Introduction to the Module | 9 |
Course Requirements | 11 |
Lesson 1 - God’s Reign Challenged | 17 |
Contact | 18 |
Content: Segment 1 | 19 |
Content: Segment 2 | 26 |
Connection | 35 |
Lesson 2 - God’s Reign Inaugurated | 43 |
Contact | 45 |
Content: Segment 1 | 46 |
Content: Segment 2 | 54 |
Connection | 64 |
Lesson 3 - God's Reign Invading | 73 |
Contact | 74 |
Content: Segment 1 | 76 |
Content: Segment 2 | 83 |
Connection | 91 |
Lesson 4 - God's Reign Consummated | 101 |
Contact | 103 |
Content: Segment 1 | 104 |
Content: Segment 2 | 116 |
Connection | 133 |
Appendices | 141 |
Appendix 1 - The Nicene Creed | 143 |
Appendix 2 - We Believe: Confession of the Nicene Creed | 144 |
Appendix 3 - The Story of God: Our Sacred Roots | 145 |
Appendix 4 - The Theology of Christus Victor | 146 |
Appendix 5 - Christus Victor | 147 |
Appendix 6 - Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom | 148 |
Appendix 7 - Summary Outline of the Scriptures | 149 |
Appendix 8 - From Before to Beyond Time | 151 |
Appendix 9 - “There Is a River” | 153 |
Appendix 10 - A Schematic for a Theology of the Kingdom and the Church | 154 |
Appendix 11 - Living in the Already and the Not Yet Kingdom | 155 |
Appendix 12 - Jesus of Nazareth: The Presence of the Future | 156 |
Appendix 13 - Traditions | 157 |
Appendix 14 - A Theology of the Church in Kingdom Perspective | 165 |
Appendix 15 - Kingdom Texts in the New Testament | 166 |
Appendix 16 - Kingdom Texts in the Old Testament | 178 |
Appendix 17 - Suffering: The Cost of Discipleship andServant-Leadership | 187 |
Appendix 18 - Kingdom of God Timeline | 188 |
Appendix 19 - 33 Blessings in Christ | 189 |
Appendix 20 - Models of the Kingdom | 193 |
Appendix 21 - Thy Kingdom Come! | 195 |
Appendix 22 - Discipling the Faithful: Establishing Leaders for the Urban Church | 204 |
Appendix 23 - A Theology of the Church | 205 |
Appendix 24 - Translating the Story of God | 224 |
Appendix 25 - Jesus and the Poor | 225 |
Appendix 26 - Ethics of the New Testament: Living in the Upside-Down Kingdom of God | 231 |
Appendix 27 - Empowering People for Freedom,Wholeness, and Justice | 232 |
Appendix 28 - Understanding Leadership as Representation | 262 |
Appendix 29 - Five Views of the Relationship between Christ and Culture | 263 |
Appendix 30 - The Picture and the Drama | 264 |
Appendix 31 - Fit to Represent | 265 |
Appendix 32 - Our Declaration of Dependence: Freedom in Christ | 266 |
Appendix 33 - Representin’: Jesus as God’s Chosen Representative | 268 |
Appendix 34 - Picking Up on Different Wavelengths | 269 |
Appendix 35 - In Christ | 273 |
Appendix 36 - Union with Christ: The Christocentric Paradigm | 274 |
Appendix 37 - Faithfully Re-Presenting Jesus of Nazareth | 277 |
Appendix 38 - From Deep Ignorance to Credible Witness | 278 |
Appendix 39 - Your Kingdom Come: “The Story of God’s Glory” | 279 |
Appendix 40 - Spiritual Service Checklist | 293 |
Appendix 41 - The Profile of a 21st-Century Disciple | 294 |
Appendix 42 - Documenting Your Work | 296 |