The Lord is like my probation officer. He will help me. He tries to help me make it every day. He makes me play it cool. So begins the 23rd Psalm, as revised by an eleven-year-old delinquent boy at ...

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 ...

PreachingToday.com: What are your favorite parables, and why? Craig Blomberg: Simply because certain parables, like the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan, are used so often, I have come to ...

“Jesus Teaches the People by the Sea” by James Tissot. (Credit: Wikicommons/Public domain.) Listen At the heart of Christian discipleship is the call to prayer. As followers of the Lord Jesus, we are ...

Before we explore the eighth and last part in our series, “Why did Jesus die?” we are going to take a quick break and take a brief look at six parables told by Jesus. A parable is not just a nice ...

Themes: Christianity; The Parable of the Two Sons; stories Jesus told; responsibility; 'don’t judge a book by its cover'. Summary: This assembly, which is suitable for an act of collective worship, ...