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Course Readings
BG101/501 Greek I
BH101/501 Hebrew I
CH101/501 Church History I
- The Story of Christianity. Vol 1 (Please contact the librarian)
- The Untold Story of the New Testament Church
DR701 Introduction to Doctoral Research
- 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher. Second edition
- The Dissertation Journey: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Writing, and Defending Your Dissertation
EM101/501 Foundations of Educational Ministry
- Foundational Issues in Christian Education
- Introducing Christian Education
- So What Makes Our Teaching Christian?
- Principles and Practices of Christian Education: An Evangelical Perspective
- Exploring the History and Philosophy of Christian Education: Principles for the 21st Century
- Philosophy & Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective (2006) (1998) (1989) all versions are acceptable
- A Theology for Christian Education
ME101/501 Cultural Anthropology
- Cultural Anthropology
- Anthropological Insights for Missionaries (ThM and DMin only)
ME102/502 Biblical Theology of Mission
- The mission of God's people : a biblical theology of the church's mission
- The Open Secret (Proquest)
- Christian mission in the modern world
ME104/504 Contemporary Social Issues
MT702 Missiological Seminar B: Doing Theology in Contexts
- Anthropological Insights for Missionaries
- Christianity in Culture: a study in Dynamic biblical Theologizing in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- Issues Facing Christians Today
- Practicing Theological Interpretation
- Contextualization in the New Testament Patterns for Theology and Mission
- Transforming Worldviews An Anthropological Understanding of how People Change
NT 101/501 New Testament I
- An Introduction to the New Testament (related readings)
OT101/501 Pentateuch
OT505 Old Testament Ethics
PM101/501 Pastoral Theology and Ministry
- Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon (Vol 1) and (Vol 3)
- The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter (Please contact the librarian)
- Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness (Please contact the librarian)
PM501/701 Spiritual Formation of a Christian Leader
- Desiring God’s Will
- Surrender to Love
- How people change
- Renovation of the Heart : Putting on the Character of Christ
- Sacred Rhythms
- Christian Spiritual Formation
PR101/501 Homiletics
- Patterns of Preaching
- Biblical Preaching
- Christ-Centered Preaching
- Between Two Worlds by John Stott
- Preaching by Craddock, Fred B.
PT502 Theological Reflection in an Age of Technology
- Please check the course syllabus
RM00/01 Research Methodology/Formatting
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers
- An introduction to theological research: A guide for college and seminary students
- Research Design by John W. Creswell
- Fundamentals of Qualitative Research
RM701 Research Methodology/Literature Review (Please contact the librarian for all the course readings below)
- Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- The Literature Review: Six Steps to Success
- The Craft of Research (4th ed.).
- The Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students
- Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Research Imagination
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
- Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (4th ed.).
ST101/501 Prolegomena & Hermeneutics
- Who needs theology
- Against Liberal Theology
- 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible
- When Doctrine Divides the People of God by Rhyne R. Putman
- Hermeneutical Community by, C.S. Barefoot
ST104/504 Doc. of Hs, Ch & Last Things
- Berkhof's systematic theology
- The Meaning of the millennium : four views
- Are miraculous gifts for today? : four views
- When Narcissism Comes to Church
- Faith Seeking Understanding, Fourth ed
- Majority World Theology : Christian Doctrine in Global Context
- Systematic Theology by Robert Letham
- Union with Christ by Todd Billings
ST705 Doctrine of Sanctification
BG102/502 Greek II
BH102/502 Hebrew II
CH501/701 Global and Ancient
- The Story of Christianity Vol. 1 (Please contact the librarian)
- Introduction to World Christian History(opens in new tab)
- The Global Church: The First Eight Centuries – From Pentecost to the Rise of Islam (Please contact the librarian)
CH102/502/702 Reformation & Awakening
- The Story of Christianity Vol. 2(opens in new tab)
- Christianity through the Centuries : A History of the Christian church (Please contact the librarian)
- Church and Politics during the English Reformation (Please contact the librarian)
- The Protestant Reformation (Please contact the librarian)
DR702 Literature Review for Doctoral Research
- The Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students (2nd ed.) (Please contact the librarian)
- The Literature Review: Six Steps to Success (Please contact the librarian)
- Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Please contact the librarian)
EM102/502/702 Lifespan Development & Learning
