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SBTS Professor Book List

Southern Seminary has gathered together a faculty of world-class scholars,
many of whom are widely published and recognized leaders in their fields.
Most seminaries will have you read important books. At Southern, you will
sit in classes taught by the authors.

School of Theology
Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth
School of Leadership and Church Ministry
School of Church Music and Worship
Boyce College

SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

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Dr. Gregg Allison
  • Getting Deep: Understand What You Believe About God and Why
  • Jesusology: Understand What You Believe About Jesus and Why
Dr. T.J. Betts
  • Ezekiel the Priest: A Custodian of Tora.
Dr. Ted Cabal
  • General Editor, The Apologetics Study Bible, Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2007.
  • The Apologetics Study Bible (2006).
Dr. Chad Brand
  • Holiday Sermons, co-edited with Clark Palmer, Thomas Nelson Publishers
  • The Holman Illustrated Dictionary of the Bibe,
    co-edited with Charles Draper and Archie England
  • Perspectives on Election
  • One Sacred Effort, co-authored with David Hankins
  • The Apologetics Study Bible, co-edited with Ted Cabal, J. P. Moreland, and Paul Copan
  • Such Precious Clay (forthcoming), co-authored with Mark Grawehr
Dr. William Cutrer
  • When Empty Arms Become a Heavy Burden: Encouragement for Couples Suffering from Infertility
  • Sexual Intimacy in Marriage (now in its third edition)
  • The Infertility Companion
  • The Contraception Guidebook
  • Simply Romantic Nights (sold over 140,000 copies!)
  • Under the Fig Leaves
  • Crisis: A Manual For Ministry
  • Family Building
  • Choices: A Pregnancy Guide
  • Novels on bioethics:
       Lethal Harvest
       Deadly Cure
       False Positive
Dr. Joel Drinkard
  • Mercer Bible Dictionary.
  • Word Biblical Commentary
  • Benchmarks in Time and Culture, edited
Dr. Russell Fuller
  • An Invitation to Biblical Hebrew. (Text and Workbook, DVD’s)
Dr. Duane Garrett
  • Song of Songs
  • A Modern Grammar for Classical Hebrew
  • Angels and the New Spirituality; Authority and Interpretation
  • Hosea and Joel
  • The Archaeology Study Bible
  • Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (NAC)
  • Rethinking Genesis
  • Authority and Interpretation
  • Shepherd’s Notes: Ecclesiastes
  • Shepherd’s Notes: Proverbs
  • Shepherd’s Notes: Song of Songs
Dr. Peter Gentry
  • Ecclesiastes and Proverbs
  • “The Greek Psalter and the ka…ge Tradition.” In The Old Greek Psalter,
    edited by Robert J. V. Hiebert, Claude E. Cox and Peter J. Gentry.
Dr. Eric Johnson
  • Christianity and Psychology: Four Views
  • God Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents God.
  • Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal
Dr. Kenneth Mathews
  • Associate general editor of the New American Commentary
    Genesis 1-11:26
    Genesis 11:27-50:26
  • The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll
Dr. Russell Moore
    The Kingdom of Christ: The New Evangelical Perspective
  • Why I Am a Baptist
Dr. Tom Nettles
  • By His Grace and For His Glory
  • Baptists and the Bible
  • Why I am a Baptist
  • Teaching Truth, Training Hearts
  • Foundation for the Future
  • Ready For Reformation
  • The Patience of Providence: A history of the First Baptist Church of Brandon, MS
  • Growth for God's Glory: A history of Broadmoor Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA
