| Foreword | p. 7 |
| The Possibility of a Fresh Perspective | p. 9 |
| The Modern-Industrial-Scientific Model | |
| The Existentialist Model | |
| The Transcendentalist Model | |
| The Covenantal-Historical Model | |
| Some Characteristics of the Biblical View | |
| The Biblical Invitation | |
| Nurturing a Historical Imagination | p. 25 |
| The Need for Imagination | |
| Imagination Shaped by History | |
| Bread in the Wilderness | |
| Some Biblical Uses of This Story | |
| Some Lines of Reflection on the Story | |
| Making Sense as an Insider | p. 39 |
| The Primal Narrative | |
| The Expanded Narrative | |
| Derivative Narratives | |
| The Literature of Institutionalization | |
| The Literature of Mature Theological Reflection | |
| The Literature of Instruction and Vocation | |
| The Relationship of These Kinds of Literature | |
| The Center of the Odd Perspective of the Bible--God | p. 53 |
| Now You Are God's People | |
| God Present with Power | |
| Abiding Presence | |
| "Fear Not!" "Emmanuel, Which Means, 'God with Us'" | |
| Jesus' Ministry | |
| What God Promises and What He Asks | |
| More of the Same Still to Come | p. 67 |
| God Is the Freedom-Giver | |
| God Is the Exile-Ender and the Home-Bringer | |
| God Is the Life-Bringer | |
| The Good News of Jesus | |
| Turn and Live! | p. 77 |
| Conversion--Entering into Covenant with God | |
| Conversion--Both Communal and Personal | |
| At Once a Human Task and God's Work | |
| Bad News and Good News | |
| The Gift of New Hearts | |
| "From Death to Life" | p. 89 |
| Life Means Relatedness | |
| Life Is a Task | |
| Life Is a Gift | |
| Death and Resurrection | |
| The Church Is the Community of Resurrection | |
| "Power to Become Children of God" | p. 99 |
| Slaves Become Sons and Daughters | |
| Orphans Become Adopted Children | |
| Sons and Daughters Have a Future | |
| Sons and Daughters Have a Vocation | |
| Our Task of Reconciliation | |
| The Bible and Its Community | p. 111 |
| Summary: Perspectives on the Bible | p. 119 |
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