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Foreword | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: What Do We Need to Know about Conversion? | |
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Defining Conversion | |
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Approaches to the Issue | |
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Overview | |
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The Experience of St. Paul | |
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The Event: The Core Pattern of Paul's Conversion | |
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The Significance of Paul's Conversion | |
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The Three Accounts of Paul's Conversion | |
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The Core Pattern Defined | |
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Call or Conversion? | |
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Paul's Own Accounts of His Conversion | |
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Insight: The Context of Conversion | |
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Paul the Persecutor | |
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A Shift in Assumptions | |
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Turning: Encounter with Jesus | |
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A Vision of Jesus | |
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The Turning | |
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Transformation: The Emergence of New Life | |
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The Response | |
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The Commission | |
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The Continuity | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Experience of the Twelve | |
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The Theme of Conversion in the Gospel of Mark: An Outline of the Gospel | |
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The Structure of Mark's Gospel | |
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A Thematic Outline of the Gospel of Mark | |
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An Analysis of the Structure of Mark | |
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The Organization of Each Unit | |
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Transitions between Units | |
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The Use of Parentheses | |
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The Use of Titles | |
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Another Outline: A Comparison | |
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Summary of the Structural Argument | |
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Jesus the Messiah | |
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The Terms Defined: An Analysis of the Prologue (Mark 1:1-15) | |
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Jesus the Teacher: An Analysis of Unit One (Mark 1:16-4:34) | |
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Jesus the Prophet: An Analysis of Unit Two (Mark 4:34-6:30) | |
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Jesus the Messiah: An Analysis of Unit Three (Mark 6:31-8:30) | |
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Jesus the Son of God | |
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Jesus the Son of Man: An Analysis of Unit Four (Mark 8:31-10:45) | |
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Jesus the Son of David: An Analysis of Unit Five (Mark 10:46-13:37) | |
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Jesus the Son of God: An Analysis of Unit Six (Mark 14:1-15:39) | |
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Summary | |
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Conversion Themes in Mark's Gospel: Response, Faith, Repentance | |
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Conversion: The Theme Defined in the Prologue (Mark 1:1-15) | |
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Responding to Jesus: An Analysis of Unit One (Mark 1:16-4:34) | |
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Faith: An Analysis of Unit Two (Mark 4:35-6:30) | |
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Repentance: An Analysis of Unit Three (Mark 6:31-8:30) | |
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Conversion Themes in Mark's Gospel: Discipleship | |
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Following Jesus: An Analysis of Unit Four (Mark 8:31-10:45) | |
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"Watch, Therefore": An Analysis of Units Five and Six (Mark 10:46-15:39) | |
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The Conversion of the Twelve: A Summary | |
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Evangelism | |
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Encounter Evangelism: A Critique | |
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Encounter-Oriented Evangelistic Activities | |
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An Assessment of Encounter Evangelism | |
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Process Evangelism: Theory | |
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Spiritual Pilgrimage | |
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The Geography of Pilgrimage | |
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A Model for Process Evangelism | |
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Process Evangelism: Practice | |
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An Overview of Process-Evangelism Activities | |
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Small-Group Evangelism | |
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Growth-Oriented Evangelism | |
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The Spiritual Disciplines | |
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Worship Evangelism | |
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Conclusions | |
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A Lexical Summary of Conversion | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Biblical and Theological Studies | |
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Psychology | |
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Author Index | |
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Subject Index | |
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Scripture Index | |