Spring '21
Required FLBC textbook for Corinthians course taught by Dr. Jerry Moan, Professor of New Testament.

Visit the timeless rhythms of the Christian life with award-winning author Harold L. Senkbeil. As he addresses the concerns and pressures of the world today, you'll discover that even while the world is dying, Christ's death brings about life. True life. One that He offers to you.

This new life stands the test of time and endures through the challenges of our dying world. While paradoxical, Christ's death is necessary for Him to guide you through death to life everlasting. Explore how this truth informs your entire Christian life, providing the Incarnational foundation, Sacramental focus, and Liturgical shape for your day-to-day.

In a dying world, let your journey be shaped by life—the life of Jesus, given for you.

What’s New in the Second Edition?

• Foreword from Rev. Dr. Robert Kolb
• Updates to reflect cultural and technological changes
• Updating Scripture to the ESV translation
• Updated Scripture Index

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Theology of the Christian Life course taught by Dr. Jason Gudim, Professor of Practical and Systematic Theology.

This new edition of a popular evangelical survey of the Old Testament has been thoroughly updated and features a beautiful new interior design. It is lavishly illustrated with four-color images, maps, and charts and retains the pedagogical features that have made the book so popular:

· chapter outlines, objectives, and summaries
· study questions
· sidebars featuring primary source material, ethical and theological issues, and contemporary applications
· lists of key terms, people, and places
· further reading recommendations
· endnotes and indexes

Spring '26
Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Spring '25
Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Minor Prophets course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Spring '24
Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Spring '23
Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Fall '23
Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Spring '23
Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Fall '22
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.
Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Spring '22
Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Fall '21
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.
Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Spring '21
Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Fall '20
Required FLBC textbook for Intro to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.
Required FLBC textbook for Major Prophets course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.

Arnold and Beyer’s Encountering the Old Testament is one of the most recent theologically conservative, college-level surveys of the entire Old Testament. It helpfully interacts with more recent scholarship, while maintaining, with few exceptions, the traditional interpretations of the Old Testament books. It is also full of beautiful, pertinent pictures and maps.
—Dr. Brent Olson

Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application. Editors Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton Jr., and Jay Sklar have gathered a team of experienced pastor-theologians to provide a new generation of pastors and other teachers of the Bible around the world with a globally minded commentary series rich in biblical theology and broadly Reformed doctrine, making the message of redemption found in all of Scripture clear and available to all.

Six experienced Bible teachers walk through some of the richest but more challenging books of the New Testament, helping Bible readers understand what they say about Christians’ hope for the future.

Fall '25
Recommended FLBC textbook for Revelation course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Revelation course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.

ESV Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the New Testament with lightly lined blank pages opposite each page of the biblical text, allowing readers to take extended notes or record insights and prayers directly beside corresponding passages of Scripture. This edition features the book of Luke, and is thin and portable—great for personal Bible reading and reflection, small-group study, or taking notes through a sermon series.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Luke and Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Luke and Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '23
Required FLBC textbook for Luke and Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '21
Required FLBC textbook for Luke/Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '21
Recommended FLBC textbook for Luke/Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

ESV Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the New Testament with lightly lined blank pages opposite each page of the biblical text, allowing readers to take extended notes or record insights and prayers directly beside corresponding passages of Scripture. This edition features the book of John, and is thin and portable—great for personal Bible reading and reflection, small-group study, or taking notes through a sermon series.

Spring '26
Required FLS textbook for the Gospel of John course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for the Gospel of John course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Spring '25
Required FLBC textbook for Gospel of John course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Gospel of John course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Spring '24
Required FLBC textbook for Gospel of John course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '23
Required FLBC textbook for Gospel of John course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Spring '23
Required FLBC textbook for Gospel of John course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '22
Required FLBC textbook for the Gospel of John course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

ESV Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the New Testament with lightly lined blank pages opposite each page of the biblical text, allowing readers to take extended notes or record insights and prayers directly beside corresponding passages of Scripture. This edition features the book of Luke, and is thin and portable—great for personal Bible reading and reflection, small-group study, or taking notes through a sermon series.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Luke and Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Luke and Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '23
Required FLBC textbook for Luke and Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '22
Required FLBC textbook for Luke and Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '21
Recommended FLBC textbook for Luke/Acts course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson.

