CONTENTS About the Straight to the Heart Series 9 Introduction: God is Bigger Than You Think 11 PART ONE: GOD IS HOLIER THAN YOU THINK (ISAIAH 1-12) Out-of-Court Settlement (1:1-31) 16 What Unites the Nations (2:1-22) 21 Heaven's Branch in Jerusalem (3:1-4:6) 25 Vineyard Music (5:1-30) 29 The Beatles and the Angels (6:1-13) 33 Read the Signs (7:1-8:18) 38 Dawn Chorus (8:1-9:7) 42 God's Toolbox (9:8-10:34) 46 David's New Psalm (11:1-12:6) 50 PART TWO: GOD IS STERNER THAN YOU THINK (ISAIAH 13-35) Foreign Policy Predictions (13:1-23:18) 56 Look Who's Talking (14:12-17) 60 David's House Key (22:15-25) 64 Perspective (24:1-23) 68 Thank God He Judges (25:1-12) 72 The Voice (26:1-27:13) 76 Downfall (28:1-29) 80 Faking It (29:1-24) 84 Maginot Line (30:1-31:9) 88 Deliverance (32:1-33:24) 92 Bittersweet Symphony (34:1-35:10) 96 PART THREE: HALF-TIME SUBSTITUTION (ISAIAH 36-39) Enemy at the Gates (36:1-22) 102 The Real King of Judah (37:1-38) 106 The Big and the Small (38:1-22) 110 Enter the Dragon (39:1-8) 114 PART FOUR: GOD IS STRONGER THAN YOU THINK(ISAIAH 40-55) Isaiah Sawn in Two (40:1-5) 120 Pure Muscle (40:6-26) 124 Lowly Worm and Popeye (40:27-41:16) 128 Dumb and Dumber (41:17-29) 132 The Singing Servant (42:1-9) 137 Tone Deaf (42:10-25) 141 Irrevocable (43:1-44:23) 145 Forget It (43:1-44:23) 149 Suddenly Cyrus (44:24-45:8) 153 Giveaway (45:1-25) 157 The Fall of Babylon (46:1-47:15) 161 Leave It All Behind (48:1-22) 165 You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat (49:1-6) 169 Three-Year-Old Theology (49:7-50:3) 173 Righteous (50:4-51:8) 177 Wake-Up Call (51:9-52:12) 181 Naked (52:13-53:3) 186 Stronger Than Strength (52:13-53:12) 190 What They Saw (52:13-53:12) 195 Gospel Explosion (54:1-3) 199 Extreme Makeover (54:4-17) 203 Food for the Weak (55:1-13) 207 PART FIVE: GOD IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK (ISAIAH 56-66) No-Entry Signs (56:1-8) 212 Second Home (56:9-57:21) 217 Street Repairs (58:1-14) 222 Lousy Suckers (59:1-21) 226 Three Billion Cubic Miles (60:1-22) 230 Wind of Change (61:1-11) 234 Make Some Noise (62:1-12) 238 Far Sterner (63:1-6) 243 Far Holier (63:7-64:12) 247 Far Stronger (63:7-64:12) 252 Far Closer (65:1-25) 257 Final Decision (66:1-24) 261 Conclusion: God is Bigger Than You Think 26.