Textbook List
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| Course | Instructor | Author | Title | Publisher | Date | |
| BI 412 | Biblical Hermeneutics | Jerry Shepherd | William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr., with Kermit A. Ecklebarger | Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (2nd ed.) | Thomas Nelson | 2004 |
| BI 510 | A Biblical Theology of the Love of God | Jerry Shepherd | Carson, D. A. | The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God | Crossway | 2000 |
| Morris, Leon | Testaments of Love: A Study of Love in the Bible | Eerdmans | 1981 | |||
| BI 514 | Greek and Hebrew Tools | Syd Page & Jerry Shepherd | William D. Mounce | Greek for the Rest of Us: Mastering Bible Study without Mastering Biblical Languages | Zondervan | 2003 |
| CE 532 | Educational Task of the Church | Su Jin Chong | Anthony, Michael J. (ed.) | Introducing Christian Education: Foundations for the Twenty-first Century | Baker Academic | 2001 |
| CH 420 | Church History to 1500 | Darren Schmidt | Justo Gonzalez | The Story of Christianity vol. 1, The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation | Harper Collins | 2010 |
| CH 422 | Church History Since 1500 | Darren Schmidt | Mark Noll | Turning Points | Baker | 2001 |
| Justo Gonzalez | The Story of Christianity vol. 2, The Reformation to the Present Day | Harper Collins | 2010 | |||
| FE 442 | Field Ed Experience Unit 1 | Bill Muller & Team | Mark Noll | Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, 2nd ed. | Baker | 2001 |
| Kenneth Berding | What are Spiritual Gifts? Rethinking the Conventional View | Kregel Publications | 2007 | |||
| FE 443 | Field Ed Experience Unit 2 | Bill Muller & Team | Brennan Manning | The Ragamuffin Gospel | Multnomah | 2005 |
| FE 444 | Field Ed Experience Unit 3 | Bill Muller & Team | Henri J. M. Nouwen | In the Name of Jesus, Reflections on Christian Leadership | Crossroad Publishing Co. | 1997 |
| FE 445 | Field Ed Experience Unit 4 | Bill Muller & Team | Peter Scazzero | The Emotionally Healthy Church | Zondervan | 2003 |
| FE 446 | Field Ed Experience Unit 5 | Bill Muller & Team | Gordon MacDonald | Ordering Your Private World | Thomas Nelson | ? |
| IN 531 | Orientation to ICS Internship | Joost Pikkert | Course Pak | |||
| MI 432 | Integral Mission | Allan Effa | Ott, Craig, Stephen Strauss and Timothy Tennent | Encountering Theology of Mission: Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues | Baker Academic | 2010 |
| Newbigin, Lesslie | The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission (revised edition) | Eerdmans | 1995 | |||
| MI 534 | Intercultural Communication | Allan Effa | Myron Lustig and Jolene Koester | Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures. (Contact Dr. Effa if you would like to a PDF download of this book for $40.00 instead of purchasing a hard copy) | Allyn and Bacon, 6th ed. | 2009 |
| David Livermore | Cultural Intelligence: Improving your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World | Baker | 2009 | |||
| MI 545 | Evangelism and Church Planting | Allan Effa | John Bowen | Evangelism for “Normal” People: Good News for Those Looking for a Fresh Approach | Augsburg/ Fortress | 2002 |
| J. D. Payne | Discovering Church Planting: An Introduction to the Whats, Whys, and Hows of Global Church Planting | Paternoster | 2009 | |||
| MI 547 | Language and Culture Learning | Joost Pikkert | Hiebert & Hieber-Meneses | Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant and Urban Societies | Baker | 1995 |
| Pikkert (provided by instructor) | Field Manual for the LACE Method of Language Learning | 2002 | ||||
| MI 651 | MA Research Paper Proposal | Joost Pikkert | McKinney | Globe Trotting in Sandals | SIL | 2000 |
| NT 416 | New Testament Introduction | Syd Page | Mark Allan Powell | Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey | Baker | 2009 |
| NT 546 | Hebrews | Syd Page | Peter T. O’Brien | The Letter to the Hebrews (Pillar NT Commentary) | Eerdmans | 2010 |
| NT 613 | Romans | Syd Page | Douglas J. Moo | Romans (The NIV Application Commentary) | Zondervan | 2000 |
| OT 417 | OT Introduction | Jerry Shepherd | Raymond B. Dillard and Tremper Longman III | An Introduction to the Old Testament (2nd ed.) | Zondervan | 2006 |
| OT 515 | Ezekiel | Jerry Shepherd | Duguid, Ian M. | Ezekiel. NIV Application Commentary | Zondervan | 1999 |
| Jenson, Robert W. | Ezekiel. Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible | Brazon | 2009 | |||
| OT 517 | Worship in Ancient Israel | Jerry Shepherd | Hill, Andrew E. | Enter His Courts with Praise!: Old Testament Worship for the New Testament Church | Baker | 1996 |
| Longman, Tremper III. | Immanuel in Our Place: Seeing Christ in Israel’s Worship. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 2001 | |||||
| Pierce, Timothy M. | Enthroned on Our Praise: An Old Testament Theology of Worship. NAC Studies in Bible and Theology 1 | B & H | 2008 | |||
| PC 431 | Personal Development and Ministry | Stefano Piva | Donald Capps | Young Clergy: A Biographical-Developmental Study | Haworth | 2005 |
| Gerald G. May | Addiction and Grace | Harper San Francisco | 1988 | |||
| William H. Willimon | Calling and Character: Virtues of the Ordained Life | Abingdon | 2000 | |||
