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Insights, Fall, 2005, Utah State University
Insights, Fall, 2005, Utah State University
Discovery Magazine
Bi-annual alumni newsletter for the College of Science of Utah State University in Logan.
Bs 501 Introduction To Biblical Studies I, David Loren Thompson
Bs 501 Introduction To Biblical Studies I, David Loren Thompson
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REQUIRED TEXTS AND COURSE MATERIALS A.Required Texts Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Hendrickson, 2003. Drane, John Introducing the Old Testament. Completely revised and updated. Fortress Press, 2001. Abbreviated IOT in the syllabus. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New American Standard Bible or some other contemporary, formal (vs. dynamic) equivalence translation with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. NRSV and NIV are also fine. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994. Gives a brief, non-technical overview of approach to “inductive biblical studies” commended by the class. …
Bs 502 Introduction To Biblical Studies, David R. Bauer
Bs 502 Introduction To Biblical Studies, David R. Bauer
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Course Texts 1. The Bible (NRSV) 2. An Annotated Guide To Biblical Resources for Ministry, Bauer 3. Bible Study That Works, Thompson 4. An Introduction to the New Testament: Context, Methods, and Ministry Formation, deSilva
Pc 510 The Servant As Pastoral Care Giver, Tapiwa N. Mucherera
Pc 510 The Servant As Pastoral Care Giver, Tapiwa N. Mucherera
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1. Fortune Marie, Is Nothing Sacred, Cleveland Ohio: United Church Press, 1999. 2. Hunter Rodney, Gen. Ed. Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling: See module dates for specific readings) Pastor, Pastoral Care of, pp. 830-832; Burnout, pp. 112-113; Prayer and worship life, Pastor’s, pp. 939-940; Identity, Pastoral pp. 567-568; Pastoral Theology pp. 867-872; Pastoral Theological Methodology pp. 862-864; Pastoral Care and Counseling p. 845; Pastoral Care pp.832-836; Pastoral Counseling pp. 849-854; Clergy, Empirical studies of, pp. 171-175; (These are some of the articles we will be using from the dictionary. You can borrow a copy from any of the seminary …
Ph 501 Philosophy Of Religion, Kevin Paul Kinghorn
Ph 501 Philosophy Of Religion, Kevin Paul Kinghorn
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(1) Hasker, William. Metaphysics. (Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1983). (2) Peterson, Michael, ed. Reason and Religious Belief. 3rd edition. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003) (3) Peterson, Michael, ed. Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. 2nd edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).
Cd 511 The Pastor And Christian Discipleship, Beverly C. Johnson-Miller
Cd 511 The Pastor And Christian Discipleship, Beverly C. Johnson-Miller
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REQUIRED TEXTS Basics of Christian Education by Karen B. Tye The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A model for making disciples by Michael Henderson Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of The Sunday School by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices by Craig Dykstra *On Reserve - Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People by Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision by …
Cd 510: Foundations In Christian Discipleship, Ellen L. Marmon
Cd 510: Foundations In Christian Discipleship, Ellen L. Marmon
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Required Textbooks (reading that forms and informs) Introducing Christian Education: Foundations for the Twenty-first Century, Michael J. Anthony, ed. Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Wesleyan Tradition, Sondra Higgins Matthaei Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen – Chapters 1 and 4 Patterns in Moral Development, Catherine M. Stonehouse. "Learning from Gender Differences," Catherine M. Stonehouse A Many Colored Kingdom, Conde-Frazier, Kang, & Parrett Spiritual Preparation for Christian Leadership, Glenn Hinson One of the following: Note: Do not purchase your book from this list until you meet with your Age-Level Ministries Team the first week of class Rediscovering the Sunday School, Talmadge Johnson …
