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Author: Craig L. Blomberg
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2004-07-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1441205780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to preaching the parables that shows how to first interpret the parables, then proclaim their significance.
Author: Paula Gooder
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Published: 2020-09-23
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 1786221535
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe third volume in the Biblical Explorations series from bestselling New Testament writer Paula Gooder explores a major exponent of the Gospels: the parables of Jesus. Covering every parable, this volume focuses on some of the best-known stories in the gospels, mining their meaning afresh today. It considers why Jesus spoke in pictures and opens up the world behind the parables to reveal just how striking, memorable and challenging they were for their original hearers. Biblical Explorations is an exciting series that offers an accessible and informed study of the best loved texts in Scripture. Rooted in the conviction that greater understanding of the Bible leads to deeper discipleship, it is an essential resource for preachers, teachers and study group leaders, as well as those who simply wish to get to know the Bible better.
Author: Brian Stiller
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781451404531
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPreachers, in their call to preach the Scriptures, are not only charged with the responsibility of speaking its truth but of speaking in such a way that people of this age and culture understand. To do this, the preacher builds a bridge between todays people and the gospel of both testaments. For some, this task is more difficult than for others. Preaching to those living in an inner-city housing project is far removed from an outpost mission in the two-thirds world. Each community has its own way of thinking and attaches different values to symbols of its own making. For those called preach to a generation raised on MTV and late-night comedians or those rooted in various economic culturesfrom governmentsponsored jobs overseen by union bosses to entrepreneurial dot-com companiesor generations stretching from high school students to "freedom fifty-fivers," the task is enormous. When one adds to that the complexity of a radical shift in underlying intellectual and cultural assumptions, the task of preaching becomes even more complicated.
Author: Croft M. Pentz
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 1980-07-01
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13: 1441237372
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPerfect for a preaching series on the parables Jesus told, this handy book can also be used by Sunday school teachers and speakers.
Author: Craig L. Blomberg
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2012-07-03
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 0830866779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCraig Blomberg surveys the contemporary critical approaches to the parables--including those that have emerged in the twenty years since the first edition. This widely used text has taken a minority perspective and made it mainstream, with Blomberg ably defending a limited allegorical approach and offering brief interpretations of all the major parables.
Author: Klyne R. Snodgrass
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2018-02-16
Total Pages: 917
ISBN-13: 1467449636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the 2009 Christianity Today Award for Biblical Studies, Stories with Intent offers pastors and students a comprehensive and accessible guide to Jesus' parables. Klyne Snodgrass explores in vivid detail the historical context in which these stories were told, the part they played in Jesus' overall message, and the ways in which they have been interpreted in the church and the academy. Snodgrass begins by surveying the primary issues in parables interpretation and providing an overview of other parables—often neglected in the discussion—from the Old Testament, Jewish writings, and the Greco-Roman world. He then groups the more important parables of Jesus thematically and offers a comprehensive treatment of each, exploring both background and significance for today. This tenth anniversary edition includes a substantial new chapter that surveys developments in the interpretation of parables since the book's original 2008 publication.
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Publisher: Kregel Academic & Professional
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780825440786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJesus often taught His disciples and the multitudes by means of illustrative stories--parables. Warren W. Wiersbe has selected eleven noteworthy sermons on the parables of Jesus from some of Christian history's most notable preachers.
Author: Paul Wharton
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780809127962
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of brief stories for those who wish to share their faith: preachers, teachers, spiritual directors, catechists, and parents.
Author: Richard Lischer
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0664231659
DOWNLOAD EBOOKParables make up one-third of Jesus' speech in the New Testament. In this volume, Richard Lischer provides an expert guide to these parables and proposes an important distinction between reading and interpreting the parables. Emphasizing the importance of reading the parables versus interpreting them, Lischer asserts that reading offers a kind of breathing space to explore historical, literary, theological, and socio-political dimensions of the parables and their various meanings, whereas interpreting implies an expert and critical position that must be defended. In this volume, Lischer lays out four theories for reading parables: 1) parables obscure truth; 2) parables teach many truths; 3) parables teach one truth; and 4) parables undermine the truth. Ultimately, he concludes that biblical parables undermine dominant myths called "the truth" to shine light on the Truth that is Jesus, God's presence with us.
Author: David Buttrick
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780664221911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid Buttrick provides an introduction to the parables with a discussion of particular homiletical issues preachers face in interpreting parables. Speaking Parables includes commentary on thirty-three different parables with suggestions for preaching each one.
