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Pc 510 The Servant As Pastoral Care Giver, Anthony J. Headley
Pc 510 The Servant As Pastoral Care Giver, Anthony J. Headley
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Required Reading: 1. Frederic, Harold. The Damnation of Theron Ware, New York: Penguin Books, 1986. 2. Headley, Anthony J. Achieving Balance in Ministry. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1999. 3. David G. Benner, Strategic Pastoral Counseling, Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2003. (This is our basic text for the theory and practice of pastoral counseling) 4. Kuenning, Delores. Helping People Through Grief. Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1987. (Many students find this to be a very emotional book. You may want to read a few chapters at a time.) 5. Nichols, Michael P. The Lost Art of Listening. New York: Guilford, …
Ot 706 Semitic Language Seminar, Dale F. Walker, Bill Arnold
Ot 706 Semitic Language Seminar, Dale F. Walker, Bill Arnold
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Course Objectives 2.1. To provide the student with a basic understanding of Northwest Semitic grammar and particularly Classical Hebrew. 2.2. To improve student’s basic vocabulary of Classical Hebrew by exposure to cognate languages. 2.3. To demonstrate the elementary principles of comparative Semitics through comparison of Epigraphic Hebrew, Phoenician, Moabite, and Biblical Hebrew. 2.4. To provide the student with the broad linguistic, historical, and sociological contexts of the Old Testament, illustrated by these texts.
Pc 510 The Servant As Pastoral Care Giver, Tapiwa Mucherera
Pc 510 The Servant As Pastoral Care Giver, Tapiwa Mucherera
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Required Reading: 1. Frederic, Harold. The Damnation of Theron Ware. 2. Fortune Marie, Is Nothing Sacred 3 Headley Anthony, Achieving balance in ministry, 1999. 4. Kollar, Charles Allen: Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling (This is our basic text for the theory and practice of pastoral counseling – Make this one of your first readings ) 5. Kuenning, Delores. Helping People Through Grief. (Many students find this to be a very emotional book. You may want to read a few chapters at a time.) 6. Nichols, Michael P. The Lost Art of Listening: (This is the best book available for learning how to …
Pc 515 Pastoral Crisis Intervention, Tapiwa N. Mucherera, Tapiwa Mucherera
Pc 515 Pastoral Crisis Intervention, Tapiwa N. Mucherera, Tapiwa Mucherera
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Required Course Texts: Cooper Burton Z., Why God Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988 Soelle Dorothee, Suffering Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988. Gilliland, B. E. & James, R. K. (2004). Crisis Intervention Strategies (4th Ed.). New York: Brooks/Cole. Janoff-Bulman, R. (1992). Shattered Assumptions: Towards a New Psychology of Trauma. New York, NY: The Free Press.
Ym 610 Communicatin The Gospel To The Youth, James Hampton
Ym 610 Communicatin The Gospel To The Youth, James Hampton
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Required Textbooks Davis, Ken. How to Speak to Youth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. 183 pages (HSY) Hampton, Jim and Edwards, Rick (eds.). Worship-Centered Teaching. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2001. 98 pages. (WCT) Myers, Joseph R. The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 154 pages. (TSB) Palmer, Parker. To Know as We are Known. San Francisco: Harper, 1993. 140 pages. (TKWK) Richardson, Rick. Evangelism Outside the Box: New Ways to Help People Experience the Good News. InterVarsity Press, 2000. 192 pages. (EOB) Smith, Christian. Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. …
Ot 619 Exegesis Of 1-2 Samuel, Bill T. Arnold
Ot 619 Exegesis Of 1-2 Samuel, Bill T. Arnold
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Required specifically for OT 619. McCarter, P. Kyle, Jr. 1 & 2 Samuel. 2 vols. Anchor Bible 8 & 9. New York: Doubleday, 1980 and 1984.
