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Foreword | |
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The Possibility of a Fresh Perspective | |
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The Modern-Industrial-Scientific Model | |
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The Existentialist Model | |
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The Transcendentalist Model | |
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The Covenantal-Historical Model | |
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Some Characteristics of the Biblical View | |
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The Biblical Invitation | |
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Nurturing a Historical Imagination | |
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The Need for Imagination | |
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Imagination Shaped by History | |
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Bread in the Wilderness | |
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Some Biblical Uses of This Story | |
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Some Lines of Reflection on the Story | |
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Making Sense as an Insider | |
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The Primal Narrative | |
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The Expanded Narrative | |
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Derivative Narratives | |
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The Literature of Institutionalization | |
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The Literature of Mature Theological Reflection | |
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The Literature of Instruction and Vocation | |
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The Relationship of These Kinds of Literature | |
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The Center of the Odd Perspective of the Bible--God | |
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Now You Are God's People | |
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God Present with Power | |
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Abiding Presence | |
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"Fear Not!" "Emmanuel, Which Means, 'God with Us'" | |
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Jesus' Ministry | |
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What God Promises and What He Asks | |
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More of the Same Still to Come | |
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God Is the Freedom-Giver | |
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God Is the Exile-Ender and the Home-Bringer | |
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God Is the Life-Bringer | |
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The Good News of Jesus | |
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Turn and Live! | |
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Conversion--Entering into Covenant with God | |
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Conversion--Both Communal and Personal | |
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At Once a Human Task and God's Work | |
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Bad News and Good News | |
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The Gift of New Hearts | |
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"From Death to Life" | |
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Life Means Relatedness | |
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Life Is a Task | |
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Life Is a Gift | |
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Death and Resurrection | |
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The Church Is the Community of Resurrection | |
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"Power to Become Children of God" | |
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Slaves Become Sons and Daughters | |
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Orphans Become Adopted Children | |
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Sons and Daughters Have a Future | |
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Sons and Daughters Have a Vocation | |
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Our Task of Reconciliation | |
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The Bible and Its Community | |
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Summary: Perspectives on the Bible | |