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PM 608 The Servant as Pastoral Care Giver

Stuart L. Palmer

Benner, David G. (1992) Strategic Pastoral Counseling: A Short-term Structure Model. Baker Book House: Grand Rapids, MI. Frederic, Harold. (1960) The Damnation of Theron Ware. Edited by Everett Carter. (Belknap Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts). Headley, Anthony J. (1999) Achieving Balance in Ministry. Beacon Hill Press: Kansas City, Mo. Kuenning, Delores. (1987) Helping People Through Grief. Bethany House: Minneapolis, MN. Nichols, Michael P. (1995) The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships. Guilford: New York, NY. Oden, Thomas C. (1987). Classical Pastoral Care Vol. 3 Pastoral Counsel. Baker Book House: Grand Rapids, MI. Steinbron, Melvin J. (1997) The Lay-Driven Church: How to Empower the People in Your Church to Share the Task of Ministry. Regal: Ventura, CA Steinke, Peter L. (1993) How Your Church Family Works: Understanding Congregations as Emotional Systems. Alban Institute: New York, NY.
PM 654 Counseling Relations: Processand Skills

Stuart L. Palmer

Egan, G. (1997). The Skilled Helper, 6th ed., Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. Hammond, D., Hepworth, D & Smith, V. (1977). Improving Therapeutic Communication. San Francisco, CA.: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
PM 708 Career Counseling

Stuart L. Palmer

Hardy, L. (1990). The fabric of this world: Inquiries into calling, career choice, and the design of human work. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Isaacson, L. E. & Brown, D. (2000). Career information, career counseling, and career development, 7th ed., Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon
PM 708 Career Counseling

Stuart L. Palmer

Hardy, L. (1990). The fabric of this world: Inquiries into calling, career choice, and the design of human work. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Isaacson, L. E. & Brown, D. (2000). Career information, career counseling, and career development, 7th ed., Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon
PR 501 Communication for Christian Leaders

Michael Pasquarello

David S. Cunningham, Faithful Persuasion G. Robert Jacks, Getting the Word Across: Speech Communication for Pastors and Lay Leaders Duane Litfin, Public Speaking
PR 501 Communication for Christian Leaders

Michael Pasquarello

David S. Cunningham, Faithful Persuasion G. Robert Jacks, Getting the Word Across: Speech Communication for Pastors and Lay Leaders Duane Litfin, Public Speaking
PR 610 Servant as Proclaimer

Michael Pasquarello

Thomas Long, The Witness of Preaching Jonathan Wilson, For God so Loved the World: A Christology for Disciples Leslie Newbigin, Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt & Certainty in Christian Discipleship Marva J. Dawn, Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God James W. Thompson, Preaching Like Paul: Homiletic Wisdom for Today
NT 500 Concise Greek

William J. Patrick

Spring: Required Texts Black, David Allen. It’s Still Greek to Me. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998). Cotterell, Peter and Max Turner. Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation. (London: S.P.C.K.; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1989). Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1993). Required Software BibleWorks (Hermeneutika) Greek Tutor (Parsons Technology) Fall: Required Texts Black, David Allen. It’s Still Greek to Me. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998). Cotterell, Peter and Max Turner. Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation. (London: S.P.C.K.; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1989). Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1993). Merton, Thomas. Opening the Bible. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991). Required Software BibleWorks (Hermeneutika)
NT 511 The Gospel of Mark

William J. Patrick

A. Revised Standard Version. Any edition that gives an uncluttered text will do. NRSV can also be used. Also, the GNT can be used according to the level of one’s ability. B. Traina, Robert A. Methodical Bible Study. Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Francis Asbury Press, 1985. C. Bauer, David R. (ed.). Biblical Resources for Ministry. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1995.
NT 530 The Gospel of Mark

William J. Patrick

Course Texts: A. Revised Standard Version. Any edition that gives an uncluttered text will do. NRSV can also be used. Also, the GNT can be used according to the level of one’s ability. B. Traina, Robert A. Methodical Bible Study. Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Francis Asbury Press, 1985. C. Bauer, David R. (ed.). Biblical Resources for Ministry. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1995.
NT 632 Exegesis of Philippians