  • The Baptists: Beginnings in Britain Volume One
  • The Baptists: Beginnings in America Volume Two
  • The Baptists: The Modern Era Volume Three
Dr. James Parker
  • APOKATASTASIS In Acts: A Study In Primitive Christian Theology
Dr. Jonathan Pennington
  • Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew
Dr. Robert Plummer
  • Paul’s Understanding of the Church’s Mission:
    Did the Apostle Paul Expect the Early Christian Communities to Evangelize?
Dr. David Puckett
John Calvin’s Exegesis of the Old Testament
Dr. Peter Richards
  • Extraordinary Justice: Military Tribunals in Historical and International Context
  • Law for Commanders (Co-authored)
Dr. Tom Schreiner
  • Romans, the Baker Exegetical Commentary Series on the New Testament
  • Interpreting the Pauline Letters
  • The Law and Its Fulfillment: A Pauline Theology of Law
  • The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance and Assurance
  • Still Sovereign: Contemporary Perspectives of Election
    Foreknowledge, and Grace
  • Women in the Church: A Fresh Analysis of I Timothy 2:9-15
  • Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ: A Pauline Theology
  • 1 and 2 Peter, Jude
  • Believer’s Baptism: The Covenant Sign of the New Age in Christ.
  • The Grace of God, the Bondage of the Will:
    Volume One, Biblical and Practical Perspectives on Calvinism
    Volume 2, Theological and Historical Perspectives on Calvinism.
Dr. Stuart Scott
  • The Exemplary Husband
  • From Pride to Humility: A Biblical Perspective
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Think Biblically
  • Communication and Conflict Resolution
Dr. Mark Seifrid
  • Justification by Faith
  • Christ Our Righteousness
  • Justification and Variegated Nomism, Vol. 1: The Complexities of Second Temple Judaism
    (with D.A. Carson and Peter T. O’Brien).
  • The Pauline Writings (with Randall Tan)
  • Justification and Variegated Nomism, Vol. 2: The Paradoxes of Paul
    (with D.A. Carson and Peter T. O’Brien)
Dr. Brian Vickers
  • Jesus’ Blood and Righteousness: Paul’s Theology of Imputation
Dr. Bruce Ware
  • The Grace of God and the Bondage of the Will
  • Still Sovereign
  • God’s Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism
  • God’s Greater Glory: The Exalted God of Scripture and the Christian Faith
  • Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles, and Relevance
  • Their God is Too Small: Open Theism and the Undermining of Confidence in God
  • Perspectives on the Doctrine of God: Four Views (editor)
Dr. Donald Whitney
  • Family Worship
  • Simplify Your Spiritual Life
  • Spiritual Disciplines for the Overwhelmed
  • Ten Questions To Diagnose Your Spiritual Health
  • Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
  • Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life: Study Guide
  • Spiritual Disciplines Within The Church
  • How Can I Be Sure I’m A Christian?
Dr. Greg Wills
  • The First Baptist Church of Columbia, South Carolina, 1809-2002
    Ed., with Richard Bailey, The Salvation of Souls: Nine Previously Unpublished Sermons on the
    Call of Ministry and the Gospel, by Jonathan Edwards
  • Democratic Religion: Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785-1900
Dr. Kurt Wise
  • Faith, Form, and Time
  • Understanding the Pattern of Life with Wood, Todd C., and Megan J. Murray
  • Something From Nothing with Sheila Richardson
Dr. Shawn Wright
  • Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant In Christ
Dr. Hershael York
  • Speaking with Bold Assurance (co-authored)
  • Preaching with Bold Assurance (co-authored)

