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IR 750 Senior Closure

Catherine Stonehouse

Working the Angles by Eugene H. Peterson
PM 650 Women in Ministry

Catherine Stonehouse

Women in Ministry: Four Views, Bonnidell Clouse and Robert G. Clouse, Eds., Pages 9 – 123. Women in the Church, Stanley J. Grenz with Denise Muir Kjesbo. Equal to Serve, Gretchen Gaebelein Hull. "Learning from Gender Differences" by Catherine Stonehouse. Or, if you have read the Stonehouse article for another course, review it and read two chapters from You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, Deborah Tannen.
PM 650 Women in Ministry

Catherine Stonehouse

Women in Ministry: Four Views, Bonnidell Clouse and Robert G. Clouse, Eds., Pages 9 – 123. Women in the Church, Stanley J. Grenz with Denise Muir Kjesbo. Equal to Serve, Gretchen Gaebelein Hull. "Learning from Gender Differences" by Catherine Stonehouse. Or, if you have read the Stonehouse article for another course, review it and read two chapters from You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, Deborah Tannen.
YM 624 Youth Ministry Seminar

Catherine Stonehouse

• Effective Youth Ministry: A Congregational Approach by Roland D. Martinson, Augsburg Fortress Publications • How to Use Music with Youth: Even If You’re Musically Challenged by Skillabilities, Abingdom Press • It Takes a Congregation: How to Gain Support for Youth by Skillabilities, Abingdon Press • Overlooked Allies: How to Involve Parents of Youth by Skillabilities, Abingdon Press • Saving the Millennial Generation: New Ways to Reach the Kids You Care About in These Uncertain Times by Dawson McAllister and Pat Springle, Thomas Nelson • Setting Boundaries with Youth: How to Discipline with Understanding by Skillabilities, Abingdon Press • Sunday School CPR: How to Breathe New Life into Sunday Morning by Skillabilities, Abingdon Press • Working with Black Youth: Opportunities for Christian Ministry edited by Grant S. Shockley and Charles Foster, Abingdon Press
YM 624 Youth Ministry Seminar

Catherine Stonehouse

• Effective Youth Ministry: A Congregational Approach by Roland D. Martinson, Augsburg Fortress Publications • How to Use Music with Youth: Even If You’re Musically Challenged by Skillabilities, Abingdom Press • It Takes a Congregation: How to Gain Support for Youth by Skillabilities, Abingdon Press • Overlooked Allies: How to Involve Parents of Youth by Skillabilities, Abingdon Press • Saving the Millennial Generation: New Ways to Reach the Kids You Care About in These Uncertain Times by Dawson McAllister and Pat Springle, Thomas Nelson • Setting Boundaries with Youth: How to Discipline with Understanding by Skillabilities, Abingdon Press • Sunday School CPR: How to Breathe New Life into Sunday Morning by Skillabilities, Abingdon Press • Working with Black Youth: Opportunities for Christian Ministry edited by Grant S. Shockley and Charles Foster, Abingdon Press
NT 400 New Testament Survey

J. Christian Stratton

• Any Recent Text of the Bible. No KJV or Paraphrases • Anderson, Bernhard W. The Unfolding Drama of the Bible. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988. • Cousar, Charles B. The Letters of Paul. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996. • Dodd, Brian J. The Problem with Paul. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1996. • Powell, Mark Allen. Fortress Introduction to the Gospels. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1998.
NT 400 New Testament Survey

J. Christian Stratton

• Any Recent Text of the Bible. No KJV or Paraphrases • Anderson, Bernhard W. The Unfolding Drama of the Bible. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988. • Cousar, Charles B. The Letters of Paul. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996. • Dodd, Brian J. The Problem with Paul. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1996. • Powell, Mark Allen. Fortress Introduction to the Gospels. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1998.
NT 401 and 402 Introduction to New Testament Greek

J. Christian Stratton

Dana, H. E. and Mantey, J. R. A Manual Grammar of the Greek "ew Testament. (New York : MacMillan, 1955). Trenchard, Warren C. Student’s Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek "ew Testament, rev. ed. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1992) Wallace, Daniel. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. (Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996).
NT 401 and 402 Introduction to New Testament Greek

J. Christian Stratton

Dana, H. E. and Mantey, J. R. A Manual Grammar of the Greek "ew Testament. (New York : MacMillan, 1955). Trenchard, Warren C. Student’s Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek "ew Testament, rev. ed. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1992) Wallace, Daniel. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. (Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996).
NT 500 Concise Greek

J. Christian Stratton

Black, David Alan. Learning to Read ew Testament Greek, rev. ed. (Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994). Cotterell, Peter and Max Turner. Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation. London: S.P.C.K.; Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 1989. Douglas, J.D., ed. The ew Greek-English Interlinear ew Testament. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1993.
NT 500 Concise Greek

J. Christian Stratton

Black, David Alan. Learning to Read ew Testament Greek, rev. ed. (Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994). Cotterell, Peter and Max Turner. Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation. London: S.P.C.K.; Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 1989. Douglas, J.D., ed. The ew Greek-English Interlinear ew Testament. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1993.
OT 501 Concise Hebrew (and Comprehensive Hebrew I)

