Preface to the Korean edition (2008)
Preface (1973)

Part 1: Know the Lord
1.
Study of God
2.
Those who know their God
3.
Knowing and being known
4.
The only true God
5.
God incarnate
6.
He will testify

Part 2: Behold Your God
7.
God who does not change
8.
God's majesty
9.
God of wisdom
10.
God's Wisdom and Our Wisdom
11.
Your word is truth.
12.
God's love
13.
God's grace
14.
God the Judge
15.
God's wrath
16.
Kindness and severity
17.
Jealous God

Part 3: If God is for us
18.
The core of the gospel
19.
Children of God
20.
God our leader
21.
inner trials
22.
God's sufficiency

commentary
Research and Discussion Questions
Bible Verse Index
Author's chronology

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