In the first of two programmes on the parables of Jesus, Sean Fletcher meets Christians inspired by one of his most famous ...

Author's note: Context plays an important role in how the term "queer" is employed here. This word has a history of being used as a slur and could offend some people. However, as language evolves, ...

Postmodernism, with its critique of modern assumptions about knowledge, language, authority and narrative, presents new challenges for preachers. Postmodernity is generally seen as entailing a ...

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, ...

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Did Jesus preach, as best we know? And if he did preach what kinds of things did he preach about? When Jesus speaks, the major verb that is used in the gospel accounts is "to teach...." He teaches his ...

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 ...

A famous preacher was teaching a seminary class on the parables of Jesus and noticed that all of his students seemed to prefer the ones with the happy endings. The tiny seed growing into a humongous ...

On Sunday, First United Methodist Church welcomes Dr. Jeremy Begbie to worship services at 8:30 11 a.m. to preach, and for a program at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary on “How Music Can Help Us Hear the ...

Editor's note: The following is an exclusive excerpt from Rev. Robert Sirico's The Economics of the Parables, which is now available to pre-order. The forthcoming book uncovers the enduring financial ...