In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus tells of a priest who when he saw a man lying on the way who had been beaten and robbed, went out of his way to avoid the man. Maybe he didn’t want to get ...

Sprinkled throughout the teachings of Jesus, we find tales of mustard seeds and swine, pearls and wineskins. Narratives of coins and stray sheep, buried treasure and banquets collect within the pages ...

I had been participating in a Bible study group related to Rudolf Steiner for about seven years until recently.Although I can ...

Over the course of His ministry, Jesus delivered dozens of parables about the new way of life He was ushering in. Sources list between 27 and 70 parables, depending on how they’re counted. Many have ...

On this blog I’ve maintained a number of times that the parables of Jesus invite us to imagine another world, to imagine the kingdom of God, and they do this by creating a world, by inviting us into ...

When you connect a parable with things that occur in everyday life, you are placing your children in the same situations as contemporaries of Jesus. The examples that He chose then become concrete and ...

This 5-Parable Devotional Pack for Teens equips students to explore the meaning behind some of Jesus most powerful parables. Designed with spiritual depth and personal application in mind, each ...

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...

This Bible Parables for Kids Activity Pack includes 5 of Jesus most well-known parables, each turned into easy-to-understand lessons with kid-friendly illustrations, reflection questions, and hands-on ...

The Lord is like my probation officer. He will help me. He tries to help me make it every day. He makes me play it cool. So begins the 23rd Psalm, as revised by an eleven-year-old delinquent boy at ...