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ME 760 Ministry and Evangelism in the Small Church

Art McPhee

Crandall, Ronald K. Turnaround and Beyond: A Hopeful Future for Small Membership Churches. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2008. Pages: 176. Daman, Glenn C. Shepherding the Small Church: A Leadership Guide for the Majority of Today’s Churches. 2nd edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic & Professional, 2007. Pages: 288. Dudley, Carl S. Effective Small Churches in the Twenty-First Century. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2003. Pages: 192. Ray, David R. The Indispensable Guide for Smaller Churches. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2003. Pages: 296. In addition to these texts, students will read 500 pages related to the topic of their course paper.
MS 620 Leadership/Church for Unchurched

Art McPhee

Baab, Lynne M. Reaching Out in a Networked World: Expressing Your Congrega�on’s Heart and Soul. Herndon, VA: The Alban Institute. ISBN‐13 978‐1566993685. (190 pp.) Barre�, Lois Y., et al. Treasure in Clay Jars: Pa�erns in Missional Faithfulness. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN‐13: 978‐0802826923. (192 pp.) Guder, Darrell, L., ed. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998. ISBN‐13: 978‐0802843500 (268 pp.) Hunter, George G. III. Church for the Unchurched. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1996. ISBN‐13: 978‐0687277322 (188 pp.) Hunter, George G. III. Leading and Managing a Growing Church. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2000. ISBN‐13: 978‐0687024254, (160 pp.) Ko�er, John P. Leading Change. Cambridge MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. ISBN‐13: 978‐0875847474. (187 pp.) Schaller, Lyle E. (You may choose any of Schaller’s many books.)
NT 511 The Gospel of Mark

James Miller

1. David Thompson. Bible Study That Works. Evangel Press, 1994. 2. Revised Standard Version of the NT (preferred because the text is less cluttered with paragraph headings, etc; NIV, NRSV, TNIV are also OK). 3. ONE of the following contemporary commentaries James Edwards. The Gospel According to Mark. Pillar NT Commentary. Eerdmans, 2002. Robert Gundry. Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross. Eerdmans, 1993. Morna Hooker. The Gospel According to Mark. Black's NT Commentary. Hendrickson, 1991. Eugene Boring. Mark: A Commentary. New Testament Library. Westminster/John Knox Press, 2006. 4. You will also need access to Joel Green, Scot McKnight, and I. Howard Marshall, eds. Dictionary of Jesus & the Gospels. IVP, 1992. I will require reading from this fairly regularly. I highly recommend buying it for your own library.
NT 520 New Testament Introduction

James Miller

A modern translation of the New Testament (NRSV, RSV, TNIV recommended; not acceptable KJV, NKJV or paraphrases such as the NLB or the Message). We will read the New Testament in its entirety. Paul J. Achtemeier, Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson. Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. This book will serve as a basic reference tool for each individual book of the NT. Richard Bauckham. The Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern World. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. We will begin reading this book immediately at the start of the semester. Bauckham will help frame an approach to reading the New Testament. Larry W. Hurtado. At The Origins of Christian Worship. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. We will write a critical review of this book. Hurtado will give us a taste of New Testament scholarship as well as a partial window into the world of the New Testament. Gerd Theissen. The Shadow of the Galilean. Updated edition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007. This is the best short introduction to first-century Palestinian Judaism in print. IÕve used this book with students for years and have always received warm feedback from students. Bruce W. Longenecker. The Lost Letters of Pergamum. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. Another work intended to offer us a window into the dynamics of the NT world, especially in the book of Acts. Richard N. Soulen and R. Kendall Soulen. Handbook of Biblical Criticism. Third ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. This is a highly useful reference work for biblical studies.
NT 632 Exegesis of Philippians

James Miller

1. For those with Comprehensive Greek, either the UBS 4 or NA 27 Greek New Testament For those with Concise Greek, a Greek/English interlinear using one of the recommended English translations cited below and a Greek version cited above. 2. A modern translation of the New Testament (NRSV, RSV, TNIV recommended; not acceptable KJV, NKJV or paraphrases such as the NLB or the Message) 3. Stephen Fowl. Philippians. Two Horizons Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. 4. Richard B. Hays. The Moral Vision of the New Testament. San Francisco: HarperSan Francisco, 1996. We will begin reading from HaysÕ book right away. 5. David Alan Black. ItÕs Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. OR Daniel B. Wallace. The Basics of New Testament Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000 (for those considering advanced New Testament study, I recommend this volume) 6. Richard Bauckham. Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern World. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. We will begin reading this book after our first session together. 7. The student will need access to Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin, and Daniel G. Reid, eds. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Downers Grove: IVP, 1993. I recommend buying the volume, though a copy is available in the reference section of the Information Commons on campus. I will also assign several articles and chapters from books. I am currently working on getting permission for us to photocopy needed material. These will include: J. Ross Wagner. ÒWorking Out Salvation: Holiness and Community in Philippians.Ó In Kent E. Brower and Andy Johnson, eds. Holiness and Ecclesiology in the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007): 257–74. William S. Kurz, ÒKenotic Imitation of Paul and of Christ in Philippians 2 and 3.Ó In Fernando F. Segovia, ed. Discipleship in the New Testament (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985): 76–102
PR 610 The Theology and Practice of Preaching

Stacy R. Minger

Fant, Clyde E. Bonhoeffer: Worldly Preaching. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1975. Kolb, D. A. Experiential Learning: Eperience as the Source of Learning and Development. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1984.
PR 632 Preaching from the Gospels:

Stacy R. Minger

Beasley – Murray, George R. Preaching the Gospel from the Gospels. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996. Long, Thomas. Preaching the Literary Forms of the Bible. Fortress, 1988. Long, Thomas G. The Witness of Preaching. 2nd Ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2005. Van Harm, Roger E. Preacher, Can You Hear Us Listening? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
SP 501 Communication As Christian Rhetoric

