tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171543652011-04-21T19:09:23.622-07:00Learning is fun. Knowledge is power. Below is a list of books that have influenced and challenged my thoughts on a plethora of topics.Wade Bartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476599486889388696noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154365.post-1127767247355586982005-09-26T13:39:00.000-07:002005-09-27T05:46:30.713-07:00<strong>Introduction to New Testament:<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Raymond </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Brown</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">, <span style="font-style: italic;">An Introduction to the New Testament</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Carson, Donald A., Moo, Douglas J., and Morris, Leon, <span style="font-style: italic;">An Introduction to the New </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">Testament</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />Robert</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Gundry</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">, <span style="font-style: italic;">A Survey of the New Testament</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Donald</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Guthrie</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">, <span style="font-style: italic;">New Testament Introduction<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Textual Criticism:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Aland, Kurt, and Barbara Aland, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Text of the New Testament.</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">J. H.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Greenlee, <span style="font-style: italic;">Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Bruce </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Metzger, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Text of the New Testament</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Bruce</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Metzger, <span style="font-style: italic;">A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><br />Biblical Interpretation:<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Donald</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Carson, <span style="font-style: italic;">Exegetical Fallacies<br /></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Gordon </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fee and Douglas Stuart<span style="font-style: italic;">, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth.<br /></span>Dan McCartney and Charles Clayton,<span style="font-style: italic;"> Let the Reader Understand<br /></span>Bruce Corley, et al, eds.,<span style="font-style: italic;"> Biblical Hermeneutics<br /></span>William W. Klein, Craig Blomberg and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr.,<span style="font-style: italic;"> Introduction to Biblical Interpretation<br /><br /></span></span>Historical-Cultural Background:<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Crai</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">g Evans </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">and Stanley Porter, eds. <span style="font-style: italic;">Dictionary of New Testament Background<br /></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Everett</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Ferguson<span style="font-style: italic;">, Backgrounds of Early Christianity<br /></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Joel</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Green et al.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels<br /></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Gerald </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hawthorne,, et. al.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dictionary of Paul and His Letters.<br /></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ralph</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Martin and Peter Davids, eds.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments<br /></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">N. T. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Wright<span style="font-style: italic;">, The New Testament and the People of God<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">N.T. Theology:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">George</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Ladd, <span style="font-style: italic;">A Theology of the New Testament</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">.<br /></span></span></strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Donald</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Guthrie,<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">New Testament Theology</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span>Homosexuality:</strong><br />Robert Gagnon, <em>The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics</em><br /><em></em> <a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://onlinecatalog.gcts.edu/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&LastResult=ItemTitles%26Config=ysm%26FormId=-1559%26Branch=,0,%26LimitsId=0%26StartIndex=0%26ItemsPerPage=10%26SortField=0%26PeriodLimit=0%26IdIsDataNumber=0%26DataNumber=150293887%26NotAddToHistory=1%26Count=16%26ItemField=4%26SearchAvailableOnly=0%26PeriodLimit=0&amp;amp;amp;amp;DataNumber=0&RecordNumber=132563&amp;SearchAvailableOnly=0&FormId=-1559&amp;ItemField=4&Config=ysm&amp;Branch=,0,"></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span>William Webb, <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Slaves, women & homosexuals : exploring the hermeneutics of cultural analysis<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Donald Wold</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">, <span style="font-style: italic;">Out of order : homosexuality in the Bible and the ancient Near East</span></span></span><b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-size:100%;">John Stott,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >S</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >ame-sex partnerships? </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">a Christian perspective </span></span><br /><br /><strong>Social Theory:<br /></strong>Thomas Sowell, <em>Knowledge and Decisions</em><br />Thomas Sowell, <em>Conflict of Visions</em><br /><br /><strong>Economic Theory:<br /></strong>Milton and Rose Friedman, <em>Free to Choose</em><br />Michael Novak, <em>The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism</em><br />Peter Berger, <em>The Capitalist Revolution</em><br />P. T. Bauer, <em>Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion</em><br />Ronald Nash, <em>Poverty and Wealth</em><br />George Gilder, <em>Wealth and Poverty</em><br /><em></em><br /><strong>Constitutional Law:<br /></strong>Robert Bork, <em>The Tempting of America</em><br />Forrest McDonald, A<em> Constitutional History of the United States</em><br /><br /><strong>Race, Gender, Family, and Welfare:<br /></strong>George Gilder, <em>Men and Marriage</em><br />Nicholas Davidson, <em>The Failure of Feminism</em><br />Charles Murray, <em>Losing Ground</em><br />Thomas Sowell, <em>The Economics of Politics and Race<br /><br /></em><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Youth Ministry:<br /></span><font>Patricia Hersch, <span style="font-style: italic;">A Tribe Apart</span><br />Doug Fields, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span>Jim Burns</span><font> and Mike DeVries, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Youth Builder<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><br /></span></span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17154365-112776724735558698?l=wadereference.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wade Bartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476599486889388696noreply@blogger.com0