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YM 500 The Servant as Youth Minister

Chris Kiesling

For Youth Ministry Students: Richard R. Dunn and Mark H. Senter III. Reaching a Generation for Christ. Chicago:Moody Press, 1997. Doug Fields. Purpose Driven Youth Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998. Henri Nouwen. The Return of the Prodigal Son. Kenda Creasy-Dean and Ron Foster. The Godbearing Life. Nashville:Upper Room, 1998. Jimmy Long. Generating Hope. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press,1997. For Campus Ministry Students: Steven Garber. The Fabric of Faithfulness. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 1996. Doug Fields. Purpose Driven Youth Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998. Henri Nouwen. The Return of the Prodigal Son. Jimmy Long. Generating Hope. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press,1997. Kenda Creasy-Dean and Ron Foster. The Godbearing Life. Nashville:Upper Room, 1998.
PR 810 Preaching as Spiritual Discipline

Charles D. Killian

Speaking From the Heart, Richard Ward. Student will select an additional 500 pages of reading, growing out of their own needs and interests as it relates to preaching and spiritual formation. Attached are two forms, The Sermon Analysis Grid and Sermon Listener's Response Guide. Working the Angles, Eugene H. Peterson. Eerdmans, 1987.
PR 810 Preaching as Spiritual Discipline

Charles D. Killian

Speaking From the Heart, Richard Ward. Student will select an additional 500 pages of reading, growing out of their own needs and interests as it relates to preaching and spiritual formation. Attached are two forms, The Sermon Analysis Grid and Sermon Listener's Response Guide. Working the Angles, Eugene H. Peterson. Eerdmans, 1987.
CH 501 Church History I

Kenneth C. Kinghorn

1. Bettenson, Henry, ed., Documents of the Christian Church, second edition, London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1963. 2. González, Justo L., The Story of Christianity, vol. I, The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984. (Vol. II will be used for CH 502) 3. Kerr, Hugh T., ed., Readings in Christian Thought, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1966.
CH 501 Church History I

William Kostlevy

Bettenson, Henry. Documents of the Christian Church. (Oxford University Press, 1967). Gonzalez, Justo L. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1 (Harper and Row, 1984). Tillich, Paul. A History of Christian Thought (Simon and Schuster, 1968).
CH 501 Church History I

William Kostlevy

Bettenson, Henry. Documents of the Christian Church. (Oxford University Press, 1967). Gonzalez, Justo L. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1 (Harper and Row, 1984). Tillich, Paul. A History of Christian Thought (Simon and Schuster, 1968).
PM 680

Dan Langer

Penner, Clifford and Joyce, The Gift of Sex, Waco: Word Books,1981. Weatherhead, Leslie, The Will of God, Muscogian, Sexual Misconduct in Counse!?nz and Ministry, 1995.
SF 840 Devotion, Balance, and Fire: Living the Heart of It All

Stephen L. Martyn

Please read all four assigned texts. After working through each book go back over the whole and see where the Holy Spirit is speaking to you (see Mulholland on “Spiritual Reading” pp. 110-115). Remember, you are after “formational reading!” Take special note of how the Holy Spirit might be calling you to reform, go beyond, or include certain devotional habits in your daily life. Make just a few pages of notes on each text (these notes will help facilitate your integration paper), and hand these into me on the first morning of class. In addition, I want you to keep a one-month record of your devotional habits. Chart it out by day: how much time are you actually investing in devotion; what are your devotional practices; and how is your devotional life being integrated into the whole of your life? Yes, I know it’s impossible to chart everything—such as times of continual prayer in the midst of ministry—but it is crucial to see what your “holy habits” actually are. This assignment is not to be turned in, but I want to at least see that you have done it; and more importantly, we will be using it in our work together.
SF 840 Devotion, Balance, and Fire: Living the Heart of It All

Stephen L. Martyn

Please read all four assigned texts. After working through each book go back over the whole and see where the Holy Spirit is speaking to you (see Mulholland on “Spiritual Reading” pp. 110-115). Remember, you are after “formational reading!” Take special note of how the Holy Spirit might be calling you to reform, go beyond, or include certain devotional habits in your daily life. Make just a few pages of notes on each text (these notes will help facilitate your integration paper), and hand these into me on the first morning of class. In addition, I want you to keep a one-month record of your devotional habits. Chart it out by day: how much time are you actually investing in devotion; what are your devotional practices; and how is your devotional life being integrated into the whole of your life? Yes, I know it’s impossible to chart everything—such as times of continual prayer in the midst of ministry—but it is crucial to see what your “holy habits” actually are. This assignment is not to be turned in, but I want to at least see that you have done it; and more importantly, we will be using it in our work together.
OT 400 Old Testament Survey

Michael D. Matlock

Achtemeier, Paul J., and Elizabeth Achtemeier. The Old Testament Roots of Our Faith. rev. ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994. English Bible. (Any translation will do [e.g. RSV, NRSV, NASB, NIV] except a paraphrase [e.g. The New Living Translation].) Hill, Andrew E., and John H. Walton. A Survey of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991. Walton, John H. Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament. rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.
OT 400 Old Testament Survey

