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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 | |