Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-481) and index.
Contents: Housekeeping : the parable of the leaven -- Rewards : the parable of the hidden treasure -- Excellence : the parable of the pearl merchant -- Retirement : the parable of the rich fool -- Fairness : the parable of workers in the vineyard -- Waste : the parable of the prodigal son -- Fulfillment : the parable of the mustard seed -- Success : the parable of the secretly growing seed -- P…
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I : Reenvisioning discipleship -- "Radical" discipleship -- God's way of working -- Pledging allegiance to the Kingdom of God -- Part II : What disciples believe -- The Gospel : repent, for the Kingdom is at hand -- The Savior : the Slaughtered Lamb -- The church : the body of Christ -- Part III : What disciples do -- Worship : why disciples love their enemies -- Baptism : why disciples do…
Why? Why? Why? -- The Message from Stephen and Paul -- A Crack in the Curtain -- The Museum in Heaven: Rectangle A -- The Museum's Other Section: Rectangle B - Cracked Teapots -- "Tribulation Worketh Patience" -- The Refining Process -- School for Comforters -- Affliction and Evangelism-Affliction and Guidance -- Aborting Affliction -- Practicing Contentment or What Comes Next?
Encountering God -- Intimacy, art and meditation -- The climate of meditation -- The spiritual world as the soul's soil -- Cracking the husk : man's need for God -- To whom do we pray? -- The creative power of love -- A word of warning and encouragement -- Time -- Silence : discovering the way inward -- Aids in the pratice of silence -- Silence, mysticism and religious experience -- Exploring t…
Winter journey: the absence -- Texts for the wintry way -- The slanting toward solstice -- Spirit at the solstice -- The enemy in the dead of winter -- January thaw: a hint of presence -- The season of abandonment -- Winterfallow: patience for community and hope.
Waiting for Jesus -- The man who saw an angel -- His name is John -- The Christmas gift -- The son of God becomes man -- The prayers taht were answered -- The seekers -- The boy Jesus -- Jesus shares our baptism -- The lamb of God -- Jesus finds his first disciples -- The dream -- Jesus resists Satan's temptation -- The house of God -- A visitor at night -- The great encounter -- Jesus goes to …
The ultimate why -- Seekers sought -- The haunting question -- Everyone, everywhere, everything -- By Him, to Him, for Him -- Do what you are -- A time to stand -- Let God be God -- The audience of one -- Our utmost for His highest still -- Where the buck stops, there stand I -- People of the call -- Followers of the way -- There but for the grace of God goes God -- What is that to you? -- More…
A Case for Caring -- Developing Your Skills of Evaluation -- Getting Started -- Nurturing the Relationship -- Self-knowledge and Responding to Loss -- Warning Signals and Referral -- Sharing in Everyday Life -- Strength for Caring.
Originally published: Dallas : Word Pub., ©1991. Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-311).
Introduction -- Likings and loves for the sub-human -- Affection -- Friendship -- Eros -- Charity. Abstract Analyzes the feelings and problems involved in different types of human love, including familial affection, friendship, passion, and charity. In this candid, wise and warmly personal book, C.S. Lewis describes the four basic kinds of human love -- affection, friendship, erotic love, a…
Living in God's blessing -- Releasing shame and guilt -- Facing our anger -- Transforming anger -- Receiving God's forgiveness -- Forgiving others -- Seeking reconciliation -- Becoming the beloved community.
1. The Ground of all Forgiveness -- 2. Christ's Dying Prayer -- 3. If We Confess Our Sins -- 4. Put That on my Account -- 5. Forgiving One Another -- 6. Just as God Has Forgiven You -- 7. If Your Brother Sins -- 8. The Blessings of Forgiveness -- 9. Answering the Hard Questions about Forgiveness -- Appendix One: How Are We to Understand the Atonement? -- Appendix Two: What is the Unforgivable S…