Betting on God : a word to the reader -- Who is a God-seeker? (Luke 19:1-10) -- The point on which I stand or fall (Matt. 16:13-23) -- How faith begins (Mark 5:25-34) -- How crises in faith arise (Matt. 14:22-33) -- What the word "faith" means (Matt. 15: 21-28) -- How we learn to speak with God (Luke 11:9-13) -- What has God to do with the meaning of life? (Mark 10:17-27) -- Where is my fellow …
Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1948.
Too Christian, too pagan -- Yield to God's governance -- Leave your comfort zone -- Love the world -- Be a true friend -- Cross cultures -- Go to the party -- Avoid the Corinthian syndrome -- Seek protection -- Experience the gospel -- Live the gospel -- See -- Feel -- Think -- Tailor your message -- Learn the art of dual listening -- Listen to the music -- See the movie -- Read the books -- Te…
Other Notes: Translation of Gerechtigheid en liefde. Continues the author's Jesus. Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. Being a responsible Christian in a non-Christian society -- v. 2. Social and sexual relationships in the modern world.
Contents: The authority of new experiences and the authority of the New Testament. The authority of new experiences -- The authority of the canonical New Testament -- Do we begin with the New Testament or with present-day experience? A false alternative -- New Testament theology of the experience of grace : justification for the method used. Ḥānan and ḥēn; ḥesed and ʼʻmet : the conc…
ntroduction. Getting oriented ; How to "read" without "reading" ; The nature of spiritual formation -- Focal perceptual shifts. Various words of God ; Information versus formation ; The iconographic nature of Scripture ; Kairotic existence -- Focal experiential shifts. Functional-relational dynamics ; Being and doing -- The power of Scripture in spiritual formation. Breaking the crust ; Wesley'…
Never mailed to Ann Landers -- The two spirits of our age -- Three dangerous ideas -- The fifth gospel -- Born again "again" -- Seven steps to a wise life -- An apology for doctrine -- Thinking in biblical categories -- The God who is -- The radical effect of the fall -- The content of the gospel -- The relationship of faith and works -- The most important thing -- God's blueprint for living --…