Cd 615 Discipleship Development In The Home, Chris Kiesling
Cd 615 Discipleship Development In The Home, Chris Kiesling
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Textbooks: Herbert Anderson, Don Browning, Ian Evison, and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, The Family Handbook. Westminster: John Knox Press. 1998. Larry Crabb, Connecting: A Radical New Vision. Nashville: Word, 1997. Donald Joy, Empower Your Kids to be Adults. Nappanee: Indiana, 2000. OR Marjorie Thompson, Family: The Forming Center. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1996. Donald Joy, Two Become One. Napannee: Indiana, 2000. OR Gary Thomas, Sacred Marriage. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. OR Mike Mason, The Mystery of Marriage. Multnomah Press. 1985. Dennis Kinlaw, Sacred Pedagogy. (booklet from Francis Asbury Press) The following required articles and book chapters are contained in a …
Cd 651 Professional Foundations Of Christian Education, Beverly C. Johnson-Miller
Cd 651 Professional Foundations Of Christian Education, Beverly C. Johnson-Miller
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REQUIRED TEXTS A History of Christian Education by Reed and Prevost The Big Little School by Robert Lynn Augustine and the Catechumenate by William Harmless SOURCEBOOK of the Christian Faith by Robert Lay RECOMMENDED TEXT Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgess
Ch 501 Church History I, Meesaeng Lee Choi
Ch 501 Church History I, Meesaeng Lee Choi
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REQUIRED BOOKS � Dale T. Irvin and Scott W. Sunquist, History of the World Christian Movement, vol. 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453 (Orbis Books, 2001). BR145.3. I78 2001 � John W. Coakley and Andrea Sterk, Readings in World Christian History, vol. 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453 (Orbis Books, 2004). BR145. 3. R43 2004 � Roger E. Olson, The Story of Christian Theology (InterVarsity Press, 1999). BT21.2. O57 1999 One of Two � Brother Yun and Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man (Grand Rapids, MI: Monarch Books, 2002) or Paul Hattaway, Brother Yun, Peter Su Yongze and Enoch Wang, Back to Jerusalem: …
Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Edgar S. Goins
Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Edgar S. Goins
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The Book of Discipline, 2004; Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church; and Jack M. Tuell, The Organization of the United Methodist Church, (2005-2008 Edition).
Ot 612 Psalms, Brian D. Russell
Ot 612 Psalms, Brian D. Russell
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1. RSV, NRSV, NIV, or some other non-paraphrased version of the Bible. The best Bible for IBS is one that contains only the text without paragraph headings, study notes, etc. I found it profitable to buy a completely unmarked "pew" bible to use exclusively for IBS. 2. David L. Thompson. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. 3. Patrick D. Miller, Jr. Interpreting the Psalms. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986. 4. James Luther Mays. Psalms. Interpretation. Louisville: WJK, 1994. 5. Achtemeier, Elizabeth. Preaching from the Old Testament. Louisville: WJK, 1989. 6. Richard J. Clifford. Psalms 1-72 and Psalms 73-150. Nashville: …
Bs 400 Bible Survey, William J. Patrick
Bs 400 Bible Survey, William J. Patrick
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1. HarperCollins Study Bible (NRSV), Harper San Francisco, 1993 (Hard: ISBN 0060655801) or 1997 (Soft: ISBN 0060655275). 2. HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible, edited by James B. Pritchard, 1997 (ISBN 0062514997).
