| 1. Setting the scene |
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| Chapter 1. The world of the first Christians |
14 |
| 2. Jesus: God's promised deliverer |
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| Chapter 2. Jesus' birth and early years |
46 |
| Chapter 3. Who was Jesus? |
46 |
| Chapter 4. Why did Jesus die? |
77 |
| Chapter 5. The resirrection |
98 |
| 3. The kingdom is here |
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| Chapter 6. What is God's kingdom? |
112 |
| Chapter 7. Pictures of the kingdom |
122 |
| Chapter 8. The power of the kingdom |
136 |
| Chapter 9. God's kingdom in action |
147 |
| 4. Knowing about Jesus |
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| Chapter 10. Understanding the Gospels |
160 |
| Chapter 11. Four portraits of Jesus |
181 |
| Chapter 12. Can we trust the Gospels? |
198 |
| 5. Into all the world |
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| Chapter 13. Confronting the ancient world |
214 |
| 6. Paul: evangelist extraordinary |
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| Chapter 14. Who was Paul? |
247 |
| Chapter 15. Paul the persecutor |
266 |
| Chapter 16. Into all the world |
281 |
| Chapter 17. Paul the missionary |
294 |
| Chapter 18. Paul the pastor |
309 |
| Chapter 19. paul reaches Rome |
328 |
| Chapter 20. Letters from prison |
339 |
| 7. Paul and the Christian message |
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| Chapter 21. What does it mean to be a Christian? |
358 |
| Chapter 22. Freedom and fellowship |
378 |
| 8. Unity in diversity |
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| Chapter 23. The Spirit and the letter |
392 |
| Chapter 24. The church and its Jewish origins |
412 |
| Chapter 25. The enemies withim |
453 |