Reliving the passion : meditations on the suffering, death, and resurrection …

Contents: Four reasons for reliving the passion -- Bethany and Jerusalem -- Gethsemane -- The high priest's house -- Praetorium -- Golgotha -- The garden of tombs. Abstract : No story has more significance than this: the death and resurrection of Jesus. But somehow the oft-repeated tale of Christ's Passion can become too familiar, too formalized, for us to experience its incredible …

The Passion of Jesus Christ : fifty reasons why He came to die / John Piper.

Contents: The Passion of Jesus Christ, Personal, Political, Unparalleled -- A Word About the Title and the Book -- The Great Offense: Was Jesus Christ Really Crucified? -- Jesus' Finest Hour-His Last -- The Unparalleled Passion of Jesus Christ -- The Passion of Christ and the Passion of Auschwitz -- The Passion of Jesus Christ, Its Aims and Achievements -- Christ Suffered and Died To Absorb the…

The mystery and the passion : a homiletic reading of the biblical traditions …

Contents: Part One: The mystery of resurrection -- The reality of the resurrection -- A risen crucified Christ -- Resurrection and God's new order -- The resurrection tradition -- Part Two: The passion of Jesus Christ -- The patterns of sin -- The crossed man -- The mystery of God -- The gospel traditions -- Epilogue: The promise of salvation.

Studies in the Sermon on the Mount.

Edition

Vol. 2

ISBN/ISSN

-

Physical Description

337p.

Call Number

BT380.2.L77

Studies in the Sermon on the Mount.

General introduction -- General view and analysis -- An introduction to the Beatitudes -- Blessed are the poor in spirit -- Blessed are they that mourn -- Blessed are the meek -- Righteousness and blessedness -- The tests of spiritual appetite -- Blessed are the merciful -- Blessed are the pure in heart -- Blessed are the peacemakers -- The Christian and persecution -- Rejoicing in tribulation …

Sermon on the Mount.

Contents: Before the sermon begins -- Stairway to a spiritual life -- The effect of a the Christian community on the world -- Things new and old -- The measure of a treasure -- Danger of self-righteous judging -- Power through faith and discipline -- Clear call to Christian action.

Many things in parables [and] The Gospel miracles / Ronald S. Wallace.

Edition

2 volumes in 1

ISBN/ISSN

-

Physical Description

161p. 21cm.

Call Number

BT380.2.J76

Parables at work / John C. Purdy.

Contents: Housekeeping : the parable of the leaven -- Rewards : the parable of the hidden treasure -- Excellence : the parable of the pearl merchant -- Retirement : the parable of the rich fool -- Fairness : the parable of workers in the vineyard -- Waste : the parable of the prodigal son -- Fulfillment : the parable of the mustard seed -- Success : the parable of the secretly growing seed -- P…

Hearing the parables of Jesus / Pheme Perkins.

Contents: What's in a parable? -- Wisdom, proverb and parable -- Religion and story -- Hints for reading parables -- Parables of growth -- God in parables -- Allegory : When is a parable not a parable? -- The good samaritan : Parable of the love command -- Reversal, equality and reward -- Ethics and the parables -- God and his people -- Appendix : The parables. Abstract: "Studies of the pa…

Autobiography of God / Lloyd John Ogilvie.

Other Notes: A study of Christ's parables., Includes bibliographical references.

The Lord of parables / LeRoy Lawson.

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0872397068

Physical Description

111 pages ; 22 cm + instructor's guide

Call Number

BT375.2 .L44

Poet & peasant ; and, Through peasant eyes : a literary-cultural approach to …

Contents Part One: Introduction -- 1. The problem and the task -- A. The unfinished work -- B. Major trends in recent parabolic interpretation -- (1) The historical-eschatological: Dodd and Jeremias -- (2) Jones: Parables as art -- (3) Linnemann and Via: The existential perspective -- C. Reaction and assessment: a remaining task -- 2. Methodology (1): The cultural problem -- A. The basic proble…

The parables then and now / A.M. Hunter.

Contents: The parables of Jesus -- The story of their interpretation -- Expounding the parables today -- The coming and growth of the kingdom -- The grace of the kingdom -- The men of the kingdom -- The crisis of the kingdom -- Eternal issues. Includes bibliographical references (page 122) and index.

Parables from the back side : Bible stories with a twist / J. Ellsworth Kalas.

Contents: Kalas presents new insight into twelve of Jesus' parables by entering them through the "back side" -- through the eyes of a minor or unsympathic character. By approaching the stories in this way, Kalas releases new meaning and clarifies basic teachings. Personal stories from the author's own experience and modern-day illustrations enrich the retellings even more. These refr…

The divine trap : background on the parables. Series A / Richard Carl Hoefler.

Other Notes Includes bibliographical references.

The gospel in parable : metaphor, narrative, and theology in the Synoptic Gos…

Contents: 1. How does a parable mean? -- Introduction -- The parable as text -- The parable as narrative -- The parable as context -- 2. The parables of Mark -- Introduction -- Parables and the mystery of the kingdom: Mark 4 -- The drama of salvation history in Mark 12 -- Community life "between the times": the parables of Mark 13 -- 3. The parables of Matthew -- Introduction -- Ethics and disc…

In parables / Clovis G. Chappell.

Contents: How God meets our needs: parable of the friend at midnight -- Enjoying religion: parable of the hidden treasure -- So much for so little: parable of the laborers -- Without limit: parable of the unmerciful servant -- In the name of sense: parable of counting the cost -- Facing the facts: parable of the prodigal son -- Sour saints: parable of the elder brother -- Personal preaching: pa…

The parables : Jewish tradition and Christian interpretation / Brad H. Young.

Other Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-318) and indexes. Related electronic resource: Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0706/98017098-b.html Related electronic resource: Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hend021/98017098.html

The great physician : the healing stories in Luke and their meaning for today…

Contents: Introduction to the Gospel according to Luke -- The unity of religion and health -- The role of faith -- The role of touch -- The role of prayer -- The role of the word -- The role of the healer -- The role of malady -- Technique or grace? -- Wholeness and health. Other Notes: Includes bibliographical references. "Teacher's guide, by Nancy A. Carter": p. 98-134.

The parables and metaphors of Our Lord / by G. Campbell Morgan.

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

080070245X

Physical Description

352 pages ; 22 cm.

Call Number

BT365 .M82