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birds, 208–10
black Americans, 50, 51
Blackwood, A. W., 132
blame, 215–30
Bok, Derek, 2–3, 5, 6, 185, 401n.1
Bonhoeffer Dietrich, 87, 130, 137, 249, 410nn.6, 7; Ethics, 410n.6; Life Together, 215, 236–37, 238
Bourget, Paul, The Disciple, 6–7
Bradley University, 54
Brainerd, David, 297
Buddha, 72
Buddhism, 32
Bultmann, Rudolf, 93
Butler, Bishop Joseph, 91, 131
Byrd, Randolph, 248
Byron, George Gordon, “The Destruction of Sennacherib,” 245
Calvin, John, xviii, 21, 23, 371, 405n.6; Institutes of the Christian Religion, 371
Capernaum, 16, 17
centrality of the pulpit, 57–58, 216–17
Chalmers, Gordon Keith, 401n.2
cheap grace, 37–38
Chesterton, G. K., 419n.8
children, 80, 116, 149, 170, 192, 219, 227, 229, 231, 244, 259, 261, 262, 263, 276, 314, 338–41, 357; abuse of, 124, 308; murderers, 152
Cho, David (Paul), 32
Christlikeness, curriculum for, 311–73
Chronicle of Higher Education, 4
“church growth” movement, 59
Cicero, 253
civil rights movement, 50, 51
Clare, Saint, 337
Clarke, Adam, 65–66, 68
Coles, Robert, 3–6, 184–85, 400n.2; “The Disparity Between Intellect and Character.” 4
Communism, 75, 112
community of prayerful love, 215–69
condemnation, 215–30
congregations, 303–4, 308, 309
consumer Christianity, 307, 342
contempt, 129, 150–55, 159, 161, 172, 176, 180, 216, 218, 221–23, 267, 284, 364; in sex, 163–64, 167
correction, 218–21
Cosby, Bill, 192
cosmos, 277, 377–78
covenant, 22–23, 333
Cowper, William, 64, 405n.3
creation, 326–32, 333; covenant, 22–23, 333
crucifixion, 344
curriculum for Christlikeness, 311–73
Daniel, 379
Dante, 135
Davenport, R., 248
David, King, 19, 334, 343
David and Goliath, 121
death, 84–88, 116, 149, 207, 210, 389–96; of Jesus, 52, 344
decision, 297–99, 376
Depression, 117
Dickason, Matthew, 62
Dickinson, Emily, 234, 323
dikaiosune, 119, 144–47, 159, 171, 178, 189, 212, 280
discipleship, 271–310, 414n.4
disciplines, spiritual, 353–64, 417n.18, 418n.18
divorce, 129, 168–73, 220, 411n.17, 22
Dodd, C. H., 29, 73
Dominic, Saint, 220, 225, 257
Dominican Order, 220
Dossey, Larry, 248–49; Healing Words, 248
dreams, 393
duality, 88
dwelling, 295–97
Eagle Nebula, 63
Edersheim, Alfred, 102, 407n.2
education, 2–6, 40
ego, 15, 193, 264, 342; anger and, 148–50
Egypt, 26, 28–29, 196, 245, 338, 385
Einstein, Albert, 11, 134, 197
Elijah, 19
empty space, myth of, 77–78
enemies, 181–83
engagement, disciplines of, 418n.18
England, 65, 261
engulfment, 278–79, 313
Enlightenment, 214
entering the eternal kind of now, 1–33
Epictetus, 326, 417n.9
Epicureans, 390
eternal destiny, 46–47
eternal kind of life, 53; entering now, 1–33; five stages of, 366–69
evangelism, discipleship, 304–5, 414n.4
evasion, religious, 201–2
Ezekiel, 89, 202
Faber, F. W., 14
family, 38, 219, 226, 238, 262, 338–41, 353
fasting, 195–200, 363, 418n.18
fighting, 235–36
Findlay, James, 51
food, 260–61, 266
fool, 153–54
forgiveness, 36–37, 46, 49, 262–65
Forsyth, P. T., xviii, 402n.12
Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 405n.12
Foster, Richard: Celebration of Discipline, 418n.18; Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, 412n.9
Foucault, Michel, 56
Fox, George, 254
Franciscan order, 336
Francis of Assisi, Saint, 297, 337
Friends (Quaker) movement, 254, 370
Frugerio, Brother, 220
Fundamentalism, 41
future, 375–79, 386–88, 391–92
Gaia, 259
Galilee, 16
Gates, Bill, 134
Germany, 65
Gilligan, Carol, 2
Glorious Accident (PBS Series), 8, 306–7, 309
Golan Heights, 16
golden triangle of spiritual growth, 346–48
Goldman, Ari, The Search for God at Harvard, 54
good deeds, 188–93
goodness, acquiring habits of, 341–46
good Samaritan, 109
Gospel Gap, 54–55
Grant, Michael, 131
