Cover -- Praise for The Story of God -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: How God's Story Gets Told -- 1. Scripture: "The Oracles of God" -- 2. Tradition: Passing It On -- 3. Reason: Thinking It Over -- 4. Experience: Entering Wholeheartedly into God's Story -- Part II: The Beginning of God's Story: The Doctrine of Creation -- 5. The God Who Creates -- 6. The Universe as Creation -- 7. Humanity: The Creature in the Creator's Image -- Part III: The Tragedy of God's Story: The Doctrine of Sin -- 8. Human "Response-ability" and Sin -- 9. Sin and Human Solidarity -- 10. Human Sin and Divine Persistence -- Part IV: The Jewish People in God's Story: The Doctrine of Covenants -- 11. Noah: God's Covenant with Creation -- 12. Abraham: God's Calling of a People -- 13 . Moses : God's Gift to Israel of a Way to Walk -- 14. David: The Quest for Kingship -- 15. The Prophets: The God of Pathos -- Part V: A New Twist in God's Story: The Doctrine of Christ -- 16. A Covenantal Context for Christ -- 17. Jesus Christ, "Truly Man": Spirit Christology -- 18. Jesus Christ, "Truly God": Logos Christology -- 19. Jesus Christ, Resurrected One -- 20 . Jesus Christ, Crucified Lord -- Part VI: Living in God's Story: The Doctrine of the Church -- 21. Pentecost : Reversing Babel -- 22. Sacraments: Acting the Story -- 23. Salvation in Christ -- 24. Scriptural Holiness -- 25. The Praxis of Christian Existence -- Part VII: The End of God's Story: The Doctrine of Last Things -- 26 . What Do You Expect? A Lesson from John the Baptist -- 27. The Coming of the Kingdom -- 28. Death, Resurrection , and Immortality -- 29. Human Responsibility and Divine Judgment -- 30. The End of God's Story -- Appendix -- Notes -- Subject Index -- Index of Persons -- Index of Scripture References -- Back Cover.