Jesus Cropped from the Picture

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Table of Contents	7
Introduction	9
Part One: This Provincial Life	13
Chapter 1: Why Is That Old Man Crying?	15
Chapter 2: Cropping the Picture	21
Chapter 3: The First Cropping Tool: Individualism	25
Chapter 4: The Kingdom of God	33
Chapter 5: The Second Cropping Tool: Rationalism	43
Chapter 6: How Does It Apply to Me?	51
Chapter 7: EPIC or SLIM?	61
Chapter 8: Boredom and Busyness	71
Chapter 9: I Don’t Feel Fed!	77
Chapter 10: This Is Not Working for Me	85
Chapter 11: The SLIMming Effect	93
Part Two: Do You Know Where You’re Going To?	105
Chapter 12: SLIM’s Shaping Forces	107
Chapter 13: The Traditional Method	115
Chapter 14: The Pragmatic Method	125
Chapter 15: The Emerging Method	137
Chapter 16: How Jesus Was Cropped from the Picture	145
Part Three: Back to the Future	153
Chapter 17: The Satisfying End of My Journey	155
Chapter 18: Sacred Roots: Not Culturally Formed	165
Chapter 19: Sacred Roots: No Nostalgia, No Antagonists	171
Chapter 20: Sacred Roots: Focus of Energy	181
Chapter 21: Becoming People of the Story	187
Chapter 22: More Identity, Less Method	193
Epilogue	209
Appendices	213
Appendix 1: The Story God is Telling	215
Appendix 2: The Church as Agent of the Kingdom	219
Appendix 3: His Seamless Plan	221
Appendix 4: Contrasting Views of Worship Services	223
Appendix 5: Bringing History Together	227
Suggested Reading	237

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