Windows on the Parables

Windows on the Parables
Author: Warren W. Wiersbe
Publisher: Victor Books
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1989-02-01
Genre: Jesus Christ
ISBN: 9780896936829

Warren Wiersbe offers insights into thirteen of Jesus' most beloved parables. So come, meet yourself in the ancient parables and see the light they shed for your life today. The parables are not bed-time stories to put us to sleep, but bugle calls to wake us up.

Windows and Mirrors

Windows and Mirrors
Author: John C. Bowling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2020
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780834138902

"Windows and Mirrors dives into some of Jesus's best-loved parables (and some less familiar ones) in order to explore the rich symbolism, deep emotion, and eternal perspective these stories have to offer. The author demonstrates how these tales are both mirrors in which we see ourselves reflected, and windows through which we can see into the heart of God"--

Meet Yourself in the Parables

Meet Yourself in the Parables
Author: Warren W. Wiersbe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780882078779

The parables are both mirrors and windows. As mirrors, they help you see yourself. As windows, they help you see life and God. In the parables, Jesus deals with subjects you cannot afford to treat lightly: Salvation, forgiveness of others, love for minority groups, the right and wrong use of money, prayer, motives for service, and more. If you find yourself jolted by what you learn from these stories, give thanks to god and then apply the lessons to your life. - Back cover.

The Forty Parables of Jesus

The Forty Parables of Jesus
Author: Gerhard Lohfink
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-07-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 081468534X

2022 Catholic Media Association first place award in scripture: academic studies In this book, which covers all of Jesus’ parables, award-winning author Gerhard Lohfink takes a closer look at the origins of each one—its shape, its realistic details, but most of all its original message and the situation into which it was once spoken. Jesus’ parables speak in bold images of the kingdom of God, making it present to us as they reveal something of the mystery of his own person. Lohfink also offers a review of some of the scholarship in this area—as this topic has sustained research on Jesus since the first telling of these stories—but not for the purposes of debate. His reflections interpret the forty parables and show how they speak of the coming of the reign of God, lead us to Jesus, and reveal the mystery of Jesus himself.

Windows of the Soul

Windows of the Soul
Author: Ken Gire
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2011-01-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310864798

Praise for Windows of the SoulEvery once in a while a book comes along that makes you stop and think—and then think some more—like Ken Gire’s wonderful book Windows of the Soul.—John Trent in Christian Parenting TodayKen Gire has created a book that gently pours forth, like water out of a garden bucket, cleansing our thoughts and opening the petals of our spirits, providing us with a new sense of clarity in our search for God.—Manhattan (KS) MercuryEach word, each phrase, is painstakingly wrought, loaded with thoughts and prayer, and filled with new glimpses of God’s love, grace, and strength.—The Christian AdvocateWindows of the Soul will surprise you with the many and varied windows God uses to speak to us. With the heart of an artist, Ken Gire paints word pictures in prose and poetry that will thrill your heart.—Mature LivingWindows of the Soul is a rare book, resounding with the cry for communion that is both ours and God’s. With passion, honesty, and beauty, Ken Gire calls us to a fresh sensitivity to God’s voice speaking through the unexpected parables that surround us.—Christian Courier

Reading the Parables

Reading the Parables
Author: Richard Lischer
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0664231659

Parables make up one-third of Jesus' speech in the New Testament. In this volume, Richard Lischer provides an expert guide to these parables and proposes an important distinction between reading and interpreting the parables. Emphasizing the importance of reading the parables versus interpreting them, Lischer asserts that reading offers a kind of breathing space to explore historical, literary, theological, and socio-political dimensions of the parables and their various meanings, whereas interpreting implies an expert and critical position that must be defended. In this volume, Lischer lays out four theories for reading parables: 1) parables obscure truth; 2) parables teach many truths; 3) parables teach one truth; and 4) parables undermine the truth. Ultimately, he concludes that biblical parables undermine dominant myths called "the truth" to shine light on the Truth that is Jesus, God's presence with us.

The Parables

The Parables
Author: Gary Inrig
Publisher: Our Daily Bread Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-06
Genre: Large type books
ISBN: 9781627072779

Get an eye-opening point of view on Jesus' parables that will touch your life in practical and compelling ways.