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2009 Fall Online Textbooks


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School of Educational Ministries

Childhood Education

CHDED 4313 I Teaching Ministry in Early Childhood. Dr. Marcia McQuitty

  • Kids Ministry 101: Practical Answers To Questions About Kids Ministry. LifeWay, 2009. ISBN: 1415867380
  • Smith, Joye. Molly's Adventures in Missions. ISBN: 978-1-59669-131-5
  • Maynard, Morlee and Jerry Aldridge. Understanding Preschoolers. This text may be accessed online at www.lifeway/understanding/preschool

Educational Ministries

EDMIN 3003 I The Ministry of Education. Dr. Margaret Lawson

  • Yount, William R. The Teaching Ministry of the Church. 2nd Edition. B&H, 2008. ISBN: 0805447377

Human Growth and Development

HUMGR 3003 I Human Growth and Development. Dr. Richard Ross

  • Santrock, John. Life Span Development. 12th Edition. McGraw Hill, 2008. ISBN: 0073370215

HUMGR 3013 I Biblical Perspective on Human Growth and Development. Dr. Richard Ross

  • Santrock, John. Life Span Development. 12th Edition. McGraw Hill, 2008. ISBN:0073370215

Psychology and Counseling

PSYCH 3003 I Relationships in Ministry: Dr. Ian Jones
  • Bolton, Robert. People Skills. Simon & Schuster, 1986. ISBN:067162248X
  • Susek, Ron. Firestorm: Preventing and Overcoming Church Conflicts. Baker, 2000. ISBN: 0801090911
  • Sande, Ken. The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict. Baker, 2004. ISBN: 0801064856

Roy Fish School of Evangelism and Missions

EVANG 3000 I Personal Evangelism Practicum. Dr. David Mills
  • See: EVANG 3303 I Contemporary Evangelism. Dr. Dan Crawford.
EVANG 3303 I Contemporary Evangelism. Dr. Dan Crawford
  • Packer, J.I. Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God. IVP, 1961. ISBN: 0877846804
  • Reid, Alvin. Radically Unchurched. Kregel, 2002. ISBN: 0825436338
  • McRaney, Will.  The Art of Personal Evangelism. Broadman & Holman, 2003. ISBN: 0805426248

Theology

Biblical Studies

BIBST 3203 I Biblical Hermeneutics. Dr. Tim Pierce
  • Klein, William W., Craig L. Blomberg, Robert L. Hubbard Jr., and Kermit Allen Ecklebarger. An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, Revised and Updated. Thomas Nelson, 2004. ISBN: 0785252258
  • Yarchin, William. History of Biblical Interpretation: A Reader. Hendrickson, 2004. ISBN: 1565637208
  • Fee, Gordon D., and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All its Worth, 3rd Edition. Zondervan, 2003. ISBN:0310246040
    • RECOMMENDED
    • Duvall, J. Scott, and Daniel Hays. Grasping God's Word: A Hands-on Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible, 3rd Edition. Zondervan, 2005. ISBN: 0310259665

Christian Ethics

ETHIC 4313 I Basic Christian Ethics. Dr. Craig Mitchell
  • Augustine. On Free Choice of the Will. Library of Liberal Arts, 1964. ISBN: 0023080302
  • Aquinas, Thomas. Treatise on the Virtues. Notre Dame Press, 1992. ISBN: 0268018553
  • Charles, J. Daryl. The Unformed Conscience of Evangelicalism. IVP, 2002. ISBN: 0830826912
  • Mitchell, Craig. Charts of Christian Ethics. Zondervan, 2006. ISBN: 0310254523

Church History and Historical Theology

CHAHT 3103 I Church History I. Dr. Robert Caldwell

  • Dowley, Tim. Introduction to the History of Christianity. Fortress Press, 2006. ISBN: 0800638123
  • Lane, Tony. A Concise History of Christian Thought. Baker, 2006. ISBN: 0801031591
  • Rusch, William C. The Trinitarian Controversy. Fortress Press, 1980. ISBN: 0800614100
  • Augustine. Confessions (Pine Coffin Translation). Penguin Classics, 1961. ISBN: 014044114X
  • Jenkins, Philip. Lost History of Christianity. Harper One, 2008. ISBN:  9780061472800

New Testament

GREEK 3313 I Elementary Greek I. Dr. David Hutchison
  • Aland, Barbara, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger, eds. The Greek New Testament with Greek-English Dictionary. 4th rev. ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2001. ISBN: 3438051133.
  • Black, David Alan. Learn to Read New Testament Greek, 3rd ed. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2009. ISBN: 0805444933.
  • DeMoss, Matthew S. Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New Testament Greek. Downer's Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001. ISBN: 0830814647.
  • Gutierrez, Ben and Cara L. Murphy. Learn to Read New Testament Greek Workbook. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2009. ISBN: 0805447927
    • RECOMMENDED
    • BibleWorks 8.0: Software for Biblical Exegesis & Research. www.bibleworks.com.
    • Lamerson, Samuel. English Grammar to Ace New Testament Greek. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004. ISBN: 0310255341.
    • Trenchard, Warren C. Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998. ISBN: 0310226953.

