| Table of Contents | 5 |
| Introduction | 11 |
| Advancing the Kingdom in the City | 13 |
| Analytical vs. Christocentric Approach to Old Testament Study | 15 |
| The Apostles’ Creed | 16 |
| Apostolic Band: Cultivating Outreach for Dynamic Harvest | 17 |
| Apostolicity: The Unique Place of the Apostles in Christian Faith and Practice | 18 |
| Appearances of the Resurrected Messiah | 19 |
| Areas of Disagreement among Christians Concerning Spiritual Gifts | 20 |
| Arrangement of the Twelve Tribes around the Tabernacle | 26 |
| Authentic Freedom in Jesus Christ | 27 |
| Bible Study Tools Worksheet | 28 |
| Biblical Justification for the Resurrection of Messiah Jesus | 30 |
| A Bibliography for Biblical Hermeneutics | 31 |
| Capturing God’s Vision for His People | 35 |
| The Center and Circumference: Christianity Is Jesus Christ | 36 |
| Chart of Biblical Studies | 47 |
| Checklist of Narrative Elements | 49 |
| Christ’s View of the Bible | 52 |
| Christus Victor: An Integrated Vision for the Christian Life | 55 |
| Chronological Table of the New Testament | 56 |
| The Church Leadership Paradigm: The Case for Biblical Leadership | 57 |
| The Church Plant Team: Forming an Apostolic Band | 58 |
| Church Planting Models | 59 |
| The Church Year (Western Church) | 61 |
| Circle of Jewish Calendar | 63 |
| The Communal Context of Authentic Christian Leadership | 64 |
| Communicating Messiah: The Relationship of the Gospels | 65 |
| A Comparison of Translation Philosophies | 66 |
| The Compass of Narrative Elements | 67 |
| The Complexity of Difference: Race, Culture, Class | 68 |
| Contextualization Among Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists | 69 |
| Creating Coherent Urban Church Planting Movements | 75 |
| Culture, Not Color: Interaction of Class, Culture, and Race | 76 |
| Dealing With Old Ways | 77 |
| Defining the Leaders and Members of a Church Plant Team | 78 |
| Degrees of Authority Given to Fruit of Christocentric Use of the Old Testament | 79 |
| Delegation and Authority in Christian Leadership | 80 |
| Denominational Statements on “Sanctification” | 81 |
| Developing Ears that Hear | 86 |
| Different Traditions of African-American Response | 87 |
| Discerning the Call: The Profile of a Cross-Cultural Urban Church Planter | 90 |
| Discipleship Diagram | 91 |
| Discipling the Faithful: Establishing Leaders for the Urban Church | 92 |
| Documenting Your Work | 93 |
| Dynamics of Credible Spiritual Vision | 97 |
| Editorial | 98 |
| Empowering People for Freedom, Wholeness, and Justice | 102 |
| Equipping the Church Plant Team Member | 132 |
| Ethics of the New Testament: Living in the Upside-Down Kingdom of God | 133 |
| An Example of the Practice of Textual Criticism | 134 |
| Examples of Denominational Statements on “Baptism in the Holy Spirit” Which Illustrate the Differing Views | 135 |
| Faithfully Re-Presenting Jesus of Nazareth | 139 |
| The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Share the Same Divine Attributes and Works | 140 |
| Figures of Speech | 142 |
| Fit to Represent: Multiplying Disciples of the Kingdom of God | 149 |
| Five Views of the Relationship between Christ and Culture | 150 |
| Following the Life of Christ throughout Each Year | 151 |
| Four Contexts of Urban Christian Leadership Development | 152 |
| From Before to Beyond Time | 153 |
| From Deep Ignorance to Credible Witness | 155 |
| General Facts Concerning the New Testament | 156 |
| Getting a Firm Grasp of Scripture | 158 |
| Giving Glory to God | 159 |
| God’s Sovereignty and Universal Revelation | 168 |
| God’s Three-In-Oneness: The Trinity | 174 |
| Going Forward by Looking Back | 182 |
| A Guide to Determining Your Worship Profile | 188 |
| A Harmony of the Ministry of Jesus | 190 |
| Hindrances to Christlike Servanthood | 191 |
| How to Interpret a Narrative (Story) | 192 |
| How to PLANT a Church | 196 |
| How to Start Reading the Bible | 203 |
| The Hump | 205 |
| I Find My Lord in the Book | 206 |
| In Christ | 207 |
| Investment, Empowerment, and Assessment | 208 |
| Jesus and the Poor | 209 |
| Jesus Christ, the Subject and Theme of the Bible | 215 |
| Jesus of Nazareth: The Presence of the Future | 216 |
| The Key Passages on Spiritual Gifts in theNew Testament | 217 |
| Keys to Bible Interpretation | 220 |
| Kingdom of God Timeline | 229 |
| Kingdom Texts in the New Testament | 230 |
| Kingdom Texts in the Old Testament | 242 |
| Learning to Be a Theo-smith | 251 |
| Let God Arise! | 252 |
| Let God Arise!: The Seven “A’s” of Seeking the Lord and Entreating His Favor | 270 |
| The Life of Christ according to Seasons and Years | 271 |
| Living in the Already and the Not Yet Kingdom | 273 |
| Living the Disciplines | 274 |
| Lording Over vs. Serving Among | 275 |
| The Lord’s Supper: Four Views | 276 |
| Messiah Jesus: Fulfillment of the Old Testament Types | 277 |
| Messiah Yeshua in Every Book of the Bible | 281 |
| Messianic Prophecies Cited in the New Testament | 283 |