William J. Patrick

Daniel B. Wallace. Basics of ew Testament Syntax: An Intermediate Greek Grammar. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Preaching and Teaching. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981. Helmut Thielicke. A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
NT 662 Exegesis of Philippians

William J. Patrick

Required Texts David Alan Black. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998 Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Preaching and Teaching. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.
CS 601 Christian Ethics

Christine Pohl

Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988). Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999).
CS 650 Tutorial in Christian Ethics

Christine Pohl

Students will be able: To provide a biblical basis for the moral life. To describe various historical and contemporary Christian interpretations of social and personal moral issues. To use the basic vocabulary of ethical analysis. To use basic tools of social analysis. To explain the Wesleyan emphasis on the various dimensions of holiness, specifically the expectation for personal integrity, moral concern, and social responsibility. To recognize and explain at a basic level the needs, contexts, and insights of various cultural groups and marginalized communities in society and in the church (these may include, but are not limited to, particularity arising from ethnic, gender, class, and geographic locations). To explain how responses to moral problems and moral integrity shape congregational life.
CS 652 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Christine Pohl

Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.
CS 652 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Christine Pohl

Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.
CS 700 Servant as Liberator

Christine Pohl

Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988). Marquardt, Manfred, John Wesley’s Social Ethics [trans. Steely & Gunter] (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1992). Packet (readings are not in order in packet)
CS 740 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Christine Pohl

Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Reading Packet Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994. Nouwen, Henri, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday.
PR 610 The Servant as Proclaimer

W. Thomas Pope

Required Texts: • Fred B. Craddock. Preaching • Donald E. Demaray. Introduction to Homiletics (Revised) • Michael Duduit, editor. Communicate with Power
PR 610 The Servant as Proclaimer

W. Thomas Pope

Required Texts: • Fred B. Craddock. Preaching • Donald E. Demaray. Introduction to Homiletics (Revised) • Michael Duduit, editor. Communicate with Power
PR 610 The Servant as Proclaimer

W. Thomas Pope

Required Texts: • Fred B. Craddock. Preaching • Donald E. Demaray. Introduction to Homiletics (Revised) • Calvin Miller. Spirit, Word, and Story
PR 610 Servant as Proclaimer

David L. Rambo

Craddock, Fred. PREACHING. Nashville: Abingdon, 1985. Willhite, Keith and Gibson, Scott, Ed. THE BIG IDEA OF BIBLICAL PREACHING. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998. Note: You will be asked at the December interview if you have read these books. Chapell, Bryan. CHRIST-CENTERED PREACHING. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books Inc., 1994. Robinson, Haddon. BIBLICAL PREACHING. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1980. Sine, Tom. MUSTARD SEED s. McWORLD. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998. Troeger, Thomas H. IMAGINING A SERMON. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990.
PR 610 Servant as Proclaimer

David L. Rambo

Craddock, Fred. PREACHING. Nashville: Abingdon, 1985. Willhite, Keith and Gibson, Scott, Ed. THE BIG IDEA OF BIBLICAL PREACHING. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998.
OT 520 Foundations for Old Testament Study

Sandra Richter

LaSor, Hubbard & Bush, Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form and Background of the OT, 2nd edition (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996). James B. Pritchard, ed. The HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (HarperSanFrancisco, 1997). Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel Its Life and Institutions in the Biblical Resource Series (Grand Rapids: Wm B Eerdmans/Livonia: Dove Book Sellers, 1997). WJ Dumbrell, Covenant and Creation: A Theology of OT Covenants (Paternoster Press, 2000 [1984]).
OT 520 Foundations for Old Testament Study

Sandra Richter

LaSor, Hubbard & Bush, Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form and Background of the OT, 2nd edition (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996). James B. Pritchard, ed. The HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (HarperSanFrancisco, 1997). Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel Its Life and Institutions in the Biblical Resource Series (Grand Rapids: Wm B Eerdmans/Livonia: Dove Book Sellers, 1997). WJ Dumbrell, Covenant and Creation: A Theology of OT Covenants (Paternoster Press, 2000 [1984]).