- Nurture That Is Christian(opens in new tab)
- The Reciprocating Self(opens in new tab)
- The Cultural Nature of Human Development(opens in new tab)
- Christian Formation(opens in new tab)
- Stages of Faith(opens in new tab)
- Women's Way of Knowing (contact the librarian)
- Adult learning : linking theory and practice(opens in new tab)
- Brain-based learning (contact the librarian)
ME102/502 Biblical Theology of Mission
- The mission of God's people : a biblical theology of the church's mission(opens in new tab)
- The Open Secret(opens in new tab)
- Christian mission in the modern world(opens in new tab)
ME104/504 or ME503/703 Church Growth
- Understanding Church Growth (contact the librarian)
- Biblical Church Growth(opens in new tab)
ME105/505 or ME504/704 or 507 Cross-Cultural Ministry
- Cross-Cultural Connections(opens in new tab)
- Ministering Cross-Culturally(opens in new tab)
- Cross-Cultural Conflict (contact the librarian)
NT102/502 Acts & Pauline Epistles
- An Introduction to the New Testament (opens in new tab)(Reference only; neither required nor recommended)(opens in new tab)
NT506 Introduction to NT Christology
- Please check the course syllabus
OT102/502/703 Prophets
PM10/502 Pastoral Care & Counseling
- Basic Types of and Pastoral Care and Counseling(opens in new tab)
- Pastoral Care and Counseling, Redefining the Paradigms
- Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling (DPCC)(opens in new tab)
- The skilled helper (p.106-120)
- Trauma and Recovery (p. 33-95) (contact the librarian)
- Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work (contact the librarian)
- Toughest People to Love: How to Understand, Lead, and Love the Difficult People in Your Life (contact the librarian)
- Hope in pastoral care and counseling
- The wounded healer; ministry in contemporary society
- On Death and Dying (p. 51-146) (contact the librarian)
- St. Gregory the Great, Pastoral Care (p. 23-88) (contact the librarian)
PM103 Leadership & Administration
- Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda(opens in new tab)
- Being Leaders: The Nature of Authentic Christian Leadership(opens in new tab)
- Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders(opens in new tab)
PM501 Spiritual Formation of a Christian Leader
- Desiring God’s Will(opens in new tab)
- Surrender to Love(opens in new tab)
- How people change(opens in new tab)
- Renovation of the Heart : Putting on the Character of Christ(opens in new tab)
PM503/703 Team Building
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team(opens in new tab)
- Teams That Thrive : Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership(opens in new tab)
- Leader-Coach. Developing Effective Ministry Teams(opens in new tab)
PM505 Peacebuilding
- Building Peace: sustainable reconciliation in divided societies(opens in new tab)
- Working with conflict : skills and strategies for action (opens in new tab)
- Reconcile: Conflict Transformation for Ordinary Christian
- Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (contact the librarian)
- The combat trauma healing manual : Christ-centered solutions for combat trauma (contact the librarian)
- Making Peace with Fire: Harnessing Conflict to Transform Your Relationships (contact the librarian)
- Resolving Identity-Based Conflict: in Nations, Organizations and Communities (contact the librarian)
PM508 Approach in Leadership
PM703 Team Building
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team(opens in new tab)
- Teams That Thrive : Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership(opens in new tab)
- Leader-Coach. Developing Effective Ministry Teams(opens in new tab)
PR102/502 Expository Preaching
- Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages(opens in new tab)
- Christ-centered preaching: redeeming the expository sermon(opens in new tab)
- Preaching with Cultural Intelligence (opens in new tab)
- The Four Pages of the Sermon, Revised and Updated (Proquest) (opens in new tab)
- The Power of Multi-Sensory Preaching and Teaching (opens in new tab)
- Preparing Expository Sermons
PT101/501/701 Apologetics
PT102/502B Faith and Science
RM02 Research Methodology II
- An introduction to theological research: A guide for college and seminary students (contact the librarian)
- Qualitative research : a guide to design and implementation(opens in new tab)
- Constructing grounded theory : a practical guide through qualitative analysis (contact the librarian)
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers by Kate Turabian (9th edition) (Ch. 5) (contact the librarian)
- Research Design by John W. Creswell (4th Edition) (Ch. 1, 2, 10) (contact the librarian)
- Introducing Research Methodology by Flick, U. (3rd ed.) (Ch. 5) (contact the librarian)
- Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods by Patton, M. Q. (4th ed.) (Ch.8) (contact the librarian)
- Social Research Methods by Bryman, A. (5th ed.) (Ch. 12) (contact the librarian)
- The Practice of Social Research by Babbie, E. (14th ed.) (Ch. 4, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16) (contact the librarian)
- American Psychological Association.
