Includes indexes.

Includes 52 shortened versions of Sunday School classes taught by the former president during the past twenty years at a variety of Baptist Churches, including the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. Each lesson revolves around a particular Biblical passage and many include personal anecdotes.

Introduction: Why Should We Read the Bible? -- The Word Became Flesh -- What It Takes to Be a Christian -- A Humble Servant -- Full of Grace and Truth -- The Laughing Jesus -- The Special Message of Jesus -- His Healing Touch -- Jonah and the Big Fish -- No More Hiding -- She Forgot Her Bucket! -- Where Are You, God? -- The Cost of Grace -- The Good Shepherd -- Who Is My Neighbor? -- I Will Be with You -- Knowing and Being Known -- The Jealousy Trap -- The Art of Forgiving -- The Least of These -- Who Among Us Is Superior? -- What We Believe -- What Is Special About Christianity? -- A Theology Primer -- Joy in the Desert -- Are the Ten Commandments Enough? -- The New Message of Jesus -- Christianity's Open Door -- A House with Many Builders -- Christians in the World -- The Christian Citizen -- Do We Really Believe in Human Rights? -- Woman and Man, Equal Before God -- Leadership and Reformation -- What Can One Person Do? -- To Know and Worship -- A Message in Creation -- The Mystery of Resurrection -- Ready to Worship -- Pray Without Ceasing -- Letting In the Lord -- God's Riches at Christ's Expense -- The Source of Courage -- Remembering to Be Thankful -- Unseen and Eternal -- Facing Up to Sin -- Forgiving Ourselves -- When the Road Is Rough -- Rejected Yet Loving -- Facing the Future -- We Underestimate Ourselves, and Others -- Our Favorite Disciple -- The Span of Life -- God's Call -- Running the Race -- Responding to God's Call -- Riding Freely -- The Unfaithful -- The Lord Looks at the Heart -- Real Wealth.