Contents:
1 The Prophet's Whip of Cords
The Enraged Christ
The Prophet Christ
2 The Prophets' Whip of Words
Sons, Asses, Oxen, Harlots: Isaiah
Crude but Effective: Jeremiah
Bribing Your Lovers: Ezekiel
In Love with a Harlot: Hosea
3 The Prophets and the Shame of Nakedness
Naked and Ashamed
Exposed and Known
God's Honor, Israel's Shame
4 Treasure and Heart
The Social Milieu
Treasure in Heaven
The Basic Issue
The Good of Creation
The Peril of Wealth
Corporate Riches
5 The Golden Cow
Collective Responsibility
Salesmen: Priests of the New Worship
The Cow Is a Cheat
Sponges Soaked with Society's Values
6 Property and Payola
The Stones Cry Out
In the Long Run
Payola for Pastors
Partner or Employee?
Double Standards
Murder by Hair Spray
7 Religion as Business
The Faith Principle
Three Methods and a Fourth
The Pressures to Compete
Expansion and Blessing
A Conference on Filthy Lucre?
8 Desensitized to Desecration
Unmelted Snow, Framed by Brown Earth
The Source of Reverence
T-shirts, Pencils, Bumper Stickers
A Religion without Reverence
A Profit-Spotting Spirit
9 The Human Machine
Matter Is All That Matters
Evangelistic Manipulation
Brainwashed Converts
A Bearer of News
Origin, Identity, Owner
10 Sorrow, Storms and Sunrise
Judgment and Persecution
Values Changed by Adversity
The Door of Restoration
The Future of the Church
A Bride and a Painter