Bs 501 Introduction To Biblical Studies, Christopher F. Morgan
Bs 501 Introduction To Biblical Studies, Christopher F. Morgan
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Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Hendrickson, 2003. (=AGBR) Drane, John Introducing the Old Testament. Completely revised and updated. Fortress Press, 2001. (=IOT) Klein, William W., Craig L. Blomberg and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation: Revised and Updated. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993. Students may omit those sections dealing specifically with the New Testament. (= IBI) Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994. Offers an overview of and introduction to the “inductive biblical studies” approach. (= BSTW) One of the following translations of the Bible, preferably …
Cd 511 The Pastor And Christian Discipleship, Ellen L. Marmon
Cd 511 The Pastor And Christian Discipleship, Ellen L. Marmon
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1. The Pastor as Religious Educator, Robert L. Browning, ed. 2. Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Wesleyan Tradition, Sondra Higgins Matthaei 3. Reaching Out: Three Movements of the Spiritual Life, Henri Nouwen 4. Disciple Making Teachers, Josh Hunt 5. Many Colored Kingdom, Conde-Frazier, E., Kang, S. and Parrett, G. 6. "Learning from Gender Differences," Catherine M. Stonehouse. (article at ATS bookstore) 7. The Equipping Church (book, NOT the workbook), by Sue Mallory 8. LSI Inventory and Grid (ATS bookstore)
Ch 500 Turning Points In Church History, D. Allen Tennison
Ch 500 Turning Points In Church History, D. Allen Tennison
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Henry Bettenson. Documents of the Christian Church. (London: Oxford University Press, 1967). Justo Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1 and 2. (New York: HarperColins, 1985). Hugh T. Kerr, editor. Readings in Christian Thought (Nashville: Abingdon, 1990). Philip Jenkins, The Next Christendom (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).
Is 502 Christian Formation: Vocation Of Ministry, Virginia Todd Holeman
Is 502 Christian Formation: Vocation Of Ministry, Virginia Todd Holeman
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Clouse, B. & Clouse, R. B. (1989). Women in Ministry: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Foster, Richard J. (1998). Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. HarperSan Francisco. Grenz, S. & Bell, R. (1995). Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Guiness, O. (1998). The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Waco,TX: Word. Muto, S. & vanKaam, A. (1994). Divine guidance: Seeking to find and follow the will of God. Pittsburgh, PA: Epiphany Books. Sire, J. (2000). Habits of the mind: Intellectual life as a Christian calling. …
Ms 610 The Ministry Of Evangelism, Robert G. Tuttle
Ms 610 The Ministry Of Evangelism, Robert G. Tuttle
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1. Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church, Ron Crandall (160 pp.). 2. To Spread the Power, George Hunter, III (200 pp.). 3. Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels and Mittelberg (221 pp.). 4. Can We Talk?, Robert Tuttle, Jr. (110 pp.). 5. Someone Out There Needs Me, Robert Tuttle, Jr., a print out book available at the Bookstore.
Mentored Ministry Handbook, Asbury Theological Seminary
Nt 500 Concise Greek, Paul M. Cook
Nt 500 Concise Greek, Paul M. Cook
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Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1993. Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. NT500 Course Packet
Nt 501 Comprehensive Greek, Abson Predestin Joseph
Nt 501 Comprehensive Greek, Abson Predestin Joseph
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(1) Black, David Alan. Learn to Read New Testament Greek. Expanded edition; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994. Learn. (2) [You need only choose one of the following, though it would not hurt to have more than one!!!] Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. Still. Or Wallace, Daniel B., The Basics of New Testament Syntax: An Intermediate Greek Grammar. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. BNTS. Or Wallace, Daniel B., Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997.
