Jesus' parables are among the most memorable and distinctive elements in the Gospels. Jesus uses these striking short stories to explain the extraordinary, unexpected and apocalyptic nature of God's ...

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Jesus often used stories to teach. In fact, he used them so much so that the disciples directly asked him, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” (Matt. 13:10). CT has featured a wide variety ...

This dissertation begins with a history of research. Early Christian writers and the Fathers of the Church tended to interpret the parable of the Good Samaritan allegorically. This method of ...

A few months ago, I was in Washington, D.C., for a writers convention. Assembled at the nation’s capital were journalists, essayists, poets and scribes along with representatives from academic writing ...

Jesus’ parables – short stories with moral lessons – were likewise designed to afflict, to draw us in but leave us uncomfortable. These teachings can be read as being about divine love and salvation, ...

A new book immerses us in the strange, subversive logic of his financial parables. When students in my Old Testament courses contrast the allegedly messy world of the first testament with the ...