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Sanctified Christology A Theological & Functional Study of the Whole of Jesus Christology Study |
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Introduction: Approaching the Whole of the Word.......................1 The Approach of This Study 2 The Basis of This Study 7 The Purpose of This Study 12
The Structure of This Study
15 Chapter 1 The Person Presented....................................................17 The Emerging Person 17 Reductionism Made Explicit 19 First Relational Test 19 Second Relational Test 21 Third Relational Test 22 The Person in Practice 23 In Human Contexts 24 With His Glory, Nothing Less and No Substitutes 26 His Person Presented to New Disciples 28 A Popular Jesus 36 Good Intentions: Knowing What's Important 36 Sincerity: Two Errors for Relationship 38 Accountable for His Whole Person 40
Functional Implications
43 Chapter 2 The Person in Relationship...............................................47 The Relationship of God 48 Redeemed from Reductionism in Relationship 51 The Demands of Grace 59
Functional Implications
69 Chapter 3 The Person in the Relational Progression........................73 Christocentric Implications 73 The Transition Continued 74 Relationship in Progression 76 Strategic Shift 78 Tactical Shift 85 Functional Shift 93
Functional Implications
97 Chapter 4 The Individual Person and the Whole..............................101 "How Do You Read It?" 102 The Person: Outside-In or Inside-Out 106 Going Beyond Reductionism 110 Identity and Its Formation 113 The Process of Identity Formation 116 The Beatitudes 117 "Who Is The Greatest?" 128
Functional Implications
130 Chapter 5 Identity Crisis, Sanctified Identity and Bifocal Identity.....133 The Making of a Crisis 133 Jesus’ Sanctified Identity 136 The Nature of Discipleship 139 Bifocal Identity 144
Functional Implications
147 Chapter 6 Soteriology in Full Context & Process and The Qualitative Shape of the Kingdom.......................................151 A. Establishing the Context and Process of Soteriology 151 Getting to the Heart of Soteriology 152 Salvation Comes with a Jolt in the Night 155 The Trinitarian Shape of Soteriology 158 The Ultimate Salvific Discourse 162 The Enhanced Shape of Soteriology 169 B. The Qualitative Shape of the Kingdom 175 Its Questions and Approach 175 Its Whole and Reductionism 176 The Old and the New 177 The Problem with Kingly Rule 179 Its Qualitative Relational Nature and Function 180 Clarification and Summary Issues 182
Functional Implications 187 Chapter 7 Jesus and Culture, Ethics, Mission......................................191 Illuminating Deeper into the Surrounding Context 193 A. Jesus and Culture in the Surrounding Context 196 His Purpose: Shedding Light on Reductionism and the Whole of Creation 197 His Approach: Three Qualifying Issues 198 His Practice: Triangulation and Reciprocating Contextualization 199 B. Jesus and Ethics Both in the Kingdom & the Surrounding Context 204 The Nature of Jesus’ Ethics 205 Definitive Terms for Identity & Function: the Sermon on the Mount 207 Matthew 5:21-48 210 Matthew 6:1-34 216 Matthew 7:1-34 222 Ethics Sanctified and Made Whole 227 C. Jesus and Mission 229
Functional Implications 234 Chapter 8 The New Relational Order & the Ecclesiology of the Whole...237 A. The New Relational Order 238 The Process of Equalization and Jesus’ Working Assumptions 239 Redemption and the Normative Character & Collective Nature of Sin 241 Redemptive Reconciliation 245 The Rigorous and Vulnerable Process of Reconciliation 247 Communion in the New Relational Order 251 The Emergence of New Order Family 253 B. The Ecclesiology of the Whole 254 Church Formation 255 Church Practice as Family or Orphanage 256 Jesus’ Post-Ascension Discourse on Ecclesiology to be Whole 260 His Church as Equalizer 270
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274 Chapter 9 The Trinity in Christology with Pneumatology.............................277 The Trinitarian Shape of Christology 277 Trinitarian Uniqueness in Christology 280 Integral Pneumatology: the Forgotten Person 288
Functional Implications
293 Chapter 10 Eschatology: as Doctrine or Truth, as Event or Relationship....297 Eschatology as Truth 297 Eschatology as Relationship 301
Functional Implication
305 Chapter 11 The Whole in Theology and Practice.............................................307 Knowing the Whole 308 Teaching the Whole 310 The Three "ARE"s of Jesus' Pedagogy 310 Building the Whole 313 Celebrating the Whole 316
"The Whole of God Embodied" (song)
319 Scripture Index (Primary Source).........................................................................327
Bibliography (Secondary Source).........................................................................331
©2008 T. Dave Matsuo |