Fall '20
Recommended FLBC textbook for Synoptic Gospels course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Modern historical study of the Gospels seems to give us a new portrait of Jesus every spring--just in time for Easter. The more unusual the portrait, the more it departs from the traditional view of Jesus, the more attention it gets in the popular media.

Why are scholars so prone to fabricate a new Jesus? Why is the public so eager to accept such claims without question? What methods and assumptions predispose scholars to distort the record? Is there a more sober approach to finding the real Jesus?

Commenting on such recent releases as Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus, James Tabor's The Jesus Dynasty, Michael Baigent's The Jesus Papers and the Gospel of Judas, for which he served as an advisory board member to the National Geographic Society, Craig Evans offers a sane approach to examining the sources for understanding the historical Jesus.

Fall '25
Required FLS textbook for Evangelism and Apologetics course taught by Dr. James Molstre, Dean of FLS and Dr. Jason Gudim, professor of Practical and Systematic Theology.

Fall '23
Required FLS textbook for Evangelism and Apologetics course taught by Dr. James Molstre and Dr. Jason Gudim.

Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy features the spectrum of evangelical positions on inerrancy. Facilitating understanding of these perspectives, particularly where and why they diverge, the contributors to Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy encourage sensitivity as the basis for future evangelical considerations on this topic.

Fall '25
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '24
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '23
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '22
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '21
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '20
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley, President of FLBCS.

Fall '19
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles/ Doctrine of the Word course taught by Pr. Steve Mundfrom, Professor of Systematic Theology.

Twenty-first century Christians face significant challenges to their proclamation of the Gospel and to their existence as a faith community. Living in a tumultuous age, Luther faced equally challenging crises. His theological emphases described and considered in this perceptive study have much to offer contemporary pastors and theologians.

Fall '25
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word and Christian Ethics courses taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '24
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '23
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word and Christian Ethics courses taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '22
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word and Christian Ethics courses taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '21
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word and Christian Ethics courses taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Summer Institute of Theology 2021

Textbook for Ethics and the Followers of Christ course taught by Dr. Nathan Olson, Professor of New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Fall '20
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/Doctrine of the Word course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley, President of FLBCS.

Fall '19
Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles/ Doctrine of the Word course taught by Pr. Steve Mundfrom, Professor of Systematic Theology.

This concise introduction to the church fathers connects evangelical students and readers to twelve key figures from the early church. Bryan Litfin engages readers with actual people, not just abstract doctrines or impersonal events, to help them understand the fathers as spiritual ancestors in the faith. The first edition has been well received and widely used. This updated and revised edition adds chapters on Ephrem of Syria and Patrick of Ireland. The book requires no previous knowledge of the patristic period and includes original, easy-to-read translations that give a brief taste of each writer's thought.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Fathers of the Church course taught by Pr. Andrew Kneeland.

What does it mean to be a Christian businessman or a Christian artist or a Christian construction worker? How can I serve God in everyday life? Consider God's calling in various roles not as a burden but as a way to experience God's love and grace. Downloadable study guide also available

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Theology of the Christian Life course taught by Dr. Jason Gudim, Professor of Practical and Systematic Theology.

Spring '25
Required FLBC textbook for Theology of Christian Life course taught by Dr. Steven Mundfrom, Professor of Systematic Theology and Church History.

Fall '22
Required FLBC textbook for Theology of the Christian Life course taught by Dr. Jason Gudim.

Fall '20
Required FLBC textbook for Theology of the Christian Life course taught by Pr. Brett Boe.

Fall '18
Required FLBC textbook for The Gospel and Vocation course taught by Dr. Mark Olson.

In his book God at Work, Veith essentially explains and develops what the Apostle Paul instructs the believer in Colossians 3:23, “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.” Veith explains that wherever we are and whatever we do as believers, we serve the Lord by serving our fellowmen. Vocation is God at work through us to accomplish His purpose in the world. Our work as believers is sanctified and significant, because what we faithfully do is in reality God-work. This book will be an encouragement and comfort for the reader.
—Dr. Phil Haugen

Sixty-six books written by forty people over nearly 2,000 years, in two languages and several different genres. A worldwide bestseller published in countless sizes and bindings, translations and languages. Sworn by in court, fought over by religious people, quoted in arguments.

