Preachers this July will find no fewer than seven parables in the Sunday readings. Matthew collects them in Chapter 13: the parable of the sower, the wheat and the weeds, the mustard seed, the yeast, ...

Jesus often used stories to teach. In fact, he used them so much so that the disciples directly asked him, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” (Matt. 13:10). CT has featured a wide variety ...

Don’t you love a great story? They draw us into a world of interesting characters and an interesting plot. Sometimes I watch a movie with a note-taking app open on my phone so I can capture the bits ...

In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus tells of a priest who when he saw a man lying on the way who had been beaten and robbed, went out of his way to avoid the man. Maybe he didn’t want to get ...

Joe Heschmeyer addresses Christ’s use of parables in the Gospels and the contention around apparent biblical ambiguities as they relate to Protestants, Catholics, and non-Christians. Welcome back to ...

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 ...

In 1992, Brigham Young University professor Stephen Robinson invented one of the most beloved metaphors in Mormonism. His book “Believing Christ” became a sensation in The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

Bluey is a smart show that draws on all kinds of inspirations for its charming stories, including religious ones. My newly published research looks at what Bluey has to say about religion, and the ...

Make teaching Jesus’ parables effortless and engaging with this comprehensive GCSE workbook and mark scheme. Covering The Lost Sheep, The Lost Son, The Sower, and The Sheep and the Goats, this ...

My father loved parables — stories that taught, stories that presented ideas and morals in ways that made pictures in people's minds. … Because he believed stories were so important as teaching tools.

In Resident Aliens, Stanley Hauerwas and I warned that seminary biblical courses sometimes disempower budding preachers: See? You’ll never have the linguistic, analytical, or historical skills to ...