These exceptional sermons by J. Wayne McKamie are among the most thought-provoking and spiritually challenging that you will find concerning the human application of the parables of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He captures both the divine nature and the human nature of Jesus’ words and then points out life-changing lessons from these truths, which, if we truly apply them to our hearts and lives, will make us much better people in the service of our Lord. According to Wayne, his main attempt has been to make these grand sermons live anew in the hearts of the Lord’s people. He has said, “They have lived for me; I want them to live for others.” This series of sermons can be utilized as a great study tool in gaining a more thorough understanding of Jesus’ parables. It is also just an enjoyable read for the spiritually minded!
The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
2022 Catholic Media Association first place award in scripture: academic studies In this book, which covers all of Jesus’ parables, award-winning author Gerhard Lohfink takes a closer look at the origins of each one—its shape, its ...
R. T. Kendall unwraps Jesus's simple stories one by one, uncovering profound meaning and offering fresh understanding of the purpose, promise, and paradox of the parables.
This continuation of the Deeper Connections series takes us behind the scenes of main events in Jesus' life to understand what made him extraordinary and to learn how to draw on his transforming power.
Otto Glombitza lists five differences." (For convenience I will use his convention of referring to the parable Treasure as A and The. 68. The Coptic text reads literally, "a man a merchant" (a redundancy eliminated in the Eng. trans), ...
This collection of the 42 parables spoken by Jesus Christ is divided into six categories, and for each category the significance for the modern day is discussed. (Christian)
In eight retellings, Mary Hoffman shows how Jesus used simple parables to convey essential truths to his listeners. The parables include The Lost Sheep, The Good Samaritan, The Prodigal Son, and The House on the Rock.
Approximately one-third of the words spoken by Christ in the New Testament come in the form of parables. This book attempts to relate those parables for modern readers.
Outlines the parables of Jesus and discusses how each of the parables can be taught and preached.
Hilarion Alfeyev devotes the entire second volume of the series Jesus Christ: His Life and Teaching to an exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, drawing upon the tradition of the Orthodox Church, patristic exegesis, and modern biblical ...