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 ...

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most famous parables of Jesus. But people have been misinterpreting it for centuries. Trump, Obama chatting and laughing at Carter funeral lights up ...

(NIV) In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus told the story of a Jewish man walking from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the journey he was attacked by robbers and left for dead. Two Jewish ...

Fye Editor A homily reflecting on the parable of the mustard seed provided new insight on my journey ...Read More ...

Jesus was sophisticated [enough] to know what the city was, which was the seat of peasant oppression. Do his travels, or the parables that he teaches, also give us a clue to his probable class ...

Frequently they are controversial, occasionally confronting. Parables were a trademark method of teaching used by Jesus, drawn from the practice of ancient Israel. In fact