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The London Lectures in Contemporary Christianity
The London Lectures Trust
The Incomparable Christ
CONTENTS
PART I: THE ORIGINAL JESUS (or how the New Testament witnesses to him)
PART II: THE ECCLESIASTICAL JESUS (or how the church has presented him)
PART III: THE INFLUENTIAL JESUS (or how he has inspired people)
PART IV: THE ETERNAL JESUS (or how he challenges us today)
FOREWORD
CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. The centrality of Jesus
2. History and theology
THE ORIGINAL JESUS (or how the New Testament witnesses to him)
PART I: THE ORIGINAL JESUS (or how the New Testament witnesses to him)
The four gospels
1. The Gospel of Matthew: Christ the fulfilment of Scripture
2. The Gospel of Mark: Christ the Suffering Servant
3. Luke’s Gospel and the Acts: Christ the Saviour of the world
4. The Gospel and letters of John: Christ the Word made flesh
5. The fourfold gospel
6. Jesus and Paul
The thirteen letters of Paul
7. A polemical letter (Galatians): Christ the liberator
8. The early letters (1 & 2 Thessalonians): Christ the coming judge
9. The major letters (Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians): Christ the Saviour
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
10. The prison letters (Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians and Philippians): Christ the supreme Lord
11. The pastoral letters (1 Timothy, Titus and 2 Timothy): Christ the head of the church
Three more Jewish authors
12. The letter of James: Christ the moral teacher
13. The letter to the Hebrews: Christ our great high priest
14. The letters of Peter: Christ the exemplary sufferer
Conclusion: Diversity in unity
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JESUS (or how the church has presented him)
PART II: THE ECCLESIASTICAL JESUS (or how the church has presented him)
Introduction: ‘Another Jesus’
1. Christ the complete fulfilment: Justin Martyr
The prophets and the philosophers
2. Christ the unique God-man: the early councils
The importance of Christology
3. Christ the perfect monk: St Benedict
Two questions about monasticism
4. Christ the feudal debtor: Anselm
Medieval atonement theology
5. Christ the heavenly bridegroom: Bernard of Clairvaux
Christian mysticism
6. Christ the ethical exemplar: Thomas à Kempis
An ascetic imitation of Christ
7. Christ the gracious Saviour: Martin Luther
Justification by faith alone
8. Christ the human teacher: Ernst Renan and Thomas Jefferson
Enlightenment scepticism
9. Christ the tragic victim: John Mackay
Good Friday without Easter
10. Christ the social liberator: Gustavo Gutierrez
Good news for the poor
11. Christ the Jewish Messiah: N. T. Wright
Exile and exodus
12. Christ the global Lord: Mission in the twentieth century
From Edinburgh 1910 to Lausanne 1974
Conclusion: Authenticity versus accommodation
PART III: THE INFLUENTIAL JESUS (or how he has inspired people)
PART III: THE INFLUENTIAL JESUS (or how he has inspired people)
Introduction: The story of Jesus
1. The Bethlehem stable: Francis of Assisi
The nativity of the poor king
2. The carpenter’s bench: George Lansbury
The dignity of manual labour
3. The ministry of compassion: Father Damien and Wellesley Bailey
Touching untouchables
4. The Sermon on the Mount: Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr
The challenge of non-resistance
5. The love for children: Thomas Barnardo
‘An ever-open door’
6. The washing of feet: Samuel Logan Brengle
A necessary lesson in humility
7. The cross: Toyohiko Kagawa
The revelation of the love of God
8. The resurrection: Joni Eareckson Tada
‘I’ll be on my feet dancing’
9. The exaltation: Henry Martyn
Zeal for the honour of Christ’s name
10. The gift of the Spirit: Roland Allen
The Holy Spirit is a missionary Spirit
11. The second coming: Anthony Ashley Cooper (Lord Shaftesbury)
A programme for social reform
12. The last judgment: William Wilberforce
The abolition of slavery and the slave-trade
Conclusion: The radical nature of Christ’s influence
THE ETERNAL JESUS (or how he challenges us today)
PART IV: THE ETERNAL JESUS (or how he challenges us today)
Introduction: ‘The Revelation of Jesus Christ’
Four principles of interpretation
1. Christ claiming to be the First and the Last, and the Living One (Rev. 1)
A vision of the resurrected and eternal Christ
2. Christ supervising his churches on earth (Rev. 2 – 3)
Seven marks of an ideal church
3. Christ sharing God’s throne in heaven (Rev. 4 – 5)
The throne, the scroll and the Lamb
John’s vision of a throne (4:1–11)
John’s vision of a scroll (5:1–6)
John’s vision of the Lamb (5:7–14)
4. Christ controlling the course of history (Rev. 6 – 7)
The seven seals and the two communities
5. Christ calling the world to repentance (Rev. 8 – 11)
The seven trumpets, the little scroll and the two witnesses
The little scroll and the two witnesses
6. Christ overcoming the devil and his allies (Rev. 12 – 13)
The woman, the dragon, the male child and the two beasts
Three visions (12:1–17)
The beast out of the sea
The beast out of the earth
Babylon the harlot
7. Christ standing on Mt Zion with his redeemed people (Rev. 14:1 – 15:4)
The radical alternative: salvation and judgment
The Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1–13)
The harvest and the vintage (14:14–20)
The song of Moses and of the Lamb (15:1–4)
8. Christ coming like a thief in the night (Rev. 15:5 – 19:10)
The call to be ready
The seven bowls (15:5 – 16:21)
The identity of Babylon (17:1–18)
The fall of Babylon (18:1–24)
Five hallelujahs (19:1–10)
9. Christ riding in triumph on a white horse (Rev. 19:11 – 20:15)
The doom of the beast and of Satan
His description and his names
The two beasts are destroyed
Satan’s doom (20:1–15)
10. Christ coming as the bridegroom to claim his bride (Rev. 21 – 22)
The new universe, the city and the garden
All things new (21:1–8)
The city (21:9–21)
The garden (22:1–6)
Epilogue (Rev. 22:6–21)
‘I am coming soon!’
The wedding
CONCLUSION
One book in four parts
NOTES
Introduction
Part I: The original Jesus
Part II: The ecclesiastical Jesus
Part III: The influential Jesus
Part IV: The eternal Jesus
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