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The Eclipse of Christ in EschatologyAdrio König König argues that eschatology went wrong when it became a doctrine about last things instead of the doctrine of Christ, who is himself the end: for us, in us, and with us. 
The Presence of the FutureGeorge Eldon Ladd Ladd’s study of the kingdom of God in the New Testament: already present in the person and work of Jesus, still awaiting its consummation. 
The Divine ConspiracyDallas Willard Willard’s case that the kingdom of the heavens is available to ordinary people now, and that discipleship to Jesus is the substance of the Christian life, not an optional extra. 
Moments with the SaviorKen Gire Gire walks through scenes from the life of Christ: the text, the scene retold, and a closing prayer. 
The Prophetic ImaginationWalter Brueggemann Brueggemann on the prophetic task: to criticize the dominant culture and to energize God’s people with an alternative imagination. 
Body, Soul, and Human LifeJoel B. Green Green brings biblical studies and neuroscience together to argue that Scripture presents the human person as a unity, not a body with a separable soul inside. 
Being God's ImageCarmen Joy Imes Imes traces the image of God through Scripture: being God’s image is humanity’s identity and vocation, not a capacity that can be lost. 
The Liberating ImageJ. Richard Middleton Middleton reads Genesis 1 against its ancient Near Eastern background: the image of God as the royal calling of every human being to represent God in the world. 
The Lost World of Adam and EveJohn H. Walton Walton reads Genesis 2-3 in its ancient context: the garden as sacred space, and Adam and Eve as archetypes of humanity’s priestly vocation. 
Created in God's ImageMichelle A. Gonzalez A survey of theological anthropology from the early church to feminist and Latin American theology, centered on what it means to be created in God’s image. 
The Wisdom of Your BodyHillary L. McBride A therapist and researcher on embodiment: the body is not something you have but something you are, and healing means coming home to it. 
This Here FleshCole Arthur Riley Riley’s essays on dignity, lament, rest and joy, told through three generations of her family’s stories: contemplative spirituality that stays in the body. 
No Future Without ForgivenessDesmond Tutu Tutu’s account of chairing South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and his case that forgiveness is the only path a wounded people can walk into the future.