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Jesus told this parable on the Mount of Olives, in the last week of His life, in answer to a question His disciples had asked about the sign of His coming and the end of the age. It follows immediately…
Parables of ChristJesus told this parable within days of the cross. It stands in the last block of His teaching, after the ten virgins and before the judgment of the sheep and the goats, and all three deal with the same stretch…
Parables of ChristLuke gives the occasion before he gives the parable, and the occasion governs everything that follows. Publicans and sinners drew near to hear Jesus, "And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them."1 Three…
Parables of ChristA lawyer stood up to test Jesus. The word describes an expert in the Mosaic Law, a man whose life was given to the interpretation of the commandments, and his question was the largest a man can ask: "Master, what…
Parables of ChristThe Condition of Our Hearts The setting of this profound parable transports us to the shores of the Sea of Galilee. The morning sun sparkles on the gentle waves as they lap against the shoreline, and the crowd has grown…
Parables of Christ / TheologyThe deepest problem in Scripture is not unhappiness or death but exile from God, and the kingdom is the answer to that exile.
Biblical StudiesScripture traces human conflict back past the people involved to the corruption seeking mastery over every heart, including our own.
Practical TheologyAt the Transfiguration the Father did not make Christ His Son. He publicly presented the Son to whom all authority had been entrusted.
Systematic Theology