My book, God’s Healing Strategy: An Introduction to the Main Themes of the Bible, was published by Cascadia Publishing House in 2001, with a revised edition coming out in 2011.
Here are a series of Bible studies that may find their way into a book on a biblical peace theology.
1. Introduction: Reading the Bible with Pacifist Eyes
2. God’s Creative Love—Genesis 1
3. Harmony Disrupted–Genesis 3–4
4. Retribution and Mercy—Genesis 6–9; 18–19
5. The Calling of a People—Genesis 12
6. In and Out of Egypt—Genesis 37–50; Exodus 1–15
7. The Gift of the Law—Exodus 20
8. The Conquest: God’s Dark Side?—Joshua 1–11
9. Chaos and Order—Judges 19–21
10. Israel, Kingship, and Violence—1 Samuel 8; Deuteronomy 17
11. King David and the Ambiguities of Power—2 Samuel 12:1-14
12. King Solomon and Temple Politics—1 Kings 1–9
13. The Battle with Baal—1 Kings 21:1-29
14. Prophetic Faith—Amos 5:21-24; Hosea 11:1-9
15. Sometimes Repentance Isn’t Enough—2 Kings 22:1-13
16. Israel’s Fall and Its Hope—Jeremiah 8:18-22; Isaiah 43:1-7
18. The Scandal of God’s Mercy—Jonah
19. The Politics of Patience
20. Israel at Worship
21. The Spear-breaking God
22. Jesus’ Birth
23. Jesus and John the Baptist
24. Jesus in the Wilderness
25. Announcing Good News
26. Jesus’ Take on Torah
27. Jesus the Storyteller
28. Jesus in Conflict Over the Law
29. Jesus in Conflict Over the Temple
30. Jesus in Conflict Over Empire
31. God Vindicates Jesus
32. Paul’s Conversion to Peace
33. Paul’s Message of Salvation
34. Paul’s Social Theology
35. Paul and the Powers That Be
36. Revealing a New World
37. Triumph of the Lamb
38. Babylon is Overthrown
39. The Healing of the Nations
40. A Message for the 21st Century
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