Contents: Introduction : Jesus and the four Gospels -- The birth of the Savior -- A troubled land -- Classes and masses -- Village life -- Jerusalem, the holy city -- The life of the mind -- Trade and travel -- Religious conflict -- The mission of the Messiah -- Spread of the Gospel -- Places in Bible times -- Biblical citations. Abstract: The life of Jesus the Messiah with a descript…
Translated from the Dutch. Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-321).
Contents: Introduction of the King -- The authentication of the King -- Controversy over the King -- Instruction of the twelve by the King -- Opposition to the King -- Preparation of the disciples by the King -- Official presentation of the King -- Preparation for the death of the King -- Rejection of the King -- The resurrection of the King -- Appendix A: background of the time of Christ -- Ge…
Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-113).
Contents: Faith and history in the Gospels -- Period and environment -- Jesus of Nazareth -- The dawn of the kingdom of God -- The will of God -- Discipleship -- Jesus' journey to Jerusalem; suffering and death -- The Messianic question -- Jesus Christ. Other Notes Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: The four gospels : distinctive voices. Overviews of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- Jesus according to the Synoptists. The birth and childhood of Jesus : the hope of promise (Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-2) ; The backdrop to Jesus' ministry : John the Baptist, Jesus' baptism and temptations (Matt. 3:1-4:11; Mark 1:1-13; Luke 3:1-4:13) ; The initial portrait of Jesus' Galilean ministry : teachin…
Contents: Preface : the first two quests -- Galilee & the Galilean : Jesus in his social setting -- Jesus the talking head : the Jesus of the Jesus Seminar -- Jesus the itinerant cynic philosopher : the works of John Dominic Crossan, Burton Mack and F. Gerald Downing -- Jesus, man of the Spirit : the works of Marcus Borg, Geza Vermes and Graham H. Twelftree -- Jesus the eschatological prophet :…
The founding fathers -- The twelfth century, spiritual formation and monastic reform -- The poetic vision of the thirteenth century, the spirit of the friars -- The mystic flowering of fourteenth-century England -- The Rhineland and the Netherlands, beyond God to the Godhead -- The Italian mystic Renaissance, the two Catherines -- The Reformation, new dimensions of Christian spirituality -- Spa…
The need for spiritual direction -- Images and models of the spiritual director -- Seeking and choosing a spiritual director -- Secrets of the heart -- Directors' advice to their colleagues -- Discernment -- Personal teachings -- Obedience -- Epilogue.
Redefinitions -- I. The Naked Noun -- II. The Unbusy Pastor -- III. The Subversive Pastor -- IV. The Apocalyptic Pastor -- Between Sundays -- V. Ministry amid the Traffic -- VI. Curing Souls: The Forgotten Art -- VII. Praying with Eyes Open -- VIII. First Language -- IX. Is Growth a Decision? -- X. The Ministry of Small Talk -- XI. Unwell in a New Way -- XII. Lashed to the Mast -- XIII. Desert …
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Spiritual community: the ambiance for group spiritual direction -- Spiritual direction -- Discernment and spiritual direction -- The Practice of group spiritual direction -- Decisions: participants, groups, facilitators -- Issues in group spiritual direction -- The Contemplative dimension of group spiritual direction -- Epilogue.
Biography.