Nt 500 Concise Greek, Kevin L. Anderson
Nt 500 Concise Greek, Kevin L. Anderson
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(1) Black, David Alan Black. Learn to Read New Testament Greek. Expanded edition; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994. Learn. This is our primary text and must be studied with great care. (2) Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. ISGM. This is our secondary text. It is actually designed as a first-semester, second year grammar. It will be especially important at the beginning and end of the course. Still (191 pages) is concise, easy to use, and has two helpful introductory chapters for those who need a refresher …
Nt 520 New Testament Introduction, Kenneth D. Litwak
Nt 520 New Testament Introduction, Kenneth D. Litwak
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A modern translation of the Bible, preferably the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the English Standard Version (ESV), or the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson. Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Message. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 2001. deSilva, David A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 2000. Gorman, Michael J. Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishes, 2001. Longenecker, Bruce. The Lost Letters of Pergamum: A Story from the New Testament World. Grand …
Nt 520 New Testament Introduction, Garwood P. Anderson
Nt 520 New Testament Introduction, Garwood P. Anderson
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Having completed this course, students should be able 1. to give a broad account of the content of the individual New Testament writings and identify resources for further study of these writings; 2. to articulate the social and historical background out of which the New Testament arose; 3. to articulate how one’s beliefs about Scripture impinge on how one engages biblical texts in interpretation; 4. to identify a range of questions (e.g., historical, literary, canonical) that might be addressed to particular New Testament texts and explore those questions in the process of interpreting particular New Testament texts 5. to identify …
Nt 638 Epistle To The Romans, Kenneth Schenck
Nt 638 Epistle To The Romans, Kenneth Schenck
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The primary text is the Bible. · Richard B. Hays, "Pistis and Pauline Theology: What Is at Stake," and James D. G. Dunn, "Once More, Pistis Christou," both in Looking Back, Pressing On, Pauline Theology Vol 4, edited by E. Elizabeth Johnson and David M. Hay (Atlanta: Scholars, 1997) 35-81. · Krister Stendahl, “Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West,” HTR 56 (1963): 199-215, also found in Paul Among Jews and Gentiles (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1976), 78-96. · Ernst Käsemann, “ 'The Righteousness of God' in Paul,” in New Testament Questions of Today (London: SCM, 1969), 168-82.N. T. Wright, What …
Ot 501 Survey Of Biblical Hebrew, Michael D. Matlock
Ot 501 Survey Of Biblical Hebrew, Michael D. Matlock
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1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. 2. Holladay, William. 3. BibleWorks 6.0. Hermenuetika, Big Fork, MT. 4. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. 6. Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Forthcoming: due out October 2003)
Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Mark J. Boda
Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Mark J. Boda
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Dillard, R. B. and Longman, Tremper. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. Provan, Iain; Long, V. Philips; and Longman, Tremper. A Biblical History of Israel. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2003. Tate, W. Randolph. Biblical Interpretation: An Integrated Approach (Revised Edition). Peabody: Hendrickson, 1997.
Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Bill T. Arnold
Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Bill T. Arnold
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LaSor, William S., David Allan Hubbard, and Frederic Wm. Bush. Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament. 2nd ed.; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1996 Coogan, Michael David, editor. The Oxford History of the Biblical World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997 Alexander, T. Desmond. From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch. Second Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2002.
Ch 501 Church History I, J. Steven O'Malley
Ch 501 Church History I, J. Steven O'Malley
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REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS Bettenson, Henry. Documents of the Christian Church. (Oxford paperback, second ed.). This is a record of crucial letters and texts of official church proclamations that shaped the direction of church leadership in the history of the church. Gonzalez, Justo, The Story of Christianity, Volume I (Abingdon; paper ed.) [for use in elaborating theological developments at crucial junctures] Irvin, Dale, and Sunquist, Scott, eds., History of the World Christian Movement (Earliest Christianity to 1453), (Orbis, 2001). (abbreviated HWCM) [main secondary textbook] Kerr, Hugh T., ed. Readings in Christian Thought. (Abingdon paper ed.). A concise collection of selected texts illustrating …
Ch 502 Church History Ii, J. Steven O'Malley
Ch 502 Church History Ii, J. Steven O'Malley
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Required Textbooks Bettenson, Henry, ed., Documents of the Christian Church (Oxford paperback, second ed.). This is a record of crucial letters and texts of official church proclamations that shaped the direction of church leadership in the history of the church. Gonzalez, Justo. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2 (Abingdon paper ed., 1984) A concise, but insightful, analysis of the history of modern Christianity that weaves a narrative which is often compelling for the reader. Gonzalez, Justo. History of Christian Thought, Vol.3 (Abingdon, 1971) An in-depth treatment of theological developments. (abbreviated: HCT) Kerr, Hugh T., ed., Readings in Christian Thought. (Abingdon …