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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

Connecting by Robert Clinton
SM 514 Christian Leadership Practicum

Thomas F. Tumblin

Living the Life You Were Meant to Live by Thomas Paterson
SM 514 Christian Leadership Practicum

Thomas F. Tumblin

The Call by Os Guiness
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.
DO 670 United Methodist Theology

Robert G. Tuttle

1. The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2000. 2. Abraham, William J. Waking from Doctrinal Amnesia: The Healing of Doctrine in The United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. 3. Campbell, Dennis. United Methodism and American Culture, Vol. III, Doctrines and Disciplines. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. 4. Chiles, Robert E. Theological Transitions in American Methodism: 1790- 1935, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1984. 5. Langford, Thomas, ed. Practical Divinity: Readings in Wesleyan Theology, Vol. 2, revised text 1999. Abingdon Press. 6. Tuttle, Robert G., Jr. Sanctity without Starch: A Layperson’s Guide to a Wesleyan Theology of Grace, Bristol House, 1992.
DO 670 United Methodist Theology

Robert G. Tuttle

1. The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2000. 2. Abraham, William J. Waking from Doctrinal Amnesia: The Healing of Doctrine in The United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. 3. Campbell, Dennis. United Methodism and American Culture, Vol. III, Doctrines and Disciplines. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. 4. Chiles, Robert E. Theological Transitions in American Methodism: 1790- 1935, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1984. 5. Langford, Thomas, ed. Practical Divinity: Readings in Wesleyan Theology, Vol. 2, revised text 1999. Abingdon Press. 6. Tuttle, Robert G., Jr. Sanctity without Starch: A Layperson’s Guide to a Wesleyan Theology of Grace, Bristol House, 1992.
MS 610 The Ministry of Evangelism

Robert G. Tuttle

1. The Faith Sharing Congregation, Swanson and Clement (107 pp.). 2. To Spread the Power, George Hunter, III (200 pp.). 3. Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels and Mittelberg (221 pp.). 4. Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church, Ron Crandall (160 pp.). 5. Can We Talk?, Robert Tuttle, Jr. (110 pp.).
MS 610 The Ministry of Evangelism

Robert G. Tuttle

1. The Faith Sharing Congregation, Swanson and Clement (107 pp.). 2. To Spread the Power, George Hunter, III (200 pp.). 3. Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels and Mittelberg (221 pp.). 4. Turn Around Strategies for the Small Church, Ron Crandall (160 pp.). 5. Can We Talk?, Robert Tuttle, Jr. (110 pp.).
MW 720 Mission to Muslim Peoples

Dale F. Walker

The course Mission to Muslim Peoples assumes a background of knowledge about Islam taught in World Relgions courses, and builds on this to give deeper understanding to the backgrounds, history, and living reality of Islam in the contemporary world. Our focus will be the Christian- Muslim interaction in the Church's fulfilling of the apostolic call for witness to Muslim peoples. The question of contextualization of the Gospel message for Muslim peoples will be of primary concern throughout the course.
PH 501 Philosophy of Religion

Jerry L. Walls

A. William Hasker, Metaphysics. B. Michael Peterson et al., Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, 2nd edition. C. Michael Peterson et. al., Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, 2nd Edition
PH 501 Philosophy of Religion

Jerry L. Walls

A. William Hasker, Metaphysics. B. Michael Peterson et al., Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, 2nd edition. C. Michael Peterson et. al., Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, 2nd Edition (Readings)
PH 510 Logic

Jerry L. Walls

Stephen Layman, The Power of Logic
PH 655 Postmodernism and Pop Culture

Jerry L. Walls

1. Thomas S. Hibbs, Shows About Nothing 2. Stuart Sim, ed., The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Postmodern Thought 3. William Romanowski, Eyes Wide Open: Looking For God in Popular Culture 4. Reading packet.
NT 520 New Testament Introduction

Joseph S. Wang

Course Description: This course is intended to introduce the student to the scholarly study of the New Testament. It will cover a) the historical background of the New Testament; b) a history of critical study of the New Testament and evaluation of these theories; c) the various methods used in scholarly study of the New Testament (historical, source, form, redaction, rhetorical criticism, etc.); d) the text and the formation of the New Testament canon; e) questions of introduction about NT books (authorship, date, etc.); f) the content of the NT books; g) elementary exegesis and hermeneutics.