Graves, Steven, 408n.3
Great Inversion, 88–89, 178
greed, 150
Greek culture, 144–48, 403n.7, 411n.19
Greek language, 101–2, 144–48, 191
Greek Old Testament, 146
Green, Michael, 59
Guelich, Robert, 408n.4
Guinness, Os, 190
Habermas, Jürgen, 411n.23
Hagar, 68–69
Hallesby, Ole, 78
Harvard Divinity School, 54
Harvard University, 2–6, 184, 407n.1
hatred, 129
Hawking, Stephen, 8
heart, 206, 368; centrality of, 80–81; hardness of, 169–71; kingdom, 129–85
heavens, 66–69; kingdom of the, 73–74, 79, 119
Hegel, G. F. W., 131
Heidegger, Martin, 56
Heiler, Friedrich, 405n.8
Herod the Great, 191
Hezekiah, 245, 246
Hick, John, 388
Hillel, school of, 168
Hobbes, Thomas, 407n.1
Holy Spirit, action of, 278–79, 347–48
homelessness, 204, 220
honesty, 328
honors, 188–89
Houseman, A. E., 325
Howells, Rees, 241
Hubble Space Telescope, 63
human spirit, 75–76
Hume, David, 253; Treatise of Human Nature, 410n.9
Huxley, Aldous, The Doors of Perception, 82–83
Hyde, John “Praying,” 241
ideas, power of, 5–6
immortality, 124–25
incarnation, 318
India, 72
individualism, 271
injury, 175–76, 177, 181
intellect, 2–8, 80, 91–93, 131, 134–36, 184–85, 252, 323–41, 401n.2; three areas of clarity, 326–41
intention, 297–99
invitation, 11–12; diminished, 35–42
Isaac, 69, 89, 239, 245
Isaiah, 145, 146, 245–46, 340
Israel, 19, 26, 69, 89, 141
Jacob, 69, 89, 245
“Jacob’s ladder,” 69, 70
James, apostle, 265, 344, 349
James, William, 53, 81, 404n.21, 406n.19, 416n.7
Jehoshaphat, 121
Jericho, 110, 191
Jerusalem, 16, 110, 135, 191, 208, 278, 379–81
Jesus of Nazareth, ii; Beatitudes of, 97–127; knowledge of, 61–95; Sermon on the Mount, 129–85; students of, 271–310; teaching methods, 107–21; as world historical force, 12–13
Job, 160
John, apostle, 48, 232, 253, 265, 279, 321, 355–56
John the Baptizer, 16, 17, 120, 141, 254, 278
Jonah, 124
Jones, E. Stanley, xviii
Jordan, 16
Joseph, 13, 191, 338
joy, 290, 292, 378
Judea, 16
judging, 224–26
Julian of Norwich, 77
Kant, Immanuel, 56, 65, 131, 407n.1; Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, 406n.19
Kennedy, John F., 113–14
Keynes, John Maynard, 5
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 51
kingdom, 368–69, 402n.18; definition of, 21–22; of God, 25–33, 73–74, 402n.19, 405n.6; of the heavens, 73–74, 79, 119
kingdom heart, 129–85
King James Bible, xvii, 194, 269
Krishna, 72
Küng, Hans, 20
language, to express God, 64–66
Lasch, Christopher, The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy, 401n.2
Laubach, Frank, xviii, 24, 413n.9; Prayer: The Mightiest Force in the World, 406n.18
laughter, 237–39
Lausanne Conference on World Evangelization (1974), 59
Law, William, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, 298
law and the soul, 139–47
Lawrence, Brother, 77, 284
Lazarus, 397
Lecky, W. E. H., 130; History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, 407n.1
legalism, 157, 180
Lewis, C. S., xviii, 20, 219–20, 239–40, 252; “The Inner Ring,” 153; Mere Christianity, 129; Out of the Silent Planet, 78; The Screwtape Letters, ii; “The Weight of Glory,” 419n.8
life and faith, integration of, 55–59
Living Bible, 296
Locke, John, 56, 407n.1
Logos, 336, 378, 398
Lordship salvation, 43–50
Lord’s Prayer, 25, 53, 98, 195, 241, 242, 253–69, 362
Los Angeles, 32, 144, 149, 268
love, 182–84, 323; agape, 137, 139, 182–84, 194, 217, 225, 276, 294, 396; community of prayerful love, 215–69; political and social meaning of, 52–54; theology and, 328–30
Luke, Saint, 104
Luther, Martin, xviii, 256
Lutherans, 370
MacArthur, John, 44–49, 50
McClain, Alva, The Greatness of the Kingdom, 402n.18
MacDonald, George, xviii, 378
McGrath, Alister, 315
magazines, Christian, 39
manifestation, 288–89
manna, 196–99
Manning, Brennan, 336
