The Jesus Way (Spiritual Theology Series)
Eugene Peterson
A way of sacrifice. A way of failure. A way on the margins. A way of holiness. All of these ways prepared the "way of the Lord" that became incarnate and complete in Jesus. But somewhere along the line, have we lost the way?

In The Jesus Way Eugene Peterson continues the thought-provoking spiritual-theological conversation that he began in Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places and Eat This Book. This third volume, offering more of Peterson's singular blend of probing biblical exposition and keen cultural analysis, considers all the ways that Jesus is the Way compared to the distorted ways the modern American church has chosen to follow.

Arguing that the way Jesus leads and the way we follow are symbiotic, Peterson begins with a study of how the ways of those who came before Christ — Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, Isaiah of Jerusalem, and Isaiah of the Exile — revealed and prepared the "way of the Lord" that became complete in Jesus. He then challenges the ways of the contemporary American church, showing in stark relief how what we have chosen to focus on — consumerism, celebrity, charisma, and so forth — obliterates what is unique in the Jesus way.

288 pages

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: "The Purification of Means"

I. The Way of Jesus

1. Jesus: "I Am the Way..."
Metaphor
Discernment
Temptation
Ways

2. Abraham: Climbing Mount Moriah
Faith
Sacrifice
Testing

3. Moses: On the Plains of Moab
Moses and the Five Books
Every Idle Word...
A Congregational Language
"Gospel Me to the Garden"

4. David: "I Did Not Hide My Iniquity"
The Narrative
The Prayers

5. Elijah: “Hide Yourself by the Brook Cherith”
Ahab
The Widow
Baal
Yahweh
Naboth
Ahaziah

5. Isaiah of Jerusalem: "The Holy"
"In the Year That King Uzziah Died..."
"I Saw the Lord Sitting upon a Throne..."
Midian and Patmos
"And He Touched My Mouth..."
Holy God and Holy Stump
The Non-Negotiable Holy

7. Isaiah of the Exile: "How Beautiful on the Mountains"
Exile
Your God
My Servant
Beauty

II. Other Ways

8. The Way of Herod
Jesus and Herod
The Pharisees
Jesus and the Pharisees
Praying on the Way with Mary

9. The Way of Caiaphas
Jesus and Caiaphas
The Essenes
Jesus and the Essenes
Praying on the Way with Thomas

10. The Way of Josephus
Jesus and Josephus
The Zealots
Jesus and the Zealots
Praying on the Way with the Resurrection Christians

APPENDIX: Some Writers on Discerning the Way
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND NAMES
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

ISBN: 9780340863923
Catalogue code: N/A
Publisher: HODDER HEADLINE* - published 28/03/2007
Format: Paperback  

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