Pastoral Library

I am only a student, but I too am finding this thread very interesting.

Blessings

Sheila

 

Try also www.bakerbooks.com

I truly think that every pastor should read selected puritan literature! I myself collect them, in fact I like them so much that I actually hunt them

Which publisher would you say is your favorite?
For start I would go with:
Banner of Truth
Soli Deo Gloria

Yours in Christ

Felix

 

List is almost ready in Word format. Send me a PM if you want it.

 

www.eisenbrauns.com has a number of excellent books as well

 

Here is the best starter library:

Anything by warren wiersbe (especially the books from his "BE" series), Willmington's guide to the Bible, and though it is hard to find there are two books by Roy Branson that every Pastor should read at least once (Dear Preacher, Please Quit) & (Most Christians don't know what every Christian should know).

These will add to your knowledge and skill vastly as well as affirm your calling (something very important these days).

 

American Journal of Pastoral Counseling

Pastoral care, counseling. Quarterly.

*American Monastic Newsletter.

Monastic studies. Three issues per year. Full text.

Biblical Archaeologist. Quarterly.

§ Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality. Three thematic issues per year.
§ The Christian Century. Weekly (for most of the year). Liberal mainline Protestantism.
§ Christian Computing Magazine. Monthly.
§ Christian History. Thematic evangelical quarterly, aimed at popular audience.
§ Christianity Today. General-interest evangelical semi-monthly. Selections.
§ Communiqué: A Quarterly Journal. Evangelical. Christianity, apologetics, the arts. Electronic journal.
§ Denver Journal: An Online Review of Current Biblical and Theological Studies. Evangelical. Reviews, essays, bibliographies. Electronic journal.
§ DISKUS. Religious studies. Semi-annual electronic journal. Full text.

§ The Expository Files. Four to six articles on Scripture per issue. Conservative perspective. Monthly electronic journal.
§ First Things: A Journal of Religion and Public Life. Politically conservative monthly. In matters of faith, editors and contributors run from slightly right of center to traditionalist. Full text.
§ The Founders Journal. Southern Baptist quarterly. Opinion and exhortation from the conservative wing of the SBC. Full text.
§ Homiletic & Pastoral Review. Conservative Catholic monthly. Full text.
§ The Jewish Angle. What does it mean to be Jewish and American? E-zine.
§ Journal for Christian Theological Research. Electronic journal.
§ Journal of Biblical Studies. Peer-reviewed electronic quarterly. Some articles are in Microsoft Word format.
§ Journal of Hebrew Scriptures. Refereed electronic journal.
§ Journal of Higher Criticism. Semi-annual. Selections.
§ Journal of Ministry in Addiction and Recovery. Semi-annual.
§ Journal of Religious Gerontology. Semi-annual.
§ Journal of Southern Religion. Church history, historical theology.
§ Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture. 3 times per year. Selections.
§ Liturgy Canada. Anglican quarterly. Selections.
§ The Living Pulpit. Thematic quarterly issues. Selections.
§ LOGOS. Liberation theology with focus on social issues, in Spanish. Electronic journal.
§ Marburg Journal of Religion. Religious studies. Refereed electronic journal.
§ ML: Ministry & Liturgy. (Formerly, Modern Liturgy). Monthly. Selections.
§ Modern Reformation. Evangelical bimonthly. Selections.
§ National Catholic Reporter. Weekly. Selections.
§ Near Eastern Archaeology. Quarterly. Continues Biblical Archaeologist.
§ The Other Side. Peace, justice, and what a former column called "taking Jesus seriously." Bimonthly. Selections. [9K text, 95K graphics].
§ Peace and Conflict Studies. Semi-annual. Full text. Some require the Adobe Acrobat reader.
§ Protestant Reformed Theological Journal. Mostly book reviews, from Calvinist evangelical perspective. Semi-annual.
§ Quodlibet: Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy. Refereed electronic scholarly monthly. Tends toward the evangelical end of the spectrum. Philosophy, exegesis, pastoral ministry, and other theological topics.
§ Religiologiques: Sciences humaines et religion. French-language Canadian semi-annual. Full text.
§ Review of Biblical Literature. Electronic and print annual. In-depth reviews. Online version is in English only. Browse by year or category, or use the search engine provided. Replaces the former Critical Review of Books in Religion as well as the Journal of Biblical Literature's reviews section.
§ Révue Biblique. Quarterly. Abstracts only, in English and French. [22K text, 32K graphics].
§ Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses. Quarterly. Mostly Protestant theology. Abstracts only, in English and French.
§ La Revue Réformée. French Protestant quarterly. Strong on Scripture, systematics, historical theology. Some pastoral theology as well. Full text of back issues.
§ SEDOS Bulletin. (Service of Documentation and Studies). Missiology, liberation theology. Monthly. English and French.
§ Selon sa parole. French-language monthly. Spirituality, charismatic renewal. General audience. Selections.
§ Sojourners. Bimonthly. Full text.
§ TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism. Refereed electronic journal.
§ Teaching Theology & Religion. Intended for faculty at institutions of higher education. 3 times per year. Print and electronic.
§ Theologisch-Praktische Quartalschrift. German-language Austrian quarterly. Table of contents and indices, 1993-present. Selection from most recent issue.
§ Theology Today. Ecumenical quarterly. Abstracts of current issue; searchable full text of back issues, 1958-1996. Also links to thematic issues.
§ Worship. Liturgical studies. Bimonthly. Abstracts

 

For a free (read it again...FREE) Bible-study software package, go to www.e-sword.net

Download the reader program (it includes KJV w/Stong's numbers, Strong's, search engine, etc.). You then can choose from MANY, MANY downloadable modules (Bible translation {NASB will cost $20, payable to the Lockman Foundation}, commentaries, dictionaries, devotionals, maps, etc.)

So far, I have the ASV, Jamieson Fausset& Brown, Thayer's, Barnes' Notes, Vincent's Word Studies, Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Robertson's Word Pictures. And I haven't even downloaded a third (gotta hate dial-up).

Hope everyone finds this useful.

 

If anyone is into Theological journals that can get a bit technical at times, try Bibliotheca Sacra, published by Dallas Theological Seminary.

You won't always agree with the writers, but that's OK, we need to be able to think about things.

 

Here are the immediate suggestions that I wish I knew of when I first started my collection (it would have spared me from buying a bunch of the fluff authors).

1. Theological journals. These are critical. Of course you will not always agree. That is not the point. When you study a passage, you will inevitably see it within a certain theological framework. You might not think of how someone else takes. It will also strenghthen your own position if you still think you are right.

A couple of them that I really enjoy are:

Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Southern Baptist Seminary Journal of Theology
Bibliotheca Sacra
Trinity Journal
Master's Seminary Journal
Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary Journal

These are all top-notch theological journals.

2. Anything by John Piper or John MacArthur. These are written from the Pastor-as-theologian perspective. Therefore, you won't just get the technical stuff.

Start with this stuff and you will see which kind of commentaries to buy. Enjoy.

Oh, if you check out www.sbts.edu and www.dbts.edu, you will see that they have each produced a list of must have commentaries and theological workbooks.