J. Christian Stratton

1. Bornemann, Robert A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998. 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. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. 5. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976.
OT 501 Concise Hebrew (and Comprehensive Hebrew I)

J. Christian Stratton

1. Bornemann, Robert A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998. 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. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. 5. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976.
OT 521 Introduction to the Prophets and Writings

B. A. Strawn

Main text: The OT/HB in a standard, modern translation suitable for study purposes. I have recommended The HarperCollins Study Bible (NRSV), eds. W. Meeks et al. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993). Another excellent translation is Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures: The ew JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 5748/1988). Not suitable are LB, NLT, KJV, NKJV, Message, etc. • Bernhard W. Anderson, Understanding the Old Testament, 4th abridged ed. (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1998). [UOT] • Richard D. Nelson, The Historical Books, IBT (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998). [Nelson] • Joseph Blenkinsopp, A History of Prophecy in Israel, rev. and enlarged ed. (Louisville: Westminster John Knos, 1996). [Blenkinsopp] • James L. Crenshaw, Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction, rev. and enlarged ed. (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998). [Crenshaw] • Patrick D. Miller, Interpreting the Psalms (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986). [Miller] • John J. Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to the Jewish Matrix of Christianity, 2d ed. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998). [Collins]
OT 604 Hebrew Readings: Rhetoric and Poetics

B. A. Strawn

Terry A. Armstrong, Douglas L. Busby, and Cyril F. Carr, A Reader’s Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Four Volumes in One (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989). [On reserve] Page H. Kelley, Daniel S. Mynatt, and Timothy G. Crawford, The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: Introduction and Annotated Bibliography. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998. [On reserve] Larry A. Mitchell, A Student’s Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic: Frequency Lists with Definitions, Pronunciation Guide, and Index (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984).
CS 635 Medical Dilemmas and the Church

James R. Thobaben

Beauchamp & Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
CS 635 Medical Dilemmas and the Church

James R. Thobaben

Beauchamp & Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
DO 504 Formation for United Methodist Ordained Ministry

H. O. Thomas

Hunt, Richard, Christian As Minister: Ministry Inquiry Process: The United Methodist Church (Nashville: General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 1997). Hunt, Richard A., Candidacy Guidebook: For Deacons, Elders, and Local Pastors: The United Methodist Church, 1997-2000 (Nashville: General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 1997).
DO 504 Formation for United Methodist Ordained Ministry

H. O. Thomas

Hunt, Richard, Christian As Minister: Ministry Inquiry Process: The United Methodist Church (Nashville: General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 1997). Hunt, Richard A., Candidacy Guidebook: For Deacons, Elders, and Local Pastors: The United Methodist Church, 1997-2000 (Nashville: General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 1997).
PM 604 United Methodist Polity and Discipline

H. O. Thomas

The Book of Discipline (1996) (United Methodist Publishing House) Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church (Nashville: Abingdon, 1997) Tuell, Jack M., The Organization of the United Methodist Church, Abingdon, 1997
PM 604 United Methodist Polity and Discipline

H. O. Thomas

The Book of Discipline (1996) (United Methodist Publishing House) Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church (Nashville: Abingdon, 1997) Tuell, Jack M., The Organization of the United Methodist Church, Abingdon, 1997
BS 630 Minor Prophets

David Loren Thompson

A. Required Texts and Materials 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.
BS 750 Ezekiel

David Loren Thompson

1. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, or some other contemporary, standard (nonparaphrasing) 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.
NT 530 X The Gospel of Mark

David Loren Thompson

A. Required Texts 1. Revised Standard Version. Any edition that gives an uncluttered text, without paragraph titles or other interpretive comments is recommended. Similar formats of the NASB, NRSV, and NIV are also acceptable. 2. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994 (=BSTW). This non-technical book will give us a quick overview of the terrain we will explore more precisely throughout the semester. I require it to help pay my youngest daughter’s college tuition and recommend purchasing multiple copies if you wish, perhaps for your family and friends (though, of course, I do not want to be informed of this). B. Required Access to Resources In order to function in this class you must have ready access to 1. A Bible dictionary or Bible encyclopedia (See BSTW, 59) 2. Two respected, contemporary commentaries on the Gospel of Mark (See the bibliography for suggestions). Full length, critical commentaries such as those by Lane, Mann, Hooker, Guelich and others are much preferred here over various homiletical or applicational commentaries. Students will find Matthew Henry and other such works common in “out of copyright” computer resources not fully satisfactory for the work being required in this course. So plan not to rely on them. 3. An exhaustive concordance or (preferably) an “Englishman’s” concordance that allows you to track original language words (See BSTW, 55) You do not have to purchase these books, but you will need to have access to them in a way that will not hinder your work. This will be increasingly true as the semester proceeds.
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. NASB, NRSV, and NIV are fine. 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. Evangel Press, 1995.