BILLY GRAHAM SCHOOL OF MISSIONS, EVANGELISM, AND CHURCH GROWTH

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Dr. W. Hayward Armstrong
  • Bases para la Educación Cristiana
  • Ayudas Practicas – I Reyes, Comentario Biblico Mundo Hispano, Tomo 6
    (Didactic helps on I Kings, Hispanic World Bible Commentary)
  • Toward Best Practices in Missionary Training
Dr. Timothy K. Beougher
  • 22 sermons in 2008 Nelson's Annual Preacher's Sourcebook. Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2007.
  • Article: "Campus and College Revivals," in The Encyclopedia of Religious Revivals in America. Greenwood Press, 2007.
  • Richard Baxter and Conversion: A Study of the Puritan Concept of Becoming a Christian. Christian Focus, 2007.
  • Invitation to Evangelism. Kregel Publications (forthcoming 2008)
  • Richard Baxter: A Life of Puritan Zeal.
  • Accounts of a Campus Revival: Wheaton College
  • Study Guide to The Mind of the Master
  • Evangelism for a Changing World
  • Overcoming Walls to Witnessing
Dr. James D. Chancellor
  • Life in the Family: An Oral History of the Children of God
Adam Greenway
  • Co-editor (with Bill Henard), E3: Evangelicals Engaging Emergent. B&H (forthcoming fall 2008)
Dr. Kenneth Hemphill
  • EKG…the Heartbeat of God
  • Prayer of Jesus Journal
  • Prayer of Jesus
  • Names of God
  • Revitalizing the Sunday Morning Dinosaur
  • The Antioch Effect
  • The Bonsai Theory of Church Growth
Bill Henard
  • Co-editor (with Adam Greenway), E3: Evangelicals Engaging Emergent. B&H (forthcoming fall 2008)
Dr. Charles E. Lawless, Jr
  • Chapter in E3: Evangelicals Engaging Emergent. B&H (forthcoming fall 2008)
  • Completing manuscript for book tentatively entitled Effective Evangelistic Pastors
  • Putting on the Armor
  • Membership Matters
  • The Challenge of the Great Commission
  • Serving in Your Church Prayer Ministry
  • Making Disciples through Mentoring
  • Discipled Warriors: Healthy Churches That Are Equipped for Spiritual Warfare
  • Spiritual Warfare: Biblical Truth for Victory
  • LifeChange: A Mentoring Bible Study Program for Restoring Juvenile Offenders
    through Responsible Christian Living
Dr. J. D. Payne
  • Missional House Churches. Authentic Media (forthcoming March 2008)
Dr. Thom S. Rainer
  • Evangelism in the Twenty-First Century
  • The Book of Church Growth: History, Theology, and Principle
  • Eating the Elephant
  • Giant Awakenings
  • Encyclopedia of Evangelism and Church Growth
  • Effective Evangelistic Church
  • The Bridger Generation
  • The Every Church Guide to Growth
  • High Expectations
  • Surprising Insights from the Unchurched
  • The Unchurched Next Door
  • Breakout Churches
  • The Challenge of the Great Commission
  • The Unexpected Journey
  • Simple Church
  • Raising Dad
Dr. M. David Sills
  • The Missionary Call. Moody (forthcoming July 2008)
  • Quichuas De La Sierra
  • Capacitacion Pastoral En La Cultura Quichua

SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP AND CHURCH MINISTRY

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Dr. Gary J. Bredfeldt
Creative Bible Teaching
Caring for Souls: Counseling Under the Authority of Scripture
Great Leader, Great Teacher
Dr. Timothy Paul Jones
Hullabaloo: Discovering Glory in Ordinary Life.
Misquoting Truth: A Guide to the Fallacies in Bart Ehrman's “Misquoting Jesus.”
Praying Like the Jew, Jesus: Recovering the Ancient Roots of New Testament Prayer.
Prayers Jesus Prayed
Christian History Made Easy
Dr. Brian C. Richardson
Contributing author, Christian Education: Foundations for the Future
Contributing author, How to Have Real Conversation With Your Youth
Contributing author, The Evangelical Dictionary of Christian Education

