CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction[3]
Lesson
1.The New Testament[5]
2.The Roman Background of Christianity[10]
3.The Greek Background of Christianity[15]
4.The Jewish Background of Christianity: I. Palestinian Judaism[21]
5.The Jewish Background of Christianity: II. The Judaism of the Dispersion[26]
6.The Messiah[31]
7.The Book of The Acts[36]
8.The Cross and the Resurrection the Foundation of Apostolic Preaching[41]
9.The Beginnings of the Christian Church[46]
10.The First Persecution[51]
11.The First Gentile Converts[56]
12.The Conversion of Paul[60]
13.The Church at Antioch[67]
14.The Gospel to the Gentiles[75]
15.The Council at Jerusalem[81]
16.The Gospel Carried Into Europe[86]
17.Encouragement for Recent Converts[92]
18.The Conflict with the Judaizers[97]
19.Problems of a Gentile Church[103]
20.The Apostle and His Ministry[109]
21.The Gospel of Salvation[115]
22.Paul's Journey to Rome[120]
23.The Supremacy of Christ[124]
24.The Church of Christ[129]
25.Christ and His Followers[133]
26.Training New Leaders[138]
27.A Presentation of Jesus to Jewish Christians[147]
28.A Graphic Sketch of the Life of Jesus[154]
29.A Greek Historian's Account of Jesus[158]
30.The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple[165]
31.The Jesus of the Gospels[174]
32.A Document of the Jerusalem Church[178]
33.Jesus the Fulfillment of the Old Testament[184]
34.Christian Fortitude[189]
35.The Christian's Attitude Toward Error and Immorality[194]
36.The Life of the Children of God[198]
37.The Messages of the Living Christ[203]
38.A Vision of the Final Triumph[209]
39.Review[213]
40.The Church and the World[219]
41.The Christian Message[225]
42.The Word and the Sacraments[231]
43.Prayer[238]
44.The Congregation[244]
45.The Relief of the Needy[249]
46.Organizing for Service[255]
47.A Mission for the World[261]
48.The Christian Ideal of Personal Morality[266]
49.Christianity and Human Relationships[271]
50.The Christian Use of the Intellect[277]
51.The Christian Hope and the Present Possession[282]
52.Retrospect: the First Christian Century[287]

Copyright, 1915, by John Gresham Machen