"In this fourth volume of the series Jesus Christ: His Life and Teaching, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev explores the parables of Jesus, drawing both on the Church's two millennia of interpretive history, as well as the most promising fruits of modern biblical scholarship. Every single parable is examined in this broad context, and profound meaning is found in the original context, in the Church's reception history, and in our own contemporary situation"--
-- James Montgomery Boice The Parables of Jesus offers a scholarly yet simple explanation of all of Jesus' parables. Boice captures the enduring message of each one and pastorally guides us in a proper response.
Outlines the parables of Jesus and discusses how each of the parables can be taught and preached.
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.
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.
William Barclay brings to these "best-known stories in the world" new force and significance for the modern reader.
Simple Stories Packed with Meaning Jesus, the Master Teacher, was a superb storyteller.
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)
The parables are rich with guidance, but sometimes they're hard to decipher. In this book, all of Jesus' parables and most of his parabolic sayings from the Synoptic Gospels are...
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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.