the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Required Textbooks

Jackson, TN

Textbooks for all courses may be purchased at the Union campus bookstore. The course syllabus will be posted on Moodle.

Fall 2012


22200     Intro to New Testament I      Martin

The English Standard Version
, or another Bible translation of the student’s choosing. Please do not use a paraphrase version.

Daniel M. Doriani. The Sermon on the Mount: The Character of a Disciple. P & R Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1596380035.

Andreas M. Kostenberger, L. Scott Kellum, and Charles L. Quarles. The Cradle, The Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8054-4365-3.

30000     Christian Preaching     Coppenger/Mims

Chapell, Bryan. Christ-Centered Preaching. 2nd edition. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2005.

John R.W. Stott, Between Two Worlds. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.

22220     Intro to New Testament II     Jackson

Carson, D. A. New Testament Commentary Survey, 6th ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007.

Kostenberger, Kellum, and Quarles, eds. The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown. Nashville: B & H Books, 2009.

Richards, E. Randolph, Paul and First-Century Letter Writing. Grand Rapids: IVP, 2004.

The professor will provide additional resources for further study of the NT material covered during the semester.

Spring 2013


30020     Preaching Practicum     Mims

25100     Intro to Church History I     Nettles

Justo Gonzalez.  The Story of Christianity [1]. San Francisco:  Harper & Row, 1984.

Stephen Nichols. For Us and For Our Salvation. Wheaton Crossway, 2007

25120     Intro to Church History II     Nettles

Justo Gonzalez.  The Story of Christianity. Vol 2   0-06063316-6

John Calvin. The Institutes of the Christian Religion, ed. Tony Lane & Hilary Osborne,. 0-8010-2524-9

William R. Estep. The Anabaptist Story  0-8028-1594-4

J. Gresham Machen.  Christianity and Liberalism  0-8028-1121-3

Henry Bettenson. Documents of the Christian Church  0-19-288071-3 – I will correlate assignments with this book.]

That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.