Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
A Shared Faith Perspective xi
Introduction 1
Part 1 Entering the World's Stage 9
Chapter 1 Before Christ 13
Chapter 2 The Lamb of God 23
Chapter 3 Wild Man Preaching 33
Chapter 4 Temptations 43
Part 2 I Am the Messiah 51
Chapter 5 The Beginning of Miracles 55
Chapter 6 My Father's House 65
Chapter 7 The Woman of Samaria 73
Chapter 8 Rejected by His Own 83
Chapter 9 Healing and Forgiveness 91
Part 3 The Master Teacher 101
Chapter 10 What Matters Most? 105
Chapter 11 What's in It for Me? 117
Chapter 12 Pebbles to Keep 131
Chapter 13 Save Me! 143
Chapter 14 The Fish, the Coin, and the King 157
Chapter 15 Help of the Helpless 165
Chapter 16 The Bread of Life 175
Part 4 A Matter of Death and Life 185
Chapter 17 Last Trip to Jerusalem 189
Chapter 18 The Atonement 201
Chapter 19 I Have Overcome the World 213
Chapter 20 It Is Finished 223
Chapter 21 From Death to Life 231
Part 5 My Life 241
Chapter 22 The Eye of Faith 245
Chapter 23 What if Believing Is Hard for Me? 257
End Notes 269
About the Author 275