The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth That Could Change Everything Book

Contents

Introduction....................xi
PART 1 Excavation: Digging Beneath the Surface to Uncover Jesus' Message 1. Troubling Questions about Jesus....................3
2. The Political Message of Jesus....................9
3. The Jewish Message of Jesus....................19
4. The Revolutionary Message of Jesus....................26
5. The Hidden Message of Jesus....................35
PART 2 Engagement: Grappling with the Meaning of Jesus' Message 6. The Medium of the Message....................43
7. The Demonstration of the Message....................50
8. The Scandal of the Message....................61
9. You Can't Keep a Secret....................72
10. Secret Agents of the Secret Kingdom....................81
11. The Open Secret....................90
12. Hiding the Message in New Places....................96
13. Getting It, Getting In....................104
PART 3 Imagination: Exploring How Jesus' Secret Message Could Change Everything 14. Kingdom Manifesto....................117
15. Kingdom Ethics....................129
16. The Language of the Kingdom....................138
17. The Peaceable Kingdom....................149
18. The Borders of the Kingdom....................162
19. The Future of the Kingdom....................171
20. The Harvest of the Kingdom....................183
21. Seeing the Kingdom....................196
Afterword....................205
Appendix 1: Why Didn't We Get It Sooner?....................209
Appendix 2: Plotting Goodness....................219
Acknowledgments....................227
Notes....................229