Series Editor’s Preface     9

Author’s Preface    11 

1  What Do We Do with Theology? [Introduction]  •  15

2  Who Is That Guy? [The Person of Christ]  •  30 

3  News of God [God]  •  45 

4  God’s Spirit—And Ours [The Holy Spirit]  •  60 

5  This is God’s World: So What? [Creation]  •  75 

6  How Does God Communicate? [Revelation]  •  90 

7  Humanness: A Blessing or a Curse? [Humanity]  •  106 

8  Salvation: Healing Our Damage [The Work of Christ]  •  120 

9  The Church: Why Bother? [Christian Community]  •  136 

10 Evoking the Presence of God [The Sacraments]  •  151

11 Bless All the Families of the Earth [The Religions]  •  166 

12 The End Times are Now [Eschatology]  •  182

13 Do This and Live [The Christian Life]  •  197

Responses     208

Notes    219

Bibliography    226

The Author    230