A few months ago, I was in Washington, D.C., for a writers convention. Assembled at the nation’s capital were journalists, essayists, poets and scribes along with representatives from academic writing ...

In the Western world it is well known that the great teachers often used stories and parables to convey deeper meanings. The parables of Jesus in the New Testament, the saints’ lives written in the ...

WTVF-NASHVILLE — Biblical scholar and Vanderbilt Divinity Professor Amy Jill Levine joins Ben Hall to discuss the Parables of Jesus, and how they relate to today's extraordinary times.

Postmodernism, with its critique of modern assumptions about knowledge, language, authority and narrative, presents new challenges for preachers. Postmodernity is generally seen as entailing a ...

Jesus used a lot of parables in His teachings. These were stories that brought forth vivid pictures in His hearers’ minds of things they were very familiar with — and made sense for them. The same ...

DECATUR — Jesus used parables to make points. By putting a lesson into a story that listeners could relate to, the message went home and was easy to understand and remember. Pastor Brian Talty has ...

Author's note: Context plays an important role in how the term "queer" is employed here. This word has a history of being used as a slur and could offend some people. However, as language evolves, ...

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 ...

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...