- Exploring Research
- Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics
- Interpreting basic statistics
ST102/502/702 Doctrine of God & Man
- The Forgotten Trinity(opens in new tab)
- Loving God with All Your Mind(opens in new tab)
- Show Me Your Glory by Steven, J Lawson (contact the librarian)
- Systematic Theology(opens in new tab)
ST108/506 Evangelicals and Postmodernism
- Postmodernism 101(opens in new tab)
- Another Gospel (opens in new tab)
- Understanding Postmodernism : A Christian Perspective(opens in new tab)
- Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture(opens in new tab)
ST508/708 Patristic Theology
BG503: Introduction to Greek Exegesis
- Biblical Greek Textbook by Mounce(opens in new tab)
- Biblical Greek Workbook by Mounce(opens in new tab)
BH103/503: Intro to OT Exegisis (Hebrew III)
- Beginning Biblical Hebrew(opens in new tab)
- Old Testament Exegesis(opens in new tab) (2009)
- The Art of Biblical Poetry(opens in new tab)
- Jewish Bible : A JPS Guide(opens in new tab)
CH501: CH I: Global & Ancient
- The Story of Christianity Vol. 1
- Introduction to World Christian History
- The Global Church: The First Eight Centuries – From Pentecost to the Rise of Islam
CH103/503/703 Church History III: Modern & Major World
- The next Christendom: the coming of global Christianity(opens in new tab)
- The Lost History of Christianity (Please ask the librarian)
- Untold Story of the New Testament Church
- The Emergence of the Church: Context, Growth, Leadership & Worship
- History of the World Christian Movement: Earliest Christianity to 1453
- A Global History of Christians: How Everyday Believers Experienced Their World
- A History in Asia, V. 1: Beginnings to 1500(opens in new tab)
- The Church of the East: Apostolic & Orthodox (Please ask the librarian)
- The Church of the East edited by John Holzmann (Please ask the librarian)
CH502: The Late Medieval to the Modern Christianity
- The Story of Christianity Vol. 2(opens in new tab)
- History of the World Christian Movement, Volume II: Modern Christianity from 1454-1800(opens in new tab)
- Church and Politics during the English Reformation (Please contact the librarian)
- A History of Christianity: Reformation to the Present(opens in new tab) (online only)
- Church History Vol. One: From Christ to Pre-Reformation (opens in new tab)(Please contact the librarian)
- Famous Reformers of the Reformed and Presbyterian Churches(opens in new tab) (Please contact the librarian)
- The Protestant Reformation(opens in new tab) (online only)
- The Reformation of the Church (opens in new tab) (online only)
DR703 Foundations for Doctoral Research
- Polycentric missiology : Twenty first century mission from everyone to everywhere(opens in new tab)
- Recovering the scandal of the cross : atonement in New Testament & contemporary contexts(opens in new tab)
- Prophetic dialogue : reflections on Christian mission today(opens in new tab)
- Beyond Christendom : globalization, African migration, and the transformation of the West(opens in new tab)
- The missionary movement in Christian history : studies in the transmission of faith(opens in new tab)
- Translating the message : the missionary impact on culture(opens in new tab)
- Transforming mission : paradigm shifts in theology of mission(opens in new tab)
- The open secret : an introduction to the theology of mission(opens in new tab)
- The Craft of Research (Please contact the librarian)
EM103/503: Effective Teaching and Learning
- The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life(opens in new tab)
- Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive(opens in new tab)
- Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching(opens in new tab)
- The Craft of Christian Teaching: Essentials for Becoming a Very Good Teacher (Please contact the librarian)
- Creative Teaching Methods: Be an effective Christian teacher
- Adult learning : linking theory and practice(opens in new tab)
ET101/501/701 Ethics & Social Issues
- Evangelical Ethics(opens in new tab) (1993)
- Evangelical Ethics: issues facing the church today (4th ed., 2015)(opens in new tab)
ME500/700: Role of Spiritual Warfare in Christian Life and Ministry
- The Steps to Freedom in Christ. 3rd edition(opens in new tab) (Archive.org)
- 3 Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare(opens in new tab)
- Deep Wounds, Deep Healing(opens in new tab) (Archive.org)
- Letting God Be Judge (Please contact the librarian)(opens in new tab)
ME505/705 Evangelical Theology & World Religions
