 | Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages by Haddon Robinson
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $10.57 This and McDill (our textbook) are the best books on expository preaching we have available today.
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 | The Art & Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $21.35 A compendium of helpful and practical articles on preaching.
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 | Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible by Howard Hendricks
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $8.49 A BASIC introduction to Hermeneutics. A good place to start.
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 | Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics: The Search for Meaning by Walter C. Kaiser Jr.
Buy new: $26.59 / Used from: $19.54 A more complete overview of hermeneutics.
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 | The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation by Leland Ryken
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $3.20 A defense of formal equivalence (word-for-word) translations.
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 | New Testament Textual Criticism: A Concise Guide by David Black
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $8.00 Very brief, very practical intro to Text Criticism.
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 | Exegetical Fallacies by D. Carson
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $8.00 Pitfalls to avoid in exegesis. A little advanced (but oh so necessary) for beginners. Take the challenge.
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 | The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance (Strongest Strong's) by Zondervan Publishing
Buy new: $30.39 / Used from: $20.88 This probably doesn't use Strong's numbers. My NASB Ex.Conc. is older and is based on Strong's numbers. If you use a different translation as your preferred one (and why would you?) then search amazon for "Exhaustive Concordance" and the abbreviation for your translation.
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 | A Survey of the Old Testament (Second Edition) by Andrew E. Hill
Buy new: $26.59 / Used from: $13.98 A good intro to each book of the OT. I am recommending these surveys instead of a Bible Handbook.
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 | The New Testament: Its Background and Message by Thomas Lea
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $18.90 A more concise intro to the NT; alternative to Carson & Moo. I am recommending these surveys instead of a Bible Handbook.
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 | An Introduction to the New Testament by D. A. Carson
Buy new: $27.04 / Used from: $21.35 A good intro to the books of the NT. I am recommending these surveys instead of a Bible Handbook.
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 | The Old Testament Speaks: A Complete Survey of Old Testament History, 5th Edition by Samuel J. Schultz
Buy new: $23.99 / Used from: $12.00 Good intro to the books of the OT; alternate to Hill & Walton. I am recommending these surveys instead of a Bible Handbook.
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 | New Bible Dictionary
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $18.00 This is a good Bible Dictionary. There are other good ones also.
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 | Old Testament Commentary Survey by Tremper Longman III
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $12.29 An overview of the available commentaries on each book of the OT.
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 | New Testament Commentary Survey by D. Carson
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $8.99 Overview of available commentaries for books of the NT.
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 | Commentary and Reference Survey: A Comprehensive Guide to Biblical and Theological Resources by John Glynn
Buy new: $11.79 / Used from: $11.98 Same as Longman & Carson, just a different voice to add to the conversation.
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 | Expositor's Bible CommentaryAbridged Edition, The: Two-Volume Set by Kenneth L. Barker
Buy new: $44.09 / Used from: $40.79 Best two-volume set I know of covering the whole Bible.
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 | The Englishman's Hebrew Concordance of Old Testament: Coded with Strong's Concordance Numbers by George V. Wigram
Buy new: $29.67 / Used from: $23.34 Best word-study tool for those with no knowledge of Biblical languages.
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 | The Englishman's Greek Concordance of New Testament: Coded with Strong's Concordance Numbers by George V. Wigram
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $18.49 Best word-study tool for those with no knowledge of Biblical languages.
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 | Essential Guide to Bible Versions by Philip W. Comfort
Buy used from: $3.64 Background info on the major English translations.
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 | Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament by Walter Kaiser
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $9.99 When Kaiser was my prof, this was the course content. Excellent and practical.
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 | Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible: New American Standard Bible, Wider Margins
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $31.49 A good first tool to buy for word-studies, especially for those with no working knowledge of the original languages.
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 | How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $6.50 A great book with a few problematic statements. Particularly, don't drink Fee's Kool-Aid about the TNIV being the best translation available. He was one of the lead translators for it, so that's why he says it.
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 | How to Read the Bible as Literature by Leland Ryken
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $5.49 Ryken is THE MAN when it comes to dealing with the literary forms of the Bible. This will give you a good introduction on "genre."
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 | The Expository Genius of John Calvin by Steven J. Lawson
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $8.88 |
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