The Bible is clearly no ordinary book.

How can you begin to read and understand it as a whole?

In this excellent overview, Vaughan Roberts gives you the big picture--showing how the different parts of the Bible fit together under the theme of the kingdom of God. He provides both the encouragement and the tools to help you read the Bible with confidence and understanding. And he points you to the Bible's supreme subject, Jesus Christ, and the salvation God offers through him.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '23
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

This graded reader introduces the second-year Hebrew student to various types of biblical Hebrew literature and contains various notations to assist him or her in the further advancement of Hebrew translation and exegesis.

Fall ’25
Recommended FLS textbook for Hebrew III/Hebrew Prose course taught by Pr. Brian Lunn.

Fall '23
Required FLS textbook for Hebrew II course taught by Dr. Oliver Blosser.

Fall '18 & Spring '19
Required FLS textbook for Hebrew II course taught by Dr. Oliver Blosser.

Leading biblical scholar Thomas Schreiner provides an easy-to-navigate resource for studying and understanding the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Letters. This accessibly written volume summarizes the content of each major section of the biblical text to help readers quickly grasp the sense of particular passages.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Corinthian Epistles course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.
Required FLS textbook for Pastoral Epistles course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.

Fall '24

Required FLBC textbook for Captivity Epistles course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.
Required FLS textbook for Captivity Epistles course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.

This resource encourages a deeper understanding of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ by harmonizing the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John so as to assemble as many details as possible into a chronologically meaningful sequence.

Fall '25
Recommended FLBC textbook for Youth Ministry Methods course, taught by Mrs. Michelle Olson.

Three experienced biblical language professors inspire students and pastors to learn, retain, and use Hebrew for ministry, setting them on a lifelong journey of reading and loving the Hebrew Bible. Written in a conversational style, Hebrew for Life offers practical guidance, inspiration, and motivation. It provides effective strategies to help readers learn biblical Hebrew, maintain current knowledge, and enjoy reading the Old Testament in its original language.

This companion volume to the successful Greek for Life incorporates research-tested strategies for learning, presents methods not usually covered in other textbooks, and surveys helpful resources for recovering Hebrew after a long period of disuse. It will benefit anyone who is taking (or has taken) a year of Hebrew.

Fall ’25
Required FLS textbook for Hebrew I course taught by Pr. Brian Lunn.

Spring ’25
Required FLS textbook for Hebrew I and Hebrew II courses taught by Pr. Brian Lunn.

Fall ’24
Required FLS textbook for Hebrew II course taught by Pr. Brian Lunn.

Spring '24
Required FLS textbook for Hebrew I course taught by Pr. Brian Lunn.

Fall '23
Required FLS textbook for Hebrew I course taught by Pr. Brian Lunn.

Spring '23
Required FLS textbook for Hebrew I course taught by Pr. Brian Lunn.

Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought traces the development of Christian theology from its earliest days to the present. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this authoritative yet accessible textbook introduces the major theological movements, key ideas, and individual theologians of the Patristic Period, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Reformation and Post-Reformation, and the Modern Era up to the present day. Throughout the book, students explore central themes through numerous case studies, primary readings, and study questions at the end of each section.

Spring ’26
Required FLS textbook for Historical Theology II course taught by Pr. Andrew Kneeland.

Fall ’25
Required FLS textbook for Historical Theology I course taught by Pr. Andrew Kneeland.

Do you feel like you should read the Bible more?

This book will help you want to read it.

Keith Ferrin has been talking to churches for years about enjoying God's Word. Here he shares the most helpful ideas and habits you can start using today. You will find ten proven tips that are equally practical whether you are a longtime Bible student or simply exploring what this life-changing book is all about.

Aimed at deepening your relationship with God, these simple suggestions will help you focus more easily as you read, remember Scripture better, and most importantly, enjoy the Bible and its Author more than you ever dreamed possible.