Michael D. Matlock

Achtemeier, Paul J., and Elizabeth Achtemeier. The Old Testament Roots of Our Faith. rev. ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994. English Bible. (Any translation will do [e.g. RSV, NRSV, NASB, NIV] except a paraphrase [e.g. The New Living Translation].) Hill, Andrew E., and John H. Walton. A Survey of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991. Walton, John H. Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament. rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.
OT 501 Concise Hebrew (and Comprehensive Hebrew I)

Michael D. Matlock

Spring: 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. 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. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976.
OT 501 Concise Hebrew (and Comprehensive Hebrew I)

Michael D. Matlock

Spring: 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. 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. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976.
OT 502 Comprehensive Hebrew II

Michael D. Matlock

Required Texts 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. Mitchel, Larry A. A Student's Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. 6. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976.
NT 520 New Testament History and Criticism

M. Robert Mulholland

New Testament Introduction, Donald Guthrie (G) Hearing the New Testament, ed. Joel Green (JG)
NT 520 New Testament History and Criticism

M. Robert Mulholland

New Testament Introduction, Donald Guthrie (G) Hearing the New Testament, ed. Joel Green (JG)
NT 664 Exegesis of Colossians

M. Robert Mulholland

Novum Testamentum Graece (Nestle-Aland Version) Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, Klein, Blomberg, Hubbard (KBH) Opening the Bible, Thomas Merton
NT 664 Exegesis of Colossians

M. Robert Mulholland

Novum Testamentum Graece (Nestle-Aland Version) Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, Klein, Blomberg, Hubbard (KBH) Opening the Bible, Thomas Merton
CH 501 CH 502 Church History I and II

J. Steven O'Malley

Bettenson, Henry, Documents of the Christian Church (Oxford paperback). Gonzalez, Justo, The Story of Christianity, Vol. I & II (Abingdon paper ed.). Kerr, Hugh T., ed. Readings in Christian Thought (Abingdon paper ed.).
CH 501 CH 502 Church History I and II

J. Steven O'Malley

Bettenson, Henry, Documents of the Christian Church (Oxford paperback). Gonzalez, Justo, The Story of Christianity, Vol. I & II (Abingdon paper ed.). Kerr, Hugh T., ed. Readings in Christian Thought (Abingdon paper ed.).
CH 631 History and Thought of the Holiness Movement

J. Steven O'Malley

Required Textbooks: Melvin Dieter, The Holiness Revival of the Nineteenth Century. Thomas Oden, ed., Phoebe Palmer Collateral Reading: D. Dayton, The Theological Roots of Pentecostalism. T. Smith, Revivalism and Social Reform in Mid-Nineteenth Century America. 3 E. Stoeffler, ed. Continental Pietism and American Christianity. J.S. O’Malley, ed., Theology and Early German-American Evangelicalism; Pietist Sources in Discipleship and Sanctification The Wesleyan Theological Journal
CH 631 History and Thought of the Holiness Movement

J. Steven O'Malley

Required Textbooks: Melvin Dieter, The Holiness Revival of the Nineteenth Century. Thomas Oden, ed., Phoebe Palmer Collateral Reading: D. Dayton, The Theological Roots of Pentecostalism. T. Smith, Revivalism and Social Reform in Mid-Nineteenth Century America. 3 E. Stoeffler, ed. Continental Pietism and American Christianity. J.S. O’Malley, ed., Theology and Early German-American Evangelicalism; Pietist Sources in Discipleship and Sanctification The Wesleyan Theological Journal
CH 723 The Theology of John Calvin

J. Steven O'Malley

For purchase: J.T. McNeill, ed., Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion; Library of Christian Classics Edition, vols 21-22 (Westminster) F. Wendel, John Calvin (Baker reprint) Collateral: J.T. McNeill, The History and Character of Calvinism (Oxford) D. Steinmetz, Calvin in Context (Oxford) A. McGrath, The Life of John Calvin Reserve: K. Rowe, Calvin Bibliography Calvin’s Commentaries
CH 723 The Theology of John Calvin

J. Steven O'Malley

For purchase: J.T. McNeill, ed., Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion; Library of Christian Classics Edition, vols 21-22 (Westminster) F. Wendel, John Calvin (Baker reprint) Collateral: J.T. McNeill, The History and Character of Calvinism (Oxford) D. Steinmetz, Calvin in Context (Oxford) A. McGrath, The Life of John Calvin Reserve: K. Rowe, Calvin Bibliography Calvin’s Commentaries
BT 605 Old Testament Theology

John N. Oswalt

Child, B.S., Old Testament Theology in Canonical Context, Minneapolis, 1985. Hasel, Gerhard, Old Tcstament Theology: Basic Issues in the Current Debate. 4th ed., Grand Rapids, 1993 [all]. Martens, E.A., God’s Design: A Focus on Old Testament Theology. Grand Rapids, 1982. Wright, Christopher J. H., Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament, Downers Grove, IL: 1992.