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Introduction
I. Grace and Discipleship
1. Costly Grace
2. The Call to Discipleship
3. Single-minded Obedience
4. Discipleship and the Cross
5. Discipleship and the Individual
II. The Sermon on the Mount
6. The Beatitudes
7. The Visible Community
8. The Righteousness of Christ
9. The Brother
10. Woman
11. Truthfulness
12. Revenge
13. The Enemy - the "Extraordinary"
14. The Hidden Righteousness
15. The Hiddenness of Prayer
16. The Hiddenness of the Devout Life
17. The Simplicity of the Carefree Life
18. The Disciple and Unbelievers
19. The Great Divide
20. The Conclusion
III. The Messengers
21. The Harvest
22. The Apostles
23. The Work
24. The Suffering of the Messengers
25. The Decision
26. The Fruit
IV. The Church of Jesus Christ and the Life of Discipleship
27. Preliminary Questions
28. Baptism
29. The Body of Christ
30. The Visible Community
31. The Saints
32. The Image of Christ
Index of Subjects
Index of Biblical References
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