Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     11
Introduction     13
The First Story     18
Warning     25
Promise of a Nation     33
Birth of a Nation     40
Real Freedom     47
Promised Land     54
Conquest     61
The Time of God's Patience     68
A Pagan Widow Gets It Right     75
First King     82
A Man After God's Own Heart     90
The Scarlet Thread     98
City on a Hill     105
Divided Kingdom     112
Just a Regular Guy     119
Passing the Torch     127
A Farmer and a Plumb Line     134
The Fish Story     141
Unfaithful     148
Holy, Holy, Holy     155
A Tale of Two Kings     162
Reformation     169
Disappointed with Life     176
Tears     184
Homecoming     191
Between the Times     199
Savior Born     207
A Baby     214
A Real Live Human God     222
Wilderness     230
The Best Sermon Ever     237
Miracles     245
Transfiguration     253
Unconventional     260
Telling Stories     267
Jesus and Two Women     275
One Week to Live     282
Love and Feet     289
The Last Night     296
Crucifixion     303
Resurrection     310
The Sequel     317
The Room Upstairs     324
The Ends of the Earth     331
A Man Named Saul     338
For Gentiles     345
Conflict Resolution     352
Freedom     359
Love and War     366
Matter     373
Revelation     380
The Last Story     387
About the Authors     395