The thought occurred to me that some of you might be interested in what texts I’m reading for classes at Asbury this semester. Browsing through this list, you might find a new book to deepen your own reading, a new text from which to teach a Bible study, or perhaps a taste of what seminary life is like. Comments/questions are more than welcome, and since I actually have to read all these books over the next three months, your prayers would be much appreciated!

Elementary Greek I

1. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Danker et al.
2. Interlinear for the Rest of Us: The Reverse Interlinear for New Testament Word Studies, William Mounce.
3. Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed., Nestle-Aland.
4. The Basics of New Testament Syntax: An Intermediate Greek Grammar, Daniel Wallace.

Method & Praxis in Theology

1. Caught Between Truths: The Central Paradoxes of Christian Faith, Barry L. Callen.
2. God and History: The Dialetical Tension of Faith & History in Modern Thought, Laurence W. Wood.
3. Theology as History and Hermeneutics: A Post-Critical Conversation with Contemporary Theology, L. Wood.
4. The Wesleyan Quadrilateral: Scripture, Tradition, Reason & Experience as a Model of Evangelical Theology, Donald Thorsen.
5. Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church, James K. A. Smith

Theology of the New Testament

1. The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible, Ben Witherington.
2. The Shadow of the Almighty: Father, Son, and Spirit in Biblical Perspective, Witherington/Ice.
3. The Many Faces of the Christ: The Christologies of the New Testament and Beyond, Witherington.
4. Jesus, Paul, and the End of the World: A Comparative Study in New Testament Eschatology, Witherington.
5. Paul’s Narrative Thought World: The Tapestry of Tragedy and Triumph, Witherington.
6. The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, and Wesleyanism, Witherington.

Vocation of Ministry

1. Finding God at Harvard: Spiritual Journeys of Thinking Christians, Kelly Monroe, ed.
2. Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation, Ruth Haley Barton.
3. Ministry in the Image of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service, Stephen Seamands.
4. The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life, Os Guinness.
5. Betrayal of Trust: Confronting and Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct, Stanley Grenz/Roy D. Bell.
6. Ordaining Women: Biblical and Historical Insights, B.T. Roberts.