TrinJ 20:2 (Fall 1999) p. 140 king and siblings of Christ. God is indeed King and Father, though an atypical king and father. (p. 92) Appeals to false disjunctions, such as these, characterize the book. Sanders traces select elements from the gospels to make his point: “The way of providence in the life of Jesus did not occur by some predetermined plan. Everything is not being worked out according to some eternal script” (p. 137). “Furthermore, in contrast to the no-risk model, Jesus did not go about