“Core” Texts Wenham, David and Steve Walton, Exploring the New Testament, vol. 1: A Guide to the Gospels and Acts (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2001). I. Howard Marshall, Stephen Travis, and Ian Paul, Exploring the New Testament, vol. 2: A Guide to the Letters and Revelation (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2002). Remaining Texts Arthur G. Patzia, The Emergence of the Church: Context, Growth, Leadership, and Worship (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2001). David A. deSilva, New Testament Themes (St. Louis: Chalice, 2001). Jerry Camery-Hoggatt, Speaking of God: Reading and Preaching the Word of God (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1995). Students who can work with the Greek text of the New Testament may choose to use the following te...