GREEK 4313 I New Testament Greek I. Dr, David Hutchison

  • Aland, Barbara, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger, eds. The Greek New Testament with Greek-English Dictionary. 4th rev. ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2001. ISBN: 3438051133.
  • BibleWorks 8.0: Softwae for Biblical Exegesis & Research. www.bibleworks.com.
  • Carson, D.A. Exegetical Fallacies, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996. ISBN: 0801020867.
  • Danker, Frederick William, ed. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000. ISBN: 0226039331. Also available electronically in Bible Works.
  • DeMoss, Matthew S. Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New Testament Greek. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001. ISBN:  0830814647.
  • Fee, Gordon D. New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors, 3rd ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. ISBN: 0664223168.
  • Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. ISBN: 0310218950. Also available for free in BibleWorks 8.0.
  • Wallace, Daniel B. and Grant G. Edwards. A Workbook for New Testament Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007. ISBN: 0310273897.

NEWTS 3313 I Basic New Testament I. Dr. Jim Wicker

  • Lea, Thomas and David Alan Black. The New Testament: Its Background and Message. B&H, 2003. ISBN: 0805426329
  • Thomas, Robert L. and Stanley N. Gundry. A Harmony of the Gospels: New American Standard Version. Harper, 1986. ISBN: 006063524X
  • Blomberg, Craig L. The Historical Reliability of the Gospels. 2nd Edition. IVP, 2008. ISBN: 0830828079
    • RECOMMENDED
    • Bauckham, Richard. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. Eerdmans, 2008. ISBN: 0802863906
    • Evans, Craig A. and Stanley E. Porter. Dictionary of the New Testament Background. IVP, 2000. ISBN: 0830817808
    • Green, Joel B., Scot McKnight and I. Howard Marshall. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. IVP, 1992. ISBN: 0830817778
    • Martin, Ralph P. and Peter H. Davids. Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments. IVP, 1997. ISBN: 0830817794
    • Reid, Daniel G. The IVP Dictionary of the New Testament. IVP, 2004. ISBN: 0830817875

NEWTS 3333 I Great Themes of the New Testament. Dr. Jim Wicker

  • DeSilva, David A. New Testament Themes. Chalice Press, 2001. ISBN: 0827225113
  • Thielman, Frank.  Theology of the New Testament. Zondervan, 2005. ISBN: 0310211328
    • RECOMMENDED
    • Carson, D.A., Douglas J. Moo and Leon Morris.  And Introduction to the New Testament. 2nd Edition. Zondervan, 2005. ISBN: 0310238595
    • Lea, Thomas and David Alan Black. The New Testament: Its Background and Message. B&H, 2003. ISBN: 0805426329
    • Marshall, I Howard.  New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses One Gospel.  IVP, 2004. ISBN: 0830827951

Old Testament

HEBRW 4313 I Elementary Hebrew I. Dr. Eric Mitchell
  • Fuller, Russell and Kyoungwon Choi. An Invitation to Biblical Hebrew: A Beginning Grammar. Kregel, 2006. ISBN: 0825426502
  • Fuller, Russell and Kyoungwon Choi. An Invitation to Biblical Hebrew: Workbook. Kregel, 2006. ISBN: 0825426529.
  • Elliger, K. and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. American Bible Society, 2007. ISBN: 3438052229
  • Brown, Driver, and Briggs. Hebrew and English Lexicon. Hendrickson, 1996. ISBN: 1565632060
  • Mitchell, Eric. Hebrew Vocabulary Cards I&II/CD
  • Mitchell, Eric. Elementary Hebrew I and II Lectures on CD

OLDTS 3313 I Basic Old Testament I. Dr. Deron Biles

  • Hill, Andrew E. and John H. Walton. A Survey of the Old Testament, 3rd Ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 0310280958
  • Brisco, Thomas C. The Holman Bible Atlas: A Complete Guide to th Expansive Geography of Biblical History. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1998. ISBN: 1558197095
  • Hamilton, Victor P. Handbook to the Pentateuch, 2nd Ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005. ISBN: 0801027160
  •  David M. Howard Jr. Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books. Moody Press, 2007. ISBN: 0802441556

Pastoral Ministry

PASMN 3000 I Christian Ministry Practicum. Dr. Michael Wilson
  • See: PASMN 3013 I Foundations for Christian Ministry. Dr. Michael Wilson
PASMN 3013 I Foundations for Christian Ministry. Dr. Michael Wilson
  • Bisagno, John R.  Letters to Timothy: A Handbook for Pastors. B&H, 2001. ISBN: 0805423877
  • Dean, Jennifer Kennedy. He Restores My Soul: A Fourty-Day Journey Toward Personal Renewal. B&H, 1999. ISBN: 0805420274
  • Brunson, Mac, and James W. Bryant. The New Guidebook for Pastors. B&H, 2007. ISBN: 0805444297
  • MacArthur, John. Pastoral Ministry: How to Shepherd Biblically. Thomas Nelson, 2005. ISBN: 1418500062
    • EXTRA CREDIT
    • Blanchard, Ken and Phil Hodges. Lead Like Jesus. Thomas Nelson, 2006. ISBN: 0849900409