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 ...

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 ...

Everyone loves a good story. The popularity of Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Game of Thrones illustrates the affection most of us have for engaging tales of ...

Jennifer Klee, the Frank Basile Emerging Stories fellow for Storytelling Arts of Indiana, will present her show “My Life in Parables” on Sunday at the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

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 ...

Jesus often taught His followers using stories called parables. The parables of The Talents, The Rich Man and Lazarus, and The Two Sons, are presented together to reinforce important principles. They ...

It’s interesting what our Lord does with parables. Sometimes he leaves them with no comment at all, like the parable of the Prodigal Son, which has no comment whatsoever at the end. Sometimes he ...