What might Christian theology look like if we take seriously the fifteen billion years that it took God to develop the earth as a suitable habitat for the human race, and that humans themselves have common ancestors with chimpanzees? Here is a bold new exploratory look at Christianity, using a developmental paradigm.

The human Jesus. How he got along with his disciples and the Jewish authorities.

A short survey of his career and theology.

Exploring the significance of five ancient confessions. A good place to start if you are wondering what happened to Christian thinking when it transitioned out of its Hebrew birthplace into the hostile Greco-Roman environment.

What would Moses tell us if he could talk to us today from plain of Sinai? What would he say about killing that slave-driver in Egypt? about trying to persuade old Pharaoh to let the Israelites go free? or about not being able to get into the Promised Land himself before he died? Read, in first-person style, what this embattled leader of Israel has to say about these adventures.

A pastoral and theological critique of a much-loved document from the Reformation era. In short: it is dated.

Examining how Paul incorporates Jesus in his gospel message. Christology does not stand alone but depends on Theology as its source and on Soteriology as its effect. Paul is thoroughly theocentric in all his letters, and always down to earth.

Here's a book of first-person interviews with all – yes all – the prophets in the Old Testament. Even a few others who were not prophets. Was Jonah really swallowed by a whale? Did Isaiah really go around for years naked? What kind of prophet was Hosea or Habakkuk, Zechariah or Zephaniah, Micaiah or Micah, Elijah or Elisha? Here they tell you all about their fascinating adventures.

What would Prophet Jeremiah tell us if he could talk to us today from his tent in Egypt? What would he say about how he became a prophet? why he got into so much trouble with the authorities? about his people carried off as captives? how he came to be living there in Egypt? Read here, in first-person style, what this prophet has to say about these and other adventures.

What would old Abraham tell us if he could talk to us today from his tent in southern Canaan? What would he say about sacrificing his son Isaac? about Sodom and his fickle nephew Lot? about Lot's wife turning to a pillar of salt? about his wife Sarah taken into Pharaoh's harem? Read here, in first-person style, what Hebrew Patriarch Abraham has to say about his life's adventures.

A pastoral and theological critique of a controversial document from the post-Reformation era.

Basic Biblical theology with critical examinations of its history. See also the more philosophical companion volume, Christianity Down To Earth.