Context: The Grumblers Jesus tells the three parables of Luke 15 to “the Pharisees and scribes” who were grumbling. Throughout Luke’s gospel account Jesus has been involved in controversy with the Ph...
Exodus 18:13-24 , Nehemiah 6:1-4, Ruth 1:16-17 , Matthew 6:24, Luke 10:38-42, Psalm 127:1-2, Luke 14:16-23
Jesus’ parable [of the banquet in Luke 14:16-23] makes it clear that there are business and career invitations . Some people had real estate that demanded attention, and others had invested in ox...
Matthew 13:, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15, Mark 4:30-32, Matthew 13:47-50, Luke 18:1-8, Matthew 13:44
Parables were the means Jesus used most frequently to explain the kingdom of God and to show the character of God and the expectations that God has for humans.
1 Timothy 1:12-17, Exodus 32:7-14, Luke 15:1-10, Psalm 51:1-10
Context: The Grumblers Jesus tells the three parables of Luke 15 to “the Pharisees and scribes” who were grumbling. Throughout Luke’s gospel account Jesus has been involved in controversy with the Ph...
Mark 4:26-34, Matthew 13:31-32, Luke 13:18-19, Matthew 13:33, Luke 13:20-21, Matthew 13:44, Matthew 13:45-46
If we only had eyes to see and ears to hear and wits to understand, we would know that the Kingdom of God in the sense of holiness, goodness, beauty is as close as breathing and is crying out to born ...