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Tables of Contents for The God Who Risks
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
7
2
1 Introduction
9
6
2 The Nature of the Task
15
24
2.1 Metaphors and Models
15
1
2.2 Criteria
16
3
2.3 Anthropomorphism
19
4
2.4 A Shared Context
23
3
2.5 Two Objections
26
11
2.6 Conclusion
37
2
3 Old Testament Materials for a Relational View of Providence Involving Risk
39
51
3.1 Introduction
39
2
3.2 The Creation and Its Divinely Established Conditions
41
4
3.3 Freedom Within Limits
45
1
3.4 The Implausible Happens
46
3
3.5 God Suffers on Account of His Sinful Creatures but Will Not Abandon Them
49
1
3.6 The Divine Purpose: Creating a Relationship of Trust
50
3
3.7 God May Be Prevailed On
53
1
3.8 Joseph: A Risk-Free Model?
54
2
3.9 God Works with What Is Available
56
5
3.10 Divine-Human Relationality in the Covenant
61
2
3.11 Divine Goals with Open Routes
63
3
3.12 Excursus on Divine Repentance
66
9
3.13 Divine Wrath and Mercy in the Context of Covenantal Relationality
75
4
3.14 The Absence and Presence of God
79
2
3.15 The Potter and the Clay: An Examination of So-Called Pancausality Texts
81
6
3.16 Divine Love and Humiliation
87
1
3.17 Conclusion
88
2
4 New Testament Materials for a Relational View of Providence Involving Risk
90
50
4.1 Introduction
90
1
4.2 The Baptism
91
1
4.3 The Birth of Jesus and the Bethlehem Massacre
92
2
4.4 The Temptation of Jesus
94
1
4.5 Confession and Transfiguration
95
1
4.6 Compassion, Dialogue and Healing Grace
96
2
4.7 Gethsemane: The Pathos of Jesus
98
6
4.8 The Cross of Jesus
104
3
4.9 The Resurrection
107
1
4.10 Grace, Judgment and Humiliation: Divine Love in Jesus' Teaching
108
4
4.11 Various Texts on Providence
112
3
4.12 Conclusion to the Life of Jesus
115
2
4.13 The Church as the Vehicle of God's Project
117
7
4.14 The Nature and Goal of the Divine Project
124
1
4.15 Eschatology and Providence
125
4
4.16 Excursus on Predictions and Foreknowledge
129
8
4.17 Conclusion
137
3
5 Divine Relationality in the Christian Tradition
140
27
5.1 Introduction
140
2
5.2 Some Early Fathers
142
5
5.3 Augustine
147
4
5.4 The Middle Ages
151
2
5.5 From Luther to Wesley
153
5
5.6 Contemporary Theology
158
6
5.7 Conclusion
164
3
6 Risk and the Divine Character
167
41
6.1 Introduction
167
2
6.2 Summary of a Risk View of Providence
169
1
6.3 The Nature of Divine Risk
170
3
6.4 The Divine Character and Providence
173
21
6.5 Excursus on Omniscience
194
12
6.6 Conclusion
206
2
7 The Nature of Divine Sovereignty
208
29
7.1 Introduction
208
1
7.2 Types of Relationships
209
2
7.3 Specific Versus General Sovereignty
211
6
7.4 Divine Permission
217
3
7.5 Human Freedom
220
4
7.6 The Concept of Divine Self-Limitation
224
4
7.7 Can God's Will Be Thwarted?
228
2
7.8 Divine Purpose with Open Routes
230
5
7.9 Conclusion
235
2
8 Applications to the Christian Life
237
43
8.1 Introduction
237
1
8.2 Salvation and Grace
237
14
8.3 Evil
251
17
8.4 Prayer
268
7
8.5 Divine Guidance
275
3
8.6 Conclusion
278
2
9 Conclusion
280
3
Notes
283
57
Bibliography
340
17
Indexes
357