Foreword by Dallas Willard................................. 8

Acknowledgments........................................ 11

Preface ................................................. 12

PART 1
ASSESSING THE CRISIS OF OUR AGE

1 The Hunger for Drama in a Thin World................... 17

2 The Naturalist Story ................................... 38

3 The Postmodern Story ................................. 64

4 From Drama to Deadness in Five Steps ................... 91

PART 2
CHARTING A WAY OUT: THE KINGDOM TRIANGLE

5 The Recovery of Knowledge.............................111

6 Renovation of the Soul................................ 141

7 Restoration of the Kingdom's Miraculous Power........... 165

Conclusion: Confronting the Crisis of Our Age .............. 191

Postscript: Making New Friends........................... 200

A Selectively Annotated Bibliography....................... 203

Endnotes............................................... 218

Indexes ................................................ 226