GRADUATE TEXTBOOK LIST
updated 1/12/2021
REQUIRED COURSES
| PROFESSOR | COURSE | TEXTBOOKS |
| Vic Reasoner | Bi 511
Systematic Theology |
Oden, Thomas. Classic Christianity
ISBN: 978-0061449710 |
| John Hucks | Bi 521
Old Testament Introduction |
Archer, Gleason, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction (Revised Edition) ISBN-13: 978-0802484345 or ISBN-10: 0802484344
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| John Hucks | Bi 522
New Testament Introduction |
Thiessen, H.C. Introduction to the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1976.
Dr. Thiessen writes for “the instruction of those who seek light as to the origin of the New Testament and for the establishing of those whose confidence in the inspiration and authority of the New Testament has been shaken” (p. viii).
Supplemental Textbook: optional Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Introduction. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1970.
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| John Hucks | Bi 601
Final Project |
No Specific Textbooks |
| Vic Reasoner | Bi 540
Advanced Methodist Studies |
No Specific Textbooks |
LIST OF AVAILABLE ELECTIVES
| Vic Reasoner | Hi 513
History of the Christian Church I |
Earle E. Cairns, Christianity Through the Centuries 3rd ed. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996). ISBN: 978-0310208129 |
| Vic Reasoner | Hi 514
History of the Christian Church II |
Earle E. Cairns, Christianity Through the Centuries 3rd ed. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996). ISBN: 978-0310208129 |
| Vic Reasoner | Bi 510
Modern Theological Trends |
Francis Schaeffer, Escape from Reason ISBN: 978-0830834051
A Wesleyan Response to 13 Theological Trends (from Notes) |
| Vic Reasoner | Bi 511
Systematic Theology |
Holy Bible
Thomas C. Oden, Classic Christianity: A Systematic Theology (HarperOne, 2009). ISBN: 978-0061449710. This may be ordered through Foundry Press – (803) 534-9853. Please note that this one-volume edition was originally published as Systematic Theology. 3 vols. (HarperCollins, 1987-1992). It has gone through several reprints. Any edition is acceptable. The one volume edition condensed 1200 pages to 900 pages [see Oden, A Change of Heart, 300]. Originally the individual volumes were subtitled: The Living God, The Word of Life, Life in the Spirit.
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| Vic Reasoner | Bi 501
Romans |
Vic Reasoner. A Fundamental Wesleyan Commentary on Romans
ISBN: 978-0962938399 |
| Vic Reasoner | CM 501
Methodist Discipleship |
Howard Snyder, The Radical Wesley & Patterns for Church Renewal – 978-1628240870 [note this is also available in a Spanish – Kindle edition]
D. Michael Henderson, John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples – 978-0990345923
Steven Harper – Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition – 978-0835807401
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| Vic Reasoner | Ph 512
Apologetics |
James W. Sire, A Little Primer on Humble Apologetics (2006).
Paul Little, Know Why You Believe (1967)
William Lane Craig, Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics 3rd ed. (2008)
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| Harry Zimmerman
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CM 510
Exegetical Preaching |
TBA |
| TBA | He 601
Hebrew for Preachers |
TBA |
| John Hucks | Bi 500
Bible Elective I |
No Specific Textbooks |
| John Hucks | Bi 600
Bible Elective II |
No Specific Textbooks |
| John Hucks | Bi 506
Hermeneutics |
Fee, Gordon, and Stuart, Douglas. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (3rd edition). Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 2003. ISBN # 978-0-310-24604-6
McQuilkin, J. Robertson. Understanding and Applying the Bible (Revised Edition). Chicago: Moody Press, 1992. ISBN # 0-8024-9091-3 |
| John Hucks | Gr 601
Koine Greek for Preachers |
David A Black. Using New Testament Greek in Ministry
Grand Rapids: Baker Book House
Sakae Kubo. A Beginner’s New Testament Greek Grammar Lanham, MD: University Press of America |