Compiled Reading Lists

Introduction to New Testament:
Raymond Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament
Carson, Donald A., Moo, Douglas J., and Morris, Leon, An Introduction to the New Testament
Robert Gundry, A Survey of the New Testament
Donald Guthrie, New Testament Introduction

Textual Criticism:
Aland, Kurt, and Barbara Aland, The Text of the New Testament.
J. H. Greenlee, Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism
Bruce Metzger, The Text of the New Testament
Bruce Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament

Biblical Interpretation:
Donald Carson, Exegetical Fallacies
Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth.
Dan McCartney and Charles Clayton, Let the Reader Understand
Bruce Corley, et al, eds., Biblical Hermeneutics
William W. Klein, Craig Blomberg and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr., Introduction to Biblical Interpretation

Historical-Cultural Background:
Craig Evans and Stanley Porter, eds. Dictionary of New Testament Background
Everett Ferguson, Backgrounds of Early Christianity
Joel Green et al. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
Gerald Hawthorne,, et. al. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters.
Ralph Martin and Peter Davids, eds. Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments
N. T. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God

N.T. Theology:
George Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament.
Donald Guthrie, New Testament Theology


Homosexuality:
Robert Gagnon, The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics
William Webb, Slaves, women & homosexuals : exploring the hermeneutics of cultural analysis
Donald Wold, Out of order : homosexuality in the Bible and the ancient Near East
John Stott, Same-sex partnerships? : a Christian perspective

Social Theory:
Thomas Sowell, Knowledge and Decisions
Thomas Sowell, Conflict of Visions

Economic Theory:
Milton and Rose Friedman, Free to Choose
Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
Peter Berger, The Capitalist Revolution
P. T. Bauer, Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion
Ronald Nash, Poverty and Wealth
George Gilder, Wealth and Poverty

Constitutional Law:
Robert Bork, The Tempting of America
Forrest McDonald, A Constitutional History of the United States

Race, Gender, Family, and Welfare:
George Gilder, Men and Marriage
Nicholas Davidson, The Failure of Feminism
Charles Murray, Losing Ground
Thomas Sowell, The Economics of Politics and Race

Youth Ministry:
Patricia Hersch, A Tribe Apart
Doug Fields, The Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry
Jim Burns and Mike DeVries, The Youth Builder