for friendship
The disciples--the type he prefers
Intimacy, the real secret of his method
His ways of speech
His seriousness
The transformation of the disciples

CHAPTER V
THE TEACHING OF JESUS UPON GOD
JESUS' OWN GOD-CONSCIOUSNESS
The Nearness of God
God's knowledge and power
God's throne
Jesus emphasizes mostly God's interest in the individual--the
love of God
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
The discovery of God
Parables of the treasure finder and the pearl merchant
Faith in God
Prayer
Life on the basis of God

CHAPTER VI
JESUS AND MAN
Jesus' sympathy with men and their troubles
His feelings for the suffering and distressed
His feeling for women and children
His emphasis on tenderness and forgiveness
The characteristics which he values in men
The value of the individual soul
Jesus and the wasted life
Zacchaeus. The woman with the alabaster box. The penitent thief

CHAPTER VII
JESUS' TEACHING UPON SIN
The problem of sin
John the Baptist on sin
Jesus' psychology of sin more serious
The outstanding types of sin which, according to Jesus,
involve for a man the utmost risk:
(a) Want of tenderness
(b) The impure imagination
(c) Indifference to truth
(d) Indecision
Jesus' view of sin as deduced from this teaching
Implication of a serious view of redemption

CHAPTER VIII
THE CHOICE OF THE CROSS
What the cross meant to him
HIS REFERENCES TO THE GOSPEL AND ITS RESULTS
The kingdom of heaven
The call for followers
His announcement of purpose in his life and death
What he means by redemption
FACTORS IN HIS CHOICE OF THE CROSS
His sense of human need
His realization of God
His recognition of his own relation to God
His prayer life
VERIFICATION FROM THE EVENT
The Resurrection
The new life of the disciples
The taking away of the sin of the world
RE-EXAMINATION OF HIS CHOICE OF THE CROSS
As it bears on the problem of pain
and of sin
and on God
How a man is to understand Jesus Christ

CHAPTER IX
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
One rule of many races
General peace and free intercourse th