A Reading List You Can Trust

Looking for inspiring, informative, and instructional reading resources you can trust for biblical truth? Here’s a solid list of books and other resources from the trusted Mid-America family of faculty and alumni.

Studies in Genesis 1–11: A Creation Commentary

By R. David Skinner; edited by Michael R. Spradlin

Beaman’s Commentary on the Gospel of John

By Roy Oliver Beaman; edited and revised by Michael R. Spradlin

Mid-America President Dr. Spradlin has well stewarded these excellent Bible commentaries by beloved former Mid-America faculty, editing, revising, and bringing them to a new generation of Bible students.

Biblical Crisis Counseling: Not If but When

By John Babler

Chairman of Mid-America’s Biblical Counseling Department Dr. Babler presents a Biblical Crisis Intervention model, helping Christians make critical choices and act in ways that honor God.

To the Jew First: Two-Part Romans: A Structural Game Changer?

By David L. Allen

Mid-America’s Distinguished Professor of Practical Theology Dr. Allen makes the case that Paul wrote Romans 1–8 to Jewish believers and Romans 9–16 to Gentile believers.

Foundations in Christ: The Root & Fruit of the Christian Life

By John Charping

Chairman of the Missions Department Dr. Charping outlines a discipleship grid that establishes seven key foundations in a new believer’s life. The first two foundations center on the inward aspect of the Christian life as the source, “the root,” from which the remaining five foundations are expressed as the “fruit.”

Renewing Evangelicalism: Carl F. H. Henry and a Full-Fledged Approach to Christian Living

By Matthew Akers

One of several books by Mid-America’s Chairman of the Old Testament Department, Dr. Akers’ book explores Carl Henry’s work as a roadmap to renewal in order to bring an authentic Christianity back into the public square, where Christians are called to be salt and light in a society rapidly losing hope.

May Jesus Christ Be Praised CD

By Jim Whitmire and the Crossroads Baptist Church Choir

Mid-America Instructor Emeritus Jim Whitmire selected 10 hymns that have meant the most to him, then collaborated with GRAMMY and Dove Award recipient, David T. Clydesdale, who arranged and recorded the orchestrations in Prague, to create a treasure trove of worship music.

Just Rest: A 90-Day Devotional Journal

By Melanie Redd

Mid-America alumna Melanie Redd combats today’s nervous, anxious, and challenging world by leading the reader on a 90-day journey to find peace, calm, and soul rest.

Mid-America Journal

Volume 11 | 2025

Edited by Terry Brown

This edition is Part II of a historic collection of scholarly presentations devoted to the intriguing question that has faced biblical scholars for centuries, “Who Was the Pharaoh of the Exodus?” Read online at mabts.edu/journal.

For more information on getting these and other trustworthy resources, contact the Mid-America Bookstore at 901-751-3003.