Book review: If Jesus came to liberate all of us, does that mean queer liberation as well? Rolf R. Nolasco Jr. faces this question head-on in his new book Hearts Ablaze: Parables for the Queer Soul.

They’re not just stories about God; they’re from God. In Jesus’ parables, God answers our “thy kingdom come” prayers, albeit with unexpected people and places. Long quotes Austin Farrer: “Christ does ...

Certainly it could not have been Jesus' intention to use parables in order to render his message incomprehensible. We may dismiss that notion out of hand.

Thompson, in the interview, said the book is her latest attempt to inspire and encourage others to find that grace. If it helps get her view of the Linda Thompson Era in Harrisburg out there in ...

Jesus, the consummate storyteller Scholar Amy-Jill Levine believes we’re underestimating the literary power of the parables. Interview by Michael Fitzgerald.

"This is a totally new approach to understanding the parables of Jesus, examining the well-known ones as well as the obscure” McCollough stated. Reflecting the spiritual, personal and socio-economic ...

If studied correctly, "the parables will receive a like interpretation from all." So wrote Irenaeus, the second-century Christian theologian, in Against Heresies: Book Two.

CNN: Four Teachings From Jesus That Everybody Gets Wrong — "Jesus’ parables – short stories with moral lessons – were likewise designed to afflict, to draw us in but leave us uncomfortable.

Jesus’ parables are identical to narrative jokes in these respects: “Disciples, listen up, a Levite and a Priest were going up to Jerusalem when they came upon a man beaten on the side of the ...

Why did He use parables? Jesus must have perceived that their intrinsic quality of simplicity would keep His Good News safe and fresh through the ages. The simplicity of the parables did, indeed ...

Parables were often used by Jewish rabbis who were contemporaries of Jesus. A famous and quite ancient Old Testament example is the parable of the Ewe Lamb which the prophet Nathan addressed to David.