CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION:
AN INITIAL REFLECTION ON THE MYSTERY OF JESUS
CHAPTER ONE: THE BAPTISM OF JESUS
CHAPTER TWO: THE TEMPTATIONS OF JESUS
CHAPTER THREE: THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
CHAPTER FOUR: THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
“You Have Heard That It Was Said But I Say to You”
The Dispute Concerning the Sabbath
The Fourth Commandment: The Family, the People, and the Community of Jesus’ Disciples
Compromise and Prophetic Radicalism
CHAPTER FIVE: THE LORD’S PRAYER
Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us
And Lead Us Not into Temptation
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE MESSAGE OF THE PARABLES
The Nature and Purpose of the Parables
Three Major Parables from the Gospel of Luke
The Good Samaritan (Lk 10:2537)
The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Lk 16, 1931)
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE PRINCIPAL IMAGES OF JOHN’S GOSPEL
Introduction: The Johannine Question
The Principal Johannine Images
CHAPTER NINE: TWO MILESTONES ON JESUS’ WAY: PETER’S CONFESSION AND THE TRANSFIGURATION
CHAPTER TEN: JESUS DECLARES HIS IDENTITY