Fight the Good Fight of Faith, English Edition

Appendix

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Appendix 1 • Once Upon a Time:

The Cosmic Drama through a Biblical Narration of the World

Appendix 2 • The Story God Is Telling

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Appendix 3 • How to Start Reading the Bible

Appendix 4 • Jesus of Nazareth: The Presence of the Future

Appendix 5 • The Story of God: Our Sacred Roots Appendix 6 • From Before to Beyond Time:

The Plan of God and Human History

Appendix 7 • The Shadow and the Substance

Appendix 8 • In Christ

Appendix 9 • Our Declaration of Dependence: Freedom in Christ

Appendix 10 • The Oikos Factor

Appendix 11 • The Theology of Christus Victor

Appendix 12 • Christus Victor :

An Integrated Vision for the Christian Life and Witness

Appendix 13 • Understanding the Bible in Parts and Whole

Appendix 14 • Thirty-three Blessings in Christ

Appendix 15 • The Hump

Appendix 16 • Going Forward by Looking Back:

Toward an Evangelical Retrieval of the Great Tradition

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Appendix 17 • Summary Outline of the Scriptures Appendix 18 • Chronological Table of the New Testament

167 Appendix 19 • Communicating Messiah: The Relationship of the Gospels 168 Appendix 20 • Fit to Represent: Multiplying Disciples of the Kingdom of God 169 Appendix 21 • Ethics of the New Testament: Living in the Upside-Down Kingdom of God 170 Appendix 22 • Jesus Christ, the Subject and Theme of the Bible 171 Appendix 23 • Let God Arise! The Seven “A’s” of Seeking the Lord and Entreating His Favor 172 Appendix 24 • The Nicene Creed 173 Appendix 25 • The Nicene Creed with Biblical Support 175 Appendix 26 • The Apostles’ Creed