Contents: Introduction. Who needs the historical Jesus? -- 1. The historical Jesus and the search for God: on the quest for the historical Jesus -- 2. Jesus and the empire of God: on dirt, shame, and sin in the expendable company of Jesus -- 3. The empire in a word: on the radical wisdom of Jesus -- 4. The empire in story: on the parables of Jesus -- 5. The empire of God is now: on Jesus and th…
My Search for a Single Passion to Live By -- Breakthrough-the Beauty of Christ, My Joy -- Boasting Only in the Cross, The Blazing Center of the Glory of God -- Magnifying Christ Through Pain and Death -- Risk Is Right-Better to Lose Your Life Than to Waste It -- The Goal of Life-Gladly Making Others Glad in God -- Living to Prove He Is More Precious Than Life -- Making Much of Christ from 8 to …