THE GOOD SAMARITAN: Luke 10: 25 – 37 Last week we looked at the Prodigal Son, told by Luke alone, and this was one of the great narrative parables of Jesus. We now look at another of the great narrative parables of Jesus, the Good Samaritan. This parable is also peculiar to Luke who has…
Parables of the Kingdom: Lent course weeks 2-4
THE WHEAT AND THE TARES; THE MUSTARD SEED; THE LEAVEN IN THE MEAL: Matthew 13: 24–33 I have combined 3 Parables of the Kingdom as they evidently form a connected teaching in the eyes of the evangelist even if they may have been uttered by Jesus more than once and in different settings, writes Rev…
Parables of the Kingdom: Lent course week 1
PARABLE OF THE SEED AND THE SOIL: Matthew 13: 3 – 23 Chapter 13 of Matthew’s gospel begins a series of parables in which Jesus teaches about the Kingdom of God. The first parable however only mentions the Kingdom of God obliquely, as Jesus explains it to the disciples. In this sense there is something…
Parables of the Kingdom: Advent course week 3
The Parable of the Five Wise and Five Foolish Maidens.
Parables of the Kingdom: Advent course week 2
The Parable of the Talents.
Parables of the Kingdom: Advent course week 1
A fresh take on the parable of the sheep and the goats.
