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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
1 The Discovery of Power
Making Something of the World
Modern-day Slaves
“We Free Slaves”
A Different Kind of Power
Power at Its Best
PART 1: The Gift of Power
Exploration: Genesis 1-2
From “Make It So” to “Let There Be”
From “Let There Be” to “Let Us Make”
Power Is for Flourishing
2 Power Is a Gift
Ten Thousand Hours
The Multiplication of Power
Uncorrupted Power
Big Enough for the Both of Us
Waiting for Superman
Another Possibility for Power
Triumph Over the Powers
3 Idolatry
Idolatry
From Good to Great
The Image Bearer and the Idol
Bitter Fruit
Every Idol’s Promise
The End of Idolatry
4 Injustice
Injustice = Idolatry
The Benevolent Gods
Short-term Gods
Behold the Man
A Note: Evangelism and Social Action
5 Icons
The Resurrected Image
A Human Being Fully Alive
Icons of Who We Can Become
My Glory I Give to No Other
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Exploration: John 2
Parables of Power
PART 2: The Grip of Power
Exploration: Exodus 20
Remembering Rest
Honor Your Father and Your Mother
The First and Last Word
6 The Hiddenness of Power
Mapping Power
Terra Incognita
Marking the Map
Power Without Trust
7 Force, Coercion and Violence
The Excess of Violence
Words for Power
Why Coercion Is Never Enough
The Place for Coercion
8 The Lure of Privilege
The Power of Privilege
Royalties and Rents
The Neutrality of Privilege
Privileged Panic
Our Place in the Line
The Peace of the City
Exploration: John 13
The End of Privilege
PART 3: Institutions and Creative Power
9 The Gift of Institutions
The Football, the Stadium, the Players and the Game
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Four Ingredients Plus Three Generations
Sex and Institutions
The Gift of Unequal Power
The Posterity Gospel
10 Principalities, Powers and Broken Institutions
Institutions in Crisis
All Institutions Fail
Zombie Institutions
Institutions of Idolatry, Institutions of Injustice
Principalities and Powers
11 Becoming Trustees
An Institutional Justice Mission
Overlords and Underlords
The Robe and the Ring
Becoming Trustees
Exploration: Philemon
Reorienting Power
Our Peculiar Institutions
PART 4: The End of Power
12 Disciplined Power
View from the Top
Taming Power
The Discipline of Dishes
The Interruptible God
13 The Sabbath Ladder
Sabbath
The Unthinkable Sabbath
From Sabbath Day to Sabbath Year
Jubilee
Liberty Throughout the Land
14 The End of Power
The Community Where Power Finds Its End
You Shall Not Surely Die
Abraham’s Feast
Exploration: Luke 15
Enough and to Spare
Acknowledgments
Notes
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Discovery of Power
Exploration: Genesis 1–2
Chapter 2: Power Is a Gift
Chapter 3: Idolatry
Chapter 4: Injustice
A Note: Evangelism and Social Action
Chapter 5: Icons
Exploration: John 2
Chapter 7: Force, Coercion and Violence
Chapter 8: The Lure of Privilege
Chapter 9: The Gift of Institutions
Chapter 10: Principalities, Powers and Broken Institutions
Chapter 11: Becoming Trustees
Exploration: Philemon
Chapter 12: Disciplined Power
Chapter 13: The Sabbath Ladder
Chapter 14: The End of Power
Discussion Guide
Leading a Book Discussion
A Single-Session Discussion Guide to Playing God
A Six-Session Discussion Guide to Playing God
Session 1 (Introduction, Chapter 1, Exploration: Genesis 1–2)
Session 2 (Chapters 2-3)
Session 3 (Chapter 4, A Note, Chapter 5, Exploration: John 2)
Session 4 (Exploration: Exodus 20, Chapters 6-8, Exploration: John 13)
Session 5 (Chapters 9-11, Exploration: Philemon)
Session 6 (Chapters 12-14, Exploration: Luke 15)
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