| The Method of the Master | 289 |
| The Ministry of Praise and Worship | 290 |
| The Miracles of Jesus | 302 |
| Missions in the 21st Century | 303 |
| Models of the Kingdom | 305 |
| The Names of Almighty God | 307 |
| New Testament Readings | 311 |
| The Nicene Creed | 312 |
| Nicene Creed with Biblical Support | 313 |
| Nurturing Authentic Christian Leadership | 314 |
| The Obedient Christian in Action | 315 |
| The Oikos Factor | 316 |
| Old Testament Names, Titles, and Epithets for the Messiah | 317 |
| Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom | 319 |
| Once Upon a Time | 320 |
| Our Declaration of Dependence: Freedom in Christ | 322 |
| Overview of Church Plant Planning Phases | 324 |
| Overview Plant to Birth Models | 325 |
| The Parables of Jesus | 326 |
| Paul’s Partnership Theology | 327 |
| Paul’s Team Members | 328 |
| A People Reborn | 330 |
| Perception and Truth | 334 |
| Picking Up on Different Wavelengths | 335 |
| The Picture and the Drama | 339 |
| Plot Line of the Church Year | 340 |
| Portrayals of Jesus in the New Testament Books | 341 |
| Preaching and Teaching Jesus of Nazareth as Messiah and Lord Is the Heart of All Biblical Ministry | 342 |
| Principles Behind Prophecy | 343 |
| The Profile of a 21st-Century Disciple | 344 |
| Promise vs. Prediction | 346 |
| The Prophetic Vision as Source ofBiblical Faith Commitment | 347 |
| Pursuing Faith, Not Religion | 348 |
| Readings on Christ | 352 |
| Readings on Messianic Prophecy | 357 |
| Readings on Pastoral Care | 359 |
| Readings on Servanthood | 361 |
| Readings on the Church | 362 |
| Readings on the New Testament’s Historical Credibility | 365 |
| Receptivity Scale | 367 |
| Relationship of Cost and Effectiveness in Disciple-Making Endeavors | 368 |
| Representin’: Jesus as God’s Chosen Representative | 369 |
| Re-presenting Messiah | 370 |
| The Role of the Holy Spirit in Spiritual Guidance | 371 |
| The Role of Women in Ministry | 378 |
| Roles of Representational Leadership | 382 |
| Salvation as Joining the People of God | 383 |
| A Schematic for a Theology of the Kingdom and the Church | 388 |
| Selecting a Credible Criteria for Independence | 389 |
| The Self-Consciousness of Jesus Christ | 392 |
| The Shadow and the Substance | 393 |
| Six Kinds of New Testament Ministry for Community | 394 |
| A Sociology of Urban Leadership Development | 395 |
| The Sojourner’s Quest | 396 |
| Some of the Ways in Which Christians Disagree about Sanctification | 397 |
| Spiritual Gifts Specifically Mentioned in the New Testament | 403 |
| Spiritual Growth Diagrams | 405 |
| Spiritual Service Checklist | 407 |
| St. Basil, the Nicene Creed, and the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit | 408 |
| Steps to Equipping Others | 410 |
| The Story God Is Telling | 412 |
| The Story of God: Our Sacred Roots | 413 |
| Story: The Crux of Revelation | 414 |
| Story, Theology, and Church | 415 |
| Substitute Centers to a Christ-Centered Vision | 420 |
| Substitution | 421 |
| Suffering: The Cost of Discipleship and Servant-Leadership | 422 |
| Summary of Messianic Interpretations in the Old Testament | 423 |
| Summary Outline of the Scriptures | 428 |
| Symbols of Christian Leadership | 432 |
| The Tabernacle of Moses | 436 |
| Targeting Unreached Groups in Churched Neighborhoods | 437 |
| That We May Be One | 438 |
| A Theological Overview of the Equipping Gifts Described in Ephesians 4.11 | 448 |
| Theological Visions and Approaches | 464 |
| The Theology of Christus Victor | 469 |
| A Theology of the Church | 470 |
| A Theology of the Church in Kingdom Perspective | 489 |
| Theories of Inspiration | 490 |
| “There Is a River” | 491 |
| 33 Blessings in Christ | 492 |
| Three Contexts of Urban Christian Leadership Development | 496 |
| Three Levels of Ministry Investment | 497 |
| The Three-Step Model | 498 |
| Thy Kingdom Come!: Readings on the Kingdom of God | 499 |
| Toward a Hermeneutic of Critical Engagement | 508 |
| Traditions | 509 |
| Translating the Story of God | 517 |
| Translation Methodology | 518 |
| Typology Readings | 519 |
| Understanding Leadership as Representation | 525 |
| Understanding the Bible in Parts and Whole | 526 |
| Union with Christ: The Christocentric Paradigm | 528 |
| Use of Reference Tools for Interpreting the Bible | 531 |
| Watch What You Image Forth | 533 |
| The Way of Wisdom | 534 |
| We Believe: Confession of the Nicene Creed (Common Meter*) | 535 |
| We Believe: Confession of the Nicene Creed (8.7.8.7 meter*) | 536 |
| Wei Ji | 537 |
| When “Christian” Does Not Translate | 538 |
| World Impact’s Vision: Toward a Biblical Strategy to Impact the Inner City | 540 |
| “You Can Pay Me Now, Or You Can Pay Me Later” | 541 |
| “You Got To Serve Somebody!” | 542 |
| Your Kingdom Come: “The Story of God’s Glory” | 543 |
| Alphabetical Appendix List Cross-Referenced to Capstone Modules | 557 |
| Capstone Appendices as They Appear in Each Module | 563 |
| Topical Index | 586 |