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human evolution, 50–53, 229–233,273n5
hunter-gatherers, 50–52, 229
identity of Jesus: disparate views on, 119–120; and the Greco-Roman narrative, 120, 124–126, 128, 135–136, 223–224; and images in Revelation, 122–126; modern-day distortion of, 120–122, 127–128, 161, 193, 275n5; questions about, 20. See also Jesus in John’s Gospel
idolatry, 111, 116
improvisational eschatology, 196
inclusion, 148–149, 185–186, 234–239
independence quest, 230–231,233, 237
individualism, 231–233, 237
indulgences, 16–17
Isaiah, 59–61, 132–136, 181, 183–185,210–211
Jerusalem, destruction of, 197, 198
Jesus: affirming the rightness of, 26; being like, 164–165, 204; Christianity as apart from, 139, 223,255–256; cleansing the temple, 185; crucifixion of, 125, 126, 169; foretelling spiritual maturation, 99–100; as gift to the world, 215–216; as inspiration for quest, 240; location in biblical narrative, 36–37, 41, 46; looking through Bible to, 115–118; on love, 125, 132, 154, 218; meaning of “Christ,” 132, 138–139, 277n4; and participatory eschatology, 197–200; preparing disciples for this death, 217–222; resurrection of, 129–130; role in evolving understanding of God, 110–111, 114–118, 128; “second coming” of, 197–198. See also gospel; identity of Jesus
Jesus in John’s gospel: as God made visible, 222–223; and images of the promised land, 132–135; as light, 236; parallels with Exodus liberation story, 131–132; themes of Genesis creation story, 129–131, 149; viewed through three-dimensional biblical paradigm, 128–129, 135–136Jews. See Judaism
Job: God in the entirety of, 95–96; “God’s voice” in, 94–95, 268n11; legal constitution approach to, 89–91; revelation in conversations/ arguments of, 90–94; three sections overview, 87–89
Joel, 61–62
John, 205, 217–223, 290n21, 291n28.See also Jesus in John’s gospel John the Baptizer, 131–132
Jonah, 201–203, 210
Joseph, 53–54, 101, 268nn13, 14 Joshua, 111, 132
Judaism: biblical narrative emerging from, 36–37, 41; and the Christian right, 192–193; dualism and, 40–41; honoring heritage of, 41, 45; intolerance of idolatry, 111; prevalence of/ violence in, 207–208; reconciling new Christian faith with, 142–146; Satan in, 88
judging others, 147–148, 155
judgment, final, 195, 203–205, 286n33
justification by grace through faith,137, 138
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 194, 205
kingdom of God. See peaceable kingdom
knowledge, 167–170
Kuhn, Thomas, 247
lamb imagery, 131–132
last days teaching. See conventional eschatology
last judgment, 195, 203–205, 286n33
Law, 131, 132, 148–150, 153,270nn2, 4
leadership, change resistant, 244–245, 250
Left Behind Series (LaHaye and Jenkins), 192
Leviticus, 74–75
liberalism, 8–9, 96, 122, 214, 249
liberation, 56–59, 131–132, 135,150, 157
light imagery, 129, 130, 133, 236
listening teams, 250
love: church as school of, 168–172, 280n13; differing graciously in, 245; fundasexualists distortion of, 174; Jesus on, 125, 132, 218; Paul on, 154–156, 168–172, 238–239; in Revelation, 126
Luther, Martin, 16–18, 25, 137, 177,227, 256–259, 292nn3, 4
macrohistorians, 229
marriage, and sexuality, 186–187
marriage metaphor, 150, 151
material reality, 37–38
maturity, spiritual, 166, 168–169
McKitrick, Eric, 71, 76
mercy, 52–53, 153–154, 204, 277n5
Micah, 61
military, 7, 231, 232
mission trips, 250
modern church: called to reassess/ repent, 25–29, 140; claiming God at work in, 225–226; “conversion” of churchgoers, 4–5, 162; postmodern transition struggle, 8–9, 242–244, 259, 278n3; questions about the, 20, 161–162, 170–171; statistics on the, 4–5. See also conservative Christians; postmodern church
Moltmann, Jürgen, 206 moral reasoning, 249
Moses, 36, 41, 46, 57, 58, 99, 110, 131–133
Muslims, 7, 69, 192–193, 207–209,235, 236
narrative question. See biblical narrative
native peoples, 209, 231, 287n2
Nellie Norton (Warren), 71–75, 87,275n2
New Kind of Christian, A (McLaren), 2, 10
Noah’s ark, 14–15, 52–53, 98–99,108–110
nomadic herders, 51, 52
nonmaterial reality, 37–38
Oliver, Claudio, 83–84
ontological fall, 42, 50, 128, 139
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