| Michael Todd Wilson and Brad Hoffmann | Preventing Ministry Failure: A shepherd Care Guide for Pastors and Other Caregivers | InterVarsity Press | 2007 | |||
| Prime, Derek & Alistair Begg | On Being a Pastor. | Moody | 2004 | |||
| Smedes | Shame and Grace | Zondervan | 1993 | |||
| PC 531 | Essentials of Pastoral Care | Len Thompson | Thompson, Leonard | Developing the Spiritual Life. | Edmonton: Urban Centre for Evangelical Spiritual Formation | 2010 |
| Strengthening Spiritual Relationships. | ||||||
| Conquering the Flesh Nature. | ||||||
| Discerning a Deeper Sense of Calling. | ||||||
| Henri J. M. Nouwen, Donald P. McNeill, and Douglas A. Morrison | Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life | Doubleday | 1983 | |||
| John Patton | Pastoral Care: An Essential Guide | Abingdon | 2005 | |||
| Andrew Purves | Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition | Westminster/ John Knox | 2001 | |||
| Jean Stairs | Listening for the Soul: Pastoral Care and Spiritual Direction | Fortress Press | 2000 | |||
| Howard Stone | Crisis Counselling (3rd ed.) | Fortress Press | 2009 | |||
| PC 536 | Basic Counselling Skills | Jeanne Williams | Hill, C. E. | Helping skills: Facilitating exploration, insight, and action. (3rd ed.) | American Psychological Association | 2009 |
| PL 633 | Christian Leadership | Terry Fossen | Brady, Chris, & Orrin Woodward | Launching a Leadership Revolution | Business Plus: New York | 2005 |
| Ford, Leighton | Transforming Leadership: Jesus’ Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values & Empowering Change | InterVarsity Press: Downers Grove, Illinois | 1991 | |||
| PT 540 | Spiritual Formation | Allan Effa | Foster, Richard | Streams of Living Water | San Francisco: Harper | 2001 |
| Foster, Richard and James Bryan Smith, eds | Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups | San Francisco: Harper | 2005 | |||
| Thompson, Marjorie | Soul Feast. | Louisville: Westminster John Knox | 2005 | |||
| PW 431 | Introduction to Preaching | Lyle Buyer | Robinson, Haddon | Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages. 2nd ed. | Baker Academic | 2001 |
| Stott, John R. W. | Between Two Worlds | Eerdmans | 1982 | |||
| Sunukjian, Donald | Biblical Preaching: Proclaiming Truth with Clarity and Relevance | Kregel | 2007 | |||
| PW 631 | Christian Worship | Allan Effa | Dyrness, William A. | A Primer on Christian Worship: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, Where We Can Go | Eerdmans | 2009 |
| Labberton, Mark | The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God’s Call to Justice | IVP | 2007 | |||
| PW 639 | Narrative Preaching | Lyle Buyer | Mathewson, Steven D. | The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative | Baker | 2002 |
| Green, Joel B. & Michael Pasquarello III (eds.). | Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching: Reuniting New Testament Interpretation and Proclamation | Baker | 2003 | |||
| TH 526 | Christian Ethics | David Williams | Glen H. Stassen and David P Gushee | Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context | IVP | 2003 |
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Hauerwas, Stanley; Ed. by John Berkman and Michael Cartwright
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The Hauerwas Reader | Duke University Press | 2001 | |||
| Hays, Richard B. | The Moral Vision of the New Testament | Harper Collins Press | 1996 | |||
| Trull, Joe E. and James E. Carter | Ministerial Ethics (2nd ed.) |
Baker | 2004 | |||
| TH 531 | Systematic Theology I | Randal Rauser | Fred Sanders | The Deep Things of God | Crossway | 2010 |
| Randal Rauser | Faith Lacking Understanding: Theology Through a Glass Darkly [available from Dr. Rauser for $15.00] | Paternoster | 2008 | |||
| Timothy C. Tennent | Theology in the Context of World Christianity | Zondervan | 2007 | |||
| Alister McGrath | Christian Theology: An Introduction 5th edition | Wiley-Blackwell | 2011 | |||
| TH 532 | Systematic Theology II | Randal Rauser | James Beilby and Paul Eddy | The Nature of the Atonement | IVP | 2006 |
| Randal Rauser | Faith Lacking Understanding: Theology Through a Glass Darkly [available from Dr. Rauser for $15.00] | Paternoster | 2008 | |||
| Timothy C. Tennent | Theology in the Context of World Christianity | Zondervan | 2007 | |||
| Alister McGrath | Christian Theology: An Introduction 5th edition | Wiley-Blackwell | 2011 | |||
| TH 534 | Christian Worldview | Randal Rauser | William Cavanaugh | Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire | Eerdmans | 2008 |
| Randal Rauser | You’re not as Crazy as I Think | Biblica | 2011 | |||
| J.P. Moreland | Kingdom Triangle | Zondervan | 2007 | |||
| Armand M. Nicholi | The Question of God | Free Press | 2002 | |||
| TSL 411 | Applied Linguistic I | TBA | ||||
| TSL 412 | Second Language Acquisition | TBA | ||||
| TSL 413 | Applied Linguistics II | TBA | ||||
| TSL 414 | Methods and Materials | TBA | ||||
| TSL 415 | TESOL Practicum I | Paul Chugg | ||||
| TSL 416 | TESOL Practicum II | Paul Chugg | ||||
| WR 523 | Christian Encounter with World Religions | Joost Pikkert | Terry Muck, Frances S. Adeney | Christianity Encountering world Religions | Baker | 2009 |
| Hopfe & Woodward | Religions of the World | Pierson/ Prentice Hall | Latest edition | |||