Fellow blogger Billy Belk has a dilemma. He has money to spend at Amazon, but too many choices to narrow it down. Talking through his desperate situation, I raised the question, if you could only use five resources to prepare every sermon, what would they be? I will be the first to admit that I am guilty too often of using too many resources, so it was helpful for me to think in such minimalistic terms.
Obviously, the sources we name need to be "whole Bible" sources, because you don't want to waste one of your picks on a particular book of the Bible. And, for the sake of discussion here, we'll say that your Bible doesn't count. We'll assume that we are all going to agree that a Bible is indispensable. So, to begin we'll say what is your Bible of choice, and then, which five resources would you use. And please, hard copy books only. Also, two volume works that cover OT & NT will count as one source.
Here's my first attempt at a list, though I may have to change it as I think about it more.
Bible: The NASB Study Bible. Though I don't often use study Bibles, I will pick this one here, so that I can squeeze an extra resource in. The NASB Study Bible has the same notes in it as the NIV Study Bible, but with the superior text of the NASB. I might would trade this if I could have a NET Bible with NASB text.
1) Abridged Expositors Commentary - This 2 volume abridgment is good enough to make you wonder why you really need the unabridged set. It is only missing the most technical discussions.
2) Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology
3) Rogers & Rogers' Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament
4) Holman Bible Dictionary. It isn't the best dictionary, I am sure, but it is the best one volume one I own. I need to look into getting one that is a little better, and then that one will usurp this one in my list.
5) The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance
OK -- so there is my list. Now, let's have yours.
Obviously, the sources we name need to be "whole Bible" sources, because you don't want to waste one of your picks on a particular book of the Bible. And, for the sake of discussion here, we'll say that your Bible doesn't count. We'll assume that we are all going to agree that a Bible is indispensable. So, to begin we'll say what is your Bible of choice, and then, which five resources would you use. And please, hard copy books only. Also, two volume works that cover OT & NT will count as one source.
Here's my first attempt at a list, though I may have to change it as I think about it more.
Bible: The NASB Study Bible. Though I don't often use study Bibles, I will pick this one here, so that I can squeeze an extra resource in. The NASB Study Bible has the same notes in it as the NIV Study Bible, but with the superior text of the NASB. I might would trade this if I could have a NET Bible with NASB text.
1) Abridged Expositors Commentary - This 2 volume abridgment is good enough to make you wonder why you really need the unabridged set. It is only missing the most technical discussions.
2) Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology
3) Rogers & Rogers' Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament
4) Holman Bible Dictionary. It isn't the best dictionary, I am sure, but it is the best one volume one I own. I need to look into getting one that is a little better, and then that one will usurp this one in my list.
5) The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance
OK -- so there is my list. Now, let's have yours.
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Here's Billy Belk's list:
(1) Eerdman's Dictionary
(2) New Bible Commentary
(3) IVP Background Commentary
(4) New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries : Updated Edition
(5) Holman Handbook
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