SCHOOL OF CHURCH MUSIC AND WORSHIP

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Dr. G. Maurice Hinson
Guide to the Pianist’s Repertoire
Keyboard Bibliography
Music for Piano and Orchestra
Music For More Than One Piano
The Pianist’s Bookshelf
The Pianist's Dictionary
The Pianist’s Guide to Transcriptions, Arrangements and Paraphrases
The Pianist’s Reference Guide
The Piano in Chamber Ensemble
The Piano Teacher’s Source Book
The Vienna Urtext Piano Literature Guide
Dr. M. Mozelle Sherman
An Annotated Encyclopedia of the Dramatic Musical in the North American Christian Church
since 1840
Dictionary of the Christian Arts: Music and Media, Art and Architecture, Drama
Free to Move: The Alexander Technique
The Great Teachers of Singing
The Kansas Shermans: A Genealogy of 72 Lines Since 1420
They Still Speak: Interviews with the Greats of the American Lyric Stage
Two from Galilee
“Herodiade” by Jules Massenet, English translation, production book and running script
by Mozelle Clark Sherman.
“L’Enfant de Prodigue” by Claude Debussy, English translation,
production book and running script by Mozelle Clark Sherman
“The Obligation of the First and Foremost Commandment” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
piano realization and English translation by Mozelle Clark Sherman, a one-act sacred
opera, piano/vocal score, production book.

BOYCE COLLEGE

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Dr. David E. Adams
Contributing Author: 2006. Pushing the limits. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Contributing Author: 1985. When it hurts too much to cry. Wheaton IL: Tyndale House.
Dr. T.J. Betts
Ezekiel the Priest: A Custodian of Tôrâ, published by Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
Dr. Chad O. Brand
Editor and author, Apologetics Study Bible, from Broadman and Holman, October 2007.
One Sacred Effort: The Cooperative Program of the SBC, from Broadman & Holman, 2006.
Editor and author: Perspectives on the Doctrine of Election, from Broadman & Holman, 2006.
Author, Distributing Wealth: Work, Wealth, and Stewardship in Scripture
and in Christian Thought. Forthcoming from Kregel Press.
Editor and author, Five Views on Spirit Baptism. Broadman & Holman, 2004.
Editor and author, Five Views on Church Government. Broadman and Holman, 2004.
“Defining Evangelicalism.” In Reclaiming the Center: Confronting Evangelical
Accommodation in Postmodern Times. Edited by Millard Erickson, Crossway, 2004.
Editor and author, The Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Broadman & Holman Press, 2003.
I also wrote thirteen of the articles for the dictionary, including, “Baptism in the Spirit,”
“Soul,” and “Sheol.”
Dr. R. Bruce Carlton
Project Thessalonica: Acts 29 Training for Churches 2004
Amazing Grace: Lessons on Church-Planting Movements from Cambodia, 2000, reprint 2004
Acts 29: Practical Training in Facilitating Church-Planting Movements Among
the Neglected Harvest Fields, 2003.
Strategic Coordination in Mission: Training Manual for Nehemiah Institute for Strategic
Coordination, 2001 (co-authored with S.D. Ponraj)
Dr. Charles Draper
Contributor, The Apologetics Study Bible.
Contributor, The Holman CSB Harmony of the Gospels.
General Editor and Contributor (28 articles), Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary,
Nashville: B&H Publishers, 2003.
Dr. Barry Joslin
Hebrews, Christ, and the Law: the Theology of the Mosaic Law in Hebrews 7:1-10:18.
Paternoster Biblical Monograph Series. Carlisle, England: Paternoster, (forthcoming, 2008).
“Hebrews 7:1-10:18 and the Mosaic Law,” in A Crowd of Witnesses: The Theology of
Hebrews in its Ancient Context, LNTS, eds. Nathan MacDonald and Richard Bauckham
(London: Continuum, forthcoming, 2008).
Contributed 35 articles to Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and
New Testament Words. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006.
Dr. Jimmy Scott Orrick
Chapter, “Hanserd Knollys” in A Noble Company: Essays on Notable Particular-Regular
Baptists in America. Springfield, Missouri: Particular Baptist Press, 2006.
Chapter, “Who’s In Charge?: Providence in Hamlet” in a forthcoming critical edition of Hamlet.
St. Ignatius Press.