Parable #39 – Matthew 21:33-44…The Wicked Tenants of the Vineyard?”… 1. Let’s sort out the people and things in the parable (then and now): what does the vineyard represent? Who does the vineyard owner represent? The servants the owner sent to the vineyard? The tenants?The son of the vineyard owner?…2. Doesn’t it seem a bit […]

How Should We Understand the Teachings of Jesus? His teaching was dynamic and interactive. It spoke into both the practicalities of everyday life, and into cosmic, eternal issues If someone asked you who your favorite teacher was when you were growing up, chances are someone specific would come to mind. And chances are you still […]

Parable #10 One of the most prominent features of the four canonical gospels in the New Testament is the parables attributed to Jesus. Estimates usually place the number of parables somewhere between thirty and eighty, though if the definition of “parable” is expanded to include any simile or proverb, then just about every statement attributed […]

Parables #12 The Wheat and Weeds Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Jesus tells a second parable about sowing seeds, this time …about two sowers — one who sows good seed to grow wheat, …and the enemy who sows weeds among the wheat. For this parable too, Jesus offers an extended metaphoric …interpretation to his disciples in private. […]

Parable #11… Matthew 13:3-23 …The Parable of the Sower…(also known as the Parable of the Four Soils) And we find it inMatthew 13:3-9Mark 4:2-9; andLuke 8:4-8 Let’s read fromMatthew 13:3-23…3 He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one:…“Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds. 4 As he scattered them across his […]

Beware of false doctrine and false prophets Deuteronomy 13:1 “Suppose there are prophets among you or those who dream dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles, A more immediate test lay in the absolute harmony of the prophet’s message and deeds with the revealed Word of God, and the wholehearted commitment […]

Jesus’ Parables in Chronological Order We are jumping into a brand new series today, and it is a series on the parables of Jesus, the master storyteller. When many of you think about the parables, you get excited because these are the great and fun stories that Jesus told. That is true, but they are […]