Ph 750 Nietzche, Jerry L. Walls
Ph 750 Nietzche, Jerry L. Walls
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TEXTS (All by Nietzsche) 1. The Birth of Tragedy 2. Human, all too Human 3. Thus Spake Zarathustra 4. Beyond Good and Evil 5. The Genealogy of Morals 6. The Antichrist
Pr 610 The Theology And Practice Of Preaching, Stacy R. Minger
Pr 610 The Theology And Practice Of Preaching, Stacy R. Minger
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Cantalamessa, Raniero. The Mystery of God's Word. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1994. Craddock, Fred B. Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1985. Kalas, J. Ellsworth. Preaching from the Soul: Insistent Observations on the Sacred Art. Nashville: Abingdon, 2003. Webb, Joseph M. Preaching without Notes. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001. Note: At times throughout the semester readings and/or videos will be placed on reserve in the library or in the PR 610 course folder on First Class. You will be directed to these as appropriate to the progression of class discussion and assignments.
Pr 670 An Introduction To The History Of Christian Preaching, Michael Pasquarello
Pr 670 An Introduction To The History Of Christian Preaching, Michael Pasquarello
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Required Textbooks: Robert Wilken, The Spirit of Early Christianity, Michael Pasquarello, Sacred Rhetoric: Preaching as a Theological and Pastoral Practice of the Church, Simon Tugwell, The First Dominicans, Jean Leclercq, The Love of Learning and Desire for God, T.H.L. Parker, Calvin’s Preaching. In addition, students are encouraged to consult, The Reading and Preaching of Scripture in the Worship of the Christian Church Vols. I-V, The Biblical, Patristic, Medieval, Reformation and Early Modern Periods (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1999-2005). Each student will also be required to research selected sermons from the tradition for discussion in class and the final paper.
Sf 502 The Spiritual Life Of The Minister, Stephen L. Martyn
Sf 502 The Spiritual Life Of The Minister, Stephen L. Martyn
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REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS Cassian, John. Conferences (The Classics of Western Spirituality). New York: Paulist Press, 1985. Harper, Steve. Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition (A Workbook). Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1995. Mulholland, M. Robert Jr., Invitation To A Journey: A Road Map For Spiritual Formation. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1993 MacDonald, Gordon. Rebuilding Your Broken World (Expanded Edition With Study Guide). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990. Muto, Susan & van Kaam, Adrian. Divine Guidance: Seeking to Find and Follow the Will of God. Pittsburgh: Epiphany Association, 1994. Peterson, Eugene H. The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction. Grand …
Sm 602 603 Mm Mentored Ministry, Joy J. Moore
St 501 Method And Praxis In Theology, Lawrence W. Wood
St 501 Method And Praxis In Theology, Lawrence W. Wood
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Texts and Reading Assignments L. Wood, God and History, The Dialectical Tension of Faith and History in Modern Thought (2005). Learning to think theologically assumes that one has a basic grasp of the substantive issues in theology. This means one must be acquainted with the way that theology has been done since the earliest days of Church history. Because the key methodological issue of Christian theology is related to its historical claims, the focus of this work is on the relationship of faith and history. L. Wood, Theology as History and Hermeneutics, A Post-Critical Conversation with Contemporary Theology (2005). There …
Wo 510 Worship Leadership In The Church, William C. Goold
Wo 510 Worship Leadership In The Church, William C. Goold
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Required texts: Authentic Worship in a Changing Culture (Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1997). [Note: This booklet is approximately 80 pages.] Bateman IV, Herbert W. Authentic Worship: Hearing Scripture’s Voice, Applying Its Truths (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2002). [Note: This book is approximately 297 pages.] Mulder, Timothy J. So You’ve Been Asked to Lead in Prayer (Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1996). [This small pamphlet is 20 pages.] Peterson, David. Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship (Downers Grove, Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1992). [Note: This book is approximately 293 pages.] Stookey, Laurence Hull. Eucharist: Christ’s Feast with the Church (Abingdon Press. …
Wo 510 Worship Leadership In The Church, Daniel Boyd
Wo 510 Worship Leadership In The Church, Daniel Boyd
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Required texts: James F. White, INTRODUCTION TO WORSHIP [ICW] Rob L. Staples, OUTWARD SIGN AND INWARD GRACE [OSIG]