Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Prologue 11
Introduction 19
Three Passages to Ponder As You Now Explore the Message of This Book 33
Part 1 The Good News That Sounds Bad 35
1 Does Anyone Want to Be Happy, Like Jesus? 37
2 Good News in Any Difficult Relationship or Circumstance 43
3 Am I on the Narrow Road to Life? 49
4 The One Prayer God Always Answers 57
5 Am I Even Interested in Praying the One Prayer God Always Answers? 63
6 Our Deepest Hunger, Felt Most Deeply Only in Emptiness 71
7 Who Am I?: Dr. Jekyll? Mr. Hyde? Both? 79
8 A Passion for the Impossible 88
9 Freedom to Follow 96
10 Three Faces of Entitlement 107
Part 2 The Good News That Only Disciples Know Is Good 123
11 A Tale of Two Stones 129
12 True or Falser": It's Sometimes Hard to Tell 138
13 Question 1: Who Is God? 141
14 Question 2: What Is God Up To? 151
15 Question 3: Who Are We? 159
16 Question 4: "What's Gone Wrong? 170
17 Question 5: What Has God Done about Our Problem? 180
18 Question 6: How Is the Spirit Working to Implement, the Divine Solution to Our Human Problem? 190
19 Question 7: How Can We Cooperate with the Spirit's Work? 200
Part 3 A Beautiful Story Is Unfolding, Even in the Darkest Night 209
20 Engage the Battle 211
21 The Answer: To What Question? 218
22 Life: Above and Under the Sun 226
Afterword 235
One Final Question 237
Notes 247