Mantle, Mickey, 86
marriage, 163–73, 308, 338, 340, 410n.17, 411n.17
Marsden, George M., The Soul of the American University, 406n.27
Marshall, Dr. I. Howard, 59
Marshall, Peter, 87
Martelet, Gustave, The Risen Christ and the Eucharistic World, 61
Martinez, Dennis, 287
martyrs, 214
Marx, Karl, 56
Mary, virgin, 121
Mary Magdalene, 45
meaning, 386, 387
media, 7, 9–11, 15, 122, 305, 306
meek, the, 117
Mennonites, 213, 370
merciful, the, 117
Methodists, 370
Micah, 145
Mill, John Stuart, 407n.1, 415n.2
Millennium, 45, 105
Milton, John, 130
mind, 406n.20; enthralled with God, 323–41; of the spirit, 83–84
Modernity, 41, 56, 65
molecular structure, 94–95
Moody, Dwight, 87
moral understanding, 129–39
Mosaic codes, 169, 409n.6
Moses, 26, 29, 69, 71, 81, 133, 134, 141, 245, 250, 385
Muggeridge, Malcolm, Jesus: The Man Who Lives, 1
murder, 124, 150, 152, 159, 168
myths, harmful, 330–32
Nabokov, Vladimir. 62, 85, 406n.23
National Council of Churches (NCC), 50, 51
Nazareth, 13, 16, 120, 191, 283
Nazism, 125, 417n.16
near-death experiences, 397
Nee, Watchman, The Latent Power of the Soul, 413n.5
Nehemiah, 197
neighbors, making, 111–12
Neill, Stephen, 42
New American Standard Bible, 70, 277, 296, 408n.6
“new birth” experiences, 38
New English Bible, 101
Newman, John Henry, 87
New Testament, xiii, xiv, 28, 41, 44, 59, 68, 69–70, 73, 84, 105, 140, 144, 145, 146, 165, 213, 242, 243, 282, 285, 291, 301, 329, 333, 342, 350, 367, 370, 382, 385, 386, 393, 394, 398, 402n.19, 408n.4; see also Biblical references
New York, 144, 155
Nicodemus, 68
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 131
nondiscipleship, 301–2
nonresistance, 177–78
nonretaliation, 286, 366
Nouwen, Henri, 303
oaths, making, 173–75
obedience, 139–41, 275, 312–13, 315, 341, 354, 368
Oden, Thomas, 56, 410n.17
Old Testament, 16, 25, 26, 47, 65, 67–69, 89, 145, 146, 244–45, 338, 339, 362, 379, 393, 402n.12, 405n.10; see also Biblical references
ordinary events, 348–50
Palestine, 135, 191
parable, 107, 109
parents, 219, 229, 262, 263, 338–41
Parker, William R., 247, 249
Pascal, 358
Passover, 107
Paul, apostle, 28, 68, 79, 82, 86, 106, 115, 125–26, 138, 140, 146, 150, 155, 172, 183, 194, 200, 206, 212, 218, 225, 227, 244, 258, 261, 266, 279, 280, 281, 322, 327, 335, 338, 340–52, 361, 369–70, 392–93, 405n.6, 406n.20, 408n.4
peace, 399–400
peacemakers, the, 118
Pelikan, Jaroslav, 12
Penfield, Wilder, 406n.20
Penn, William, 254
Peter, apostle, 70–71, 113, 121, 240, 253, 283, 294–95, 316, 319
Philip the Evangelist, 280
physical beauty, 210–11
Picard, Max, 90; The Flight from God, 61
Picasso, Pablo, 7
Pike, Bishop James, 53
pity, 264
Plato, 145, 252, 387; Republic, 145, 407n.1, 411n.19
political slogans, 9
pornography, 164
power, ultimate, 79–80
prayer, 182, 194, 195, 215–69, 355, 356, 363, 406n.18, 412n.9, 418n.18; continuum of, 234–35; scientific studies, 247–50
prayerful love, community of, 215–69
prayer therapy groups, 247
Promise Keepers movement, 339
Protestantism, 37, 43, 370, 371
Protestant Reformation, 301, 414n.6
Puckett, Kirby, 287
Puritans, 370
raca, 151, 152
Rainaldo, Brother, 337
REA (Rural Electrification Administration), 30
reality, spiritual, 79–80
Reid, Clyde, 201, 411n.3
reputation, 187–214
request, 216, 231–44, 252, 258–68, 295; not granted, 239–41
respectability, 188–202
resurrection, 276, 277, 395
retaliation, 175–77, 180
revenge, 129
Revised New English Bible, 296
Robinson, John A. T., 52, 53, 404n.18
Royce, Josiah, 416n.7
Russell, Bertrand, 183–84
Russia, 75
Ryrie, Charles, 44–49, 50, 402n.19
Sagan, Carl, 8, 55
salt of the earth, 125–27
salvation, 122–23; Lordship, 43–50
Samaria, 191, 194, 197, 280
Sanford, Agnes, 405n.9
Santayana, George, 199