Stacy R. Minger

Holy Bible. (Please choose a translation to work from rather than a paraphrase). Peterson, Eugene H. Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers. Schmit, Clayton. The Public Reading of Scripture. Nashville: Abingdon, 2002. ISBN:06-870-45-371 Schultze, Q. J. An Essential Guide to Public Speaking: Serving Your Audience with Faith, Skill, and Virtue. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006. ISBN 08-010-31-516
MB 780 Cross-Cultural Christian Discipling

W. Jay Moon

Symbol and Ceremony: Making Disciples Across Cultures, M. Zahiser The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner. Understanding Spiritual Power: A Forgotten Dimension of Cross-Cultural Mission and Ministry, by Marguerite G. Kraft. Windows of the Soul: Experiencing God in New Ways, Ken Gire.
CO 603 Treatment Planning/Counseling-2

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Entwistle, D. (2004). Integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity: An introduction to worldview issues, philosophical foundations, and models of integration. Wipf & Stock Pub. ISBN: 159-244-7996
PC 515 Pastoral Crisis Intervention

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Cooper, B. Z. (1988). Why God? Atlanta: John Knox Press. Janoff-Bulman, R. (1992). Shattered assumptions: Towards a new psychology of trauma. New York, NY: The Free Press. Kanel Kristi A Guide to Crisis Intervention (3rd Edition) New York: a New Psychology of Trauma. New York, NY: The Free Press. Soelle Dorothee, Suffering Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.
MS 674 Introduction to World Religions

Terry C. Muck

David Noss and Blake Grangaard. A History of the World’s Religions. Twelfth Edition. New York: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2007. Terry C. Muck. How To Study Religion. Wilmore, Kentucky: Wood Hill Books, 2005.
BS 711 Advanced Greek

M. Robert Mulholland
BS 800 Intertestamental Judaism

M. Robert Mulholland
BS 715 Judaism

M. Robert Mulholland

E. Ferguson, Background of Early Christianity, (3nd ed.) N. T. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God Joachim Jeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus Shaye J. D. Cohen, From the Maccabees to the Mishnah Sidnie White Crawford, Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times
BS 715 Judaism

M. Robert Mulholland

E. Ferguson, Background of Early Christianity, (3nd ed.) N. T. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God Joachim Jeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus Shaye J. D. Cohen, From the Maccabees to the Mishnah Sidnie White Crawford, Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times
NT 601 Intermediate Greek I: Luke-Acts

M. Robert Mulholland

Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece Bruce M. Metzger, Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek Herbert W. Smyth, Greek Grammar
NT 666 The Book of Revelation

M. Robert Mulholland

Text: G. K. Beale, The Book of Revelation Mark Wilson, Charts on the Book of Revelation
CS 601 Christian Ethics

Joseph B. Onyango Okello

Clark, David K and Robert V. Rakestraw, Readings in Christian Ethics Volume 2: Issues and Applications. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2007. Abbreviated as “RICE” in Course Schedule, ISBN: 9780801020568 Geisler, Norman L. Christian Ethics: Options and Issues. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1989. Abbreviated as “G” in Course Schedule, ISBN: 0801038324 Holmes, Arthur F. Ethics: Approaching Moral Decisions. Downer’s Grove: Inter Varsity Press, 1984. Abbreviated as “E” in Course Schedule. ISBN: 9780877843429
PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion

Joseph B. Onyango Okello

1. Hasker, William. Metaphysics. Downer's Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1983. 2. Peterson, Michael, ed. Reason and Religious Belief, 4th Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 3. Peterson, Michael, ed. Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. 3rd Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion

Joseph B. Onyango Okello

1. Hasker, William. Metaphysics. Downer's Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1983. 2. Peterson, Michael, ed. Reason and Religious Belief, 4th Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 3. Peterson, Michael, ed. Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. 3rd Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion

Joseph B. Onyango Okello

Hasker, William. Metaphysics. Downer’s Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1. 1983. 2. Peterson, Michael, ed. Reason and Religious Belief, 4th Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 3. Peterson, Michael, ed. Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. 3rd Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion

Joseph B. Onyango Okello

1. Hasker, William. Metaphysics. Downer’s Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1983. 2. Peterson, Michael, ed. Reason and Religious Belief,4th Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 3. Peterson, Michael, ed. Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. 3rd Edition. New York. Oxford University Press, 2006.
PH 600 Suffer, Tragedy, Christian Faith

Joseph B. Onyango Okello

Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0060652381 (242 pages) Lewis, C.S. The Problem of Pain. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0060652969 (231 pages) Referred to as POP in course schedule Peterson, Michael Ed. The Problem of Evil: Selected Readings. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1992. ISBN 0268015155 (365 pages) Referred to as POE in the course schedule. Swinburne, Richard. Providence and the Problem of Evil. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 9780198237990. (280 pages) Wolterstorf, Nicholas. Lament for a Son. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Reprinted in 1997. ISBN080280294X (111 pages) Referred to as LFAS in course schedule.
CH 502 Church History II

J. Steven O'Malley

Bettenson, Henry, ed., (Please order second edition, not third edition,) Documents of the Christian Church (Oxford paperback). This is a record of crucial letters and texts of official church proclamations that shaped the direction of church leadership in the history of the church. Gonzalez, Justo. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2 (Abingdon paper ed.) A concise but insightful analysis of the history of modern Christianity, that weaves a narrative which is often compelling for the reader. Kerr, Hugh T, ed., Readings in Christian Thought. (Abingdon paper ed.). A concise collection of selected texts illustrating the style and message of major writers in the history of Christian thought (through the modern era).