Textbook List
Summer 2024/2025
Please Note
Books that are designated under “Required Texts” are books that you will need for your course. “Recommended Texts” will be helpful for your assignment writing and worthwhile texts to add to your library, but won’t be needed for course reading.
Following are websites that you can order your textbooks from. You can order through the Manna Store henderson@manna.co.nz or through Manna Online. If you choose to do this, allow plenty of time for delivery.
- www.fishpond.co.nz
- www.koorong.com
- www.amazon.com
- www.manna.co.nz
- www.churchstores.co.nz
- www.thenile.co.nz
Electronic books: Be aware that you can often buy the books cheaper through Amazon as electronic Kindle books. To read these you can down load free software “Kindle for PC” and read them on a laptop or you can buy a Kindle e-Reader or use a tablet (ipad etc). The advantages are price (often about $10) and instant delivery. The possible downside is having to read it on a laptop.
111 Interpreting the Bible
No textbook.
115 Reading the Bible
Required:
Bartholomew, Craig G, and Michael W. Goheen. The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story. 2nd Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014.
(Available as an eBook in the Laidlaw library.)
120 Reading the Old Testament
Recommended:
John H. Walton and Andrew E. Hill. Old Testament Today: A Journey from Ancient Context to Contemporary Relevance. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013.
Walton and Hill’s book is available as a Kindle e-book.
Alternatively,
Rolf A. Jacobson and Michael Chan. Introducing the Old Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2023 is available as an e-book in Laidlaw Library
140 Reading the New Testament
Required:
Keown, Mark J. Reading the New Testament. Auckland: Morphe, 2022.
Please contact Mark Keown for purchase details: mkeown@laidlaw.ac.nz
201 Engaging Theology
Recommended:
Graham McFarlane. A Model for Evangelical Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020.
OR
Ben C. Blackwell and R. L. Hatchett, Engaging Theology: A Biblical, Historical, and practical Introduction. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2019.
205 Church: Theology and Practice
Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger. Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2009.
As an alternative, you could read:
Gary D. Badcock. The House Where God Lives: Renewing the Doctrine of the Church for Today. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.
401 Formation
No textbook.
480 Faithful Living: Intro to Reflective Practice
No textbook.
505 Christian Leadership & Mission
No textbook.