- Understanding World Religions(opens in new tab)
- Can Evangelicals Learn From World Religions?(opens in new tab)
ME506/706 Evangelism & Church Planting
ME508/708 World Christianity
NT103/503 NT Theology
- Please check the course syllabus
OT103B Wisdom Books/ OT503 Wealth and Poverty in Wisdom Books
- Old Testament Wisdom Literature : A Theological Introduction(opens in new tab)
- An Introduction to Wisdom Literature: The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job & Ecclesiastes.(opens in new tab)
- Social and Economic Life in Second Temple Judea(opens in new tab)
- Interpreting the Wisdom Books : An Exegetical Handbook(opens in new tab)
PM103/503 Leadership & Administration
- Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda(opens in new tab)
- Being Leaders: The Nature of Authentic Christian Leadership(opens in new tab)
- Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders(opens in new tab)
- Church Administration: Creating Efficiency for Effective Ministry(opens in new tab)
- Dangerous Calling : Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry(opens in new tab)
- Character Matters: Shepherding the Pastor’s Soul(opens in new tab)
- The deliberate church : building your ministry on the gospel(opens in new tab)
- Canoeing the mountains : Christian leadership in uncharted territory(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab)
PM106 Presbyterian Polity
- Book of Order - The Constitution of. the Presbyterian Church (U.SA.), Part II(opens in new tab)
- Presbyterian Polity for Church Leaders(opens in new tab)
PM501/710 Crisis Leadership
- Biblical Principles of Crisis Leadership(opens in new tab)
- Leadership Growth Through Crisis(opens in new tab)
- How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going(opens in new tab)
PM503: Building and Working with Teams
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team(opens in new tab)
- Teams That Thrive : Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership(opens in new tab)
- Leader-Coach. Developing Effective Ministry Teams(opens in new tab)
PM504 Mentoring
- Mentoring: Confidence in Finding a Mentor and Becoming One(opens in new tab)
- Connecting: The Mentoring Relationships You Need To Succeed in Life
- The Mentor Handbook—Detailed Guidelines and Helps for Christian Mentors and Mentorees.
- Mentoring: Biblical, Theological, and Practical Perspectives (contact the librarian)
- Spiritual Mentoring: A Guide for Seeking and Giving Direction (contact the librarian)
PM708 The Development of Leaders
- Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda(opens in new tab)
- Being Leaders: The Nature of Authentic Christian Leadership(opens in new tab)
- Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders(opens in new tab)
PR103/503/703 Senior Preaching or Advanced Preaching
- Between two worlds : the art of preaching in the twentieth century (1982)
- Models for Biblical Preaching, Expository Sermons from the Old Testament(opens in new tab) (2014)
- Handbook of Contemporary Preaching (1992)
- Design for Preaching (1958)
- Prophetic Preaching: A Pastoral Approach(opens in new tab)
- Postcolonial Preaching: Creating a Ripple Effect (Please contact the librarian)
- Handbook of Contemporary Preaching(opens in new tab) (contact the librarian for pdf)
- Preaching to a Post-Everything World (contact the librarian)
PT102 Apologetics
- Mere apologetics : how to help seekers and skeptics find faith(opens in new tab)
- Humble Apologetics : Defending the Faith Today(opens in new tab) (DMin and ThM only)
PT503: Faith and Science: Friends or Foes?
RM02/501: Research Methodology II/ Research/Formatting
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers(opens in new tab)
- An introduction to theological research: A guide for college and seminary students(opens in new tab)
- Research Design by John W. Creswell(opens in new tab)
- Qualitative research : a guide to design and implementation(opens in new tab)
- Constructing grounded theory : a practical guide through qualitative analysis(opens in new tab)
- Fundamentals of Qualitative Research (Please contact the librarian)(opens in new tab)
ST103/503/703 Doctrine of Christ & Salvation
- The Case for the Real Jesus(opens in new tab)
- Free Grace Theology(opens in new tab)
- Systematic Theology(opens in new tab)
- Faith Seeking Understanding: an introduction to Christian theology(opens in new tab)
- Majority World Theology : Christian Doctrine in Global Context(opens in new tab)
- Jesus Christ Our Lord(opens in new tab)
ST504: Doctrine of Holy Spirit, Church, & Last Things