Includes Discussion Questions and Reading Suggestions for Small Groups.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '23
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '22
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '21
Required FLBC textbook for Intro to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '20
Required FLBC textbook for Intro to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Understanding the Bible isn’t for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It’s meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot of misconceptions and help you grasp the meaning of Scripture and its application to your twenty-first-century life.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '23
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '22
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

An Interpretive Lexicon of Old Testament Hebrew and Aramaic is an essential exegetical tool that works as both a lexicon and interpretive handbook. It describes all syntactic functions and semantic meanings for:

• Adverbs
• Conjunctions
• Interjections
• Particles
• Prepositions
• Pronouns

Designed for easy reference in both print and digital formats, this compact lexicon helps students, pastors, and scholars quickly and easily to determine the range of translation possibilities for these essential Hebrew and Aramaic words.

Fall ’25
Required FLS textbook for Hebrew III/Hebrew Prose course taught by Pr. Brian Lunn.

Everyone has a worldview. A worldview is the lens through which we interpret the cosmos and our lives in it. A worldview answers the big questions of life: What is our nature? What is our world? What is our problem? What is our end? As Anderson, Clark, and Naugle point out, our worldview cannot simply be reduced to a series of rational beliefs. We are creatures of story, and the kinds of stories we tell reveal important things about our worldview. Part of being a thoughtful Christian means being able to understand and express the Christian worldview as well as developing an awareness of the variety of worldviews. An Introduction to Christian Worldview takes you further into answering questions such as the following:

• Why do worldviews matter?
• What characterizes a Christian worldview?
• How can we analyze and describe a worldview?
• What are the most common secular and religious worldviews?

Well organized, clearly written, and featuring aids for learning, An Introduction to Christian Worldview is the essential text for either the classroom or for self-study.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Jason Gudim and Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Jason Gudim and Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '23
Required FLBC textbook for Worldview, Kingdom, & Culture course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '22
Required FLBC textbook for Worldview, Kingdom, & Culture course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Fall '21
Required FLBC textbook for Worldview, Kingdom, & Culture course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Jesus through Medieval Eyes will take you on an exploration of medieval representations of Jesus in theology and literature.

Who is Jesus? What is he like? And who am I, encountering Jesus? These questions were just as important to Christians in the Middle Ages as they are today.

And yet—as C.S. Lewis noted—the modern church tends to forget that people of different cultures and times also thought carefully about who Jesus was; and sometimes their ideas and emphases were different.

Medievalist scholar Grace Hamman believes that we can deepen our understanding and adoration of Christ by looking to the Christians of the Middle Ages. Medieval Europeans were also suffering through pandemics, dealing with political and ecclesial corruption and instability, and reckoning with gender, money, and power. But their concerns and imaginations are unlike ours. Their ideas, narratives, and art about Jesus open up paradoxically fresh and ancient ways to approach and adore Christ—and to reveal where our own cultural ideals about the Messiah fall short.

Medieval representations of Jesus span from the familiar—like Jesus as the Judge at the End of Days, or Jesus as the Lover of the Song of Songs—to the more unusual, like Jesus as Our Mother. Through the words of medieval people like Julian of Norwich, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Margery Kempe, and St. Thomas Aquinas, we meet these faces of Jesus and find renewed ways to love the Savior, in the words of St. Augustine, that "beauty so ancient and so new."

Fall ’25
Required FLS textbook for Historical Theology I course taught by Pr. Andrew Kneeland.

The Pastoral Letters—1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus—have made an enduring contribution to understanding the role of pastors in the church. With a spirited devotion to the text, Robert Yarbrough helps unlock the meaning of these short but rich letters in this commentary.

In keeping with the character of Pillar New Testament Commentary volumes, The Letters to Timothy and Titus offers a straightforward reading of these texts. Their primary concerns—God, salvation, and the pastoral task—remain central to Yarbrough’s thorough and comprehensive exegesis. Engaging with the best scholarship and resources, Yarbrough shows how these letters are as relevant today as they were to the early Christians.

Fall '25
Required FLS textbook for Pastoral Epistles course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.

In Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, renowned Christian minister, professor, and author of The Cost of Discipleship recounts his unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years in Germany. Giving practical advice on how life together in Christ can be sustained in families and groups, Life Together is bread for all who are hungry for the real life of Christian fellowship.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Theology of the Christian Life course taught by Dr. Jason Gudim, Professor of Practical and Systematic Theology.

Fall '24
Required FLBC textbook for Spiritual Disciplines course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.

Spring '23
Required FLBC textbook for Bible Doctrine IV course taught by Pr. Steve Mundfrom, Professor of Systematic Theology.

Spring '20
Required FLBC textbook for Bible Doctrine IV course taught by Pr. Steve Mundfrom, Professor of Systematic Theology.

Luther’s Works: The American Edition, published by Concordia and Fortress Press between 1955 and 1986, comprises fifty-five volumes. These are a selection representing only about a third of Luther’s works in the Latin and German of the standard Weimar Edition, not including the German Bible.

Fall '25
Required FLS textbook for Pastoral Epistles course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.

This new edition filters decades of expertise into modern standards. While previous editions incorporated digital forms of research and writing, this edition goes even further to build information literacy, recognizing that most students will be doing their work largely or entirely online and on screens. Chapters include updated advice on finding, evaluating, and citing a wide range of digital sources and also recognize the evolving use of software for citation management, graphics, and paper format and submission. The ninth edition is fully aligned with the recently released Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, as well as with the latest edition of The Craft of Research.

Teachers and users of the previous editions will recognize the familiar three-part structure. Part 1 covers every step of the research and writing process, including drafting and revising. Part 2 offers a comprehensive guide to Chicago’s two methods of source citation: notes-bibliography and author-date. Part 3 gets into matters of editorial style and the correct way to present quotations and visual material. A Manual for Writers also covers an issue familiar to writers of all levels: how to conquer the fear of tackling a major writing project.

Fall '25
Recommended FLBC textbook for English Composition course taught by Mrs. Madison Trost.

Luther's oft-recounted life made a profound impact on his contemporaries. Some revered him; some hated him. This volume provides a brief narrative of the unfolding events that took place from his birth to a young entrepreneurial family through his turbulent career as university professor and public figure to his death while on a mission to reconcile a feuding princely family. Following parts of this narrative come "interviews" with friends and foes of his time, taken from a variety of sixteenth-century sources that present this dominating reformer and the passions that possessed both those who found him to be God's end-time prophet and those who hated all that he stood for because they believed it was destroying their world.

Fall ’25
Required FLBC textbook for Reformation Studies course taught by Dr. Steve Mundfrom, Professor of Systematic Theology and Church History.

An Introduction to the Theology and Themes of 2 Corinthians by Dane C. Ortlund

Best known for its interpersonal, emotionally raw, and pastorally distressed tone, 2 Corinthians is one of Paul’s most distinctive epistles. In this letter to his complicated church in Corinth, Paul aims to expand on the deeply paradoxical nature of the Christian life. The importance of understanding this key doctrine makes 2 Corinthians an ideal study for believers today.

In this volume of the New Testament Theology series, bestselling author Dane Ortlund explores 2 Corinthians to reveal the core arguments presented by Paul. Through clear and engaging theological examinations, Ortlund expounds two predominant themes—inaugurated eschatology and strength through weakness—and connects various other motifs traced throughout this epistle. Readers will learn how Christ’s resurrection ushered in the new realm—one where life and ministry are flipped upside down, and God’s power is intertwined with human weakness.

Fall '25
Required FLBC textbook for Corinthian Epistles course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.

Spring '25

Required FLS textbook for Corinthian Epistles course taught by Dr. Jarrod Hylden, Professor of New Testament.

This summary laminated sheet of Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics and Basics of New Testament Syntax is perfect for students to review categories of uses and look over possibilities when doing exegesis of the New Testament.

Fall '25
Recommended FLS textbook for Pastoral Greek course taught by Dr. Phil Haugen.

Spring '24

Recommended FLS textbook for Greek II course taught by Dr. Phil Haugen.

Fall '23
Recommended FLS textbook for New Testament Greek II course taught by Dr. Phil Haugen.

Spring '22
Recommended FLS textbook for New Testament Greek 2 course taught by Dr. Phil Haugen.