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

Once more astonished : the parables of Jesus / Jan Lambrecht.

Contents: 1. Parables in the synoptic gospels -- The many meanings of the word "parable" -- Insight and appeal -- Overview of the synoptic parables -- 2. Parables in Luke 15: What was lost -- A closer look at chapter 15 -- The lost sheep -- The prodigal son -- Actualization -- 3. The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) -- No problems? -- Redacted tradition -- The message of Jesus -- A plea for Luke …

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 of Jesus / by George A. Buttrick.

Contents: An introduction to the parables of Jesus -- Parables of the early ministry. The conflict of new and old -- Similitudes of the kingdom -- The responsibility of hearing -- Earnestness to translate hearing into doing -- The kingdom and the perplexing presence of evil -- Parables of the later ministry. The conditions of discipleship -- Humility -- Forgiven and forgiving -- Privilege and …

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

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

080070245X

Physical Description

352 pages ; 22 cm.

Call Number

BT365 .M82

Cotton patch parables of liberation / Clarence Jordan and Bill Lane Doulos.

Other Notes: "A Koinonian publication." Includes bibliographical references.