible Either M. E. J. Richardson, The Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Brill, 1999. or William Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Eerdmans, or BibleWorks5, with its lexical capabilities (outdated but OK for preliminary definition for this class). 7. A Syntax of Biblical Hebrew A Guide for the Perplexed or A Guide to the Syntax of Biblical Hebrew by Bill Arnold and John Choi, 2002.
ST MS 680: 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 New Age Movement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.
CE 632 PM 632 Recruiting and Empowering Laity for Ministry

Thomas F. Tumblin

1. The New Reformation, by Greg Ogden (Zondervan, 1991, 224 pgs) 2. Starter Kit for Lay Mobilization (Leadership Training Network, 1996, 120 pgs) 3. Discovering Your Ministry Identity by Paul R. Ford (Church Smart, 1998, 54 pgs) 4. Community of the King by Howard Snyder [IVP, 216pgs]
CL 610 Theology of Servant Leadership

Thomas F. Tumblin

1. The Power of Servant Leadership: Essays by Robert Greenleaf, edited by Larry Spears (San Francisco: Berett Koehler, 1998) ISBN: 1576750353 (313 pages) 2. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership by Henri Nouwen (NY: Crossroad/Herder & Herder, 1993) ISBN: 0824512596 (81 pages) 3. Being as Communion by John Zizioulis (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997) ISBN: 0881410292 (269 pages) 4. Two of the following options: • Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God’s Agenda by Henry & Richard Blackaby (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2001) ISBN: 0805418458 (306 pages) • Jesus on Leadership by C. Gene Wilkes (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 1998) ISBN: 0842318631 (251 pages) • Spiritual Leadership by Oswald Sanders (Chicago: Moody Press, 1989) ISBN: 0802482473 (210 pages) AND A Servant’s Manual: Christian Leadership for Tomorrow by Michael W. Foss (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2002) ISBN: 0800634535 (135 pages) • The Congruent Life: Following the Inward Path to Fulfilling Work and Inspired Leadership by C. Michael Thompson (San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2000) ISBN: 0787950084 (300 pages) • Journey to the East by Herman Hesse (NY: Noonday Press, 1956) ISBN: 0374500363 (118 pages) OR Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity by Eugene Peterson (Grand Rapids: Eerdman’s, 1990) ISBN: 0802802656 (200 pages) 5. Electronic Reserve Articles (~ 250-300 pages): • Pfeffer: “On Power” (pp. 71-81, 189-206, 279-298, 337-345) • Palmer: “Leading from Within” (pp. 73-94) 2 • Excerpts from Wesley re: Methodist Societies and Leaders • Excerpts from Jesus and the Suffering Servant edited by W. H. Bellinger and William Reuben Farmer (pp. 70-87, 125-151, 251-259, 281-298) • Excerpts from Ascension and Ecclesia by Douglas Farrow (pp. 129-164) • Excerpts from Community 101 by Gilbert Bilzekian (pp. 129-168)
CL 610 Theology of Servant Leadership

Thomas F. Tumblin

1. The Power of Servant Leadership: Essays by Robert Greenleaf, edited by Larry Spears (San Francisco: Berett Koehler, 1998) ISBN: 1576750353 (313 pages) 2. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership by Henri Nouwen (NY: Crossroad/Herder & Herder, 1993) ISBN: 0824512596 (81 pages) 3. Journey to the East by Herman Hesse (NY: Noonday Press, 1956) ISBN: 0374500363 (118 pages) OR Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity by Eugene Peterson (Grand Rapids: Eerdman’s, 1990) ISBN: 0802802656 (200 pages) 4. Jesus and the Suffering Servant: Isaiah 53 and Christian Origins edited by W. H. Bellinger and William Reuben Farmer (320 pages) ISBN 156338230X (Trinity Press, 1998) 5. Articles: • Pfeffer: “On Power” • Palmer: “Leading from Within” • Excerpts from Wesley re: Methodist Societies and Leaders • Excerpts from Being as Communion by John Zizioulis • Excerpts from Ascension and Ecclesia by Douglas Farrow • Excerpts from Community 101 by Gilbert Bilzekian
SM 514 Christian Leadership Practicum

Thomas F. Tumblin

The Call by Os Guiness
SM 514 Christian Leadership Practicum

Thomas F. Tumblin

Connecting by Robert Clinton
SM 514 Christian Leadership Practicum

Thomas F. Tumblin

Living the Life You Were Meant to Live by Thomas Paterson
NT 631 Exegesis of Ephesians Fall 2002

Max Turner

Catalogue Description: The course provides an intermediate level critical, exegetical and theological study of what many regard as the crown of the Pauline epistles.
NT 799 Exegesis of Ephesians Fall 2002

Max Turner

Catalogue Description: The course provides an in-depth critical, exegetical and theological study of what many regard as the crown of the Pauline epistles.
CH 600 History of Methodism

Robert G. Tuttle

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.