Earthly stories with heavenly meaning
12 Parables – Learning by Contrasts Sometimes when you compare two things together you get a better perspective of which direction you want to go. The Bible is full of compare and contrast illustrations to help us see the results of choosing one option or the other. Read more…
06 Parables – Learning from Laborers Jesus told several stories about laborers in various situations. As you read these stories, think about the attitudes of the laborers, both good and bad, and compare them to your own. Story One: Matthew 20:1-6 1. The kingdom of heaven is like………What Read more…
07 Parables – What’s a talent? Towards the end of his life, Jesus told more pointed and intense stories about the kingdom and the king and the king’s people. The story for this week is one of them. One story, one huge lesson. Story One: Matthew 25:14-30 1. What Read more…
08 Parables – Learning from good examples? There are two ways to learn: the easy way, the hard way. You’ve probably learned mostly the hard way. Just saying! Jesus tells these stories so we can learn the easy way more often. Story One: Luke 10:25-37 1. Tell the story of the Read more…
09 Parables – Finding our place! Jesus told some stories to sort of slap us in the face with a dose of reality. Foolishness is often easy to see in others but hard to see in ourselves. Pray about these stories this week. Story One: Luke 12:13-21 1. Why Read more…
10 Parables – Understanding the Lost! The Pharisees, in Jesus’ day, were religious leaders and yet they seemed to have no concept of the needs of the lost or of their accountability or responsibility to reaching them. Jesus told these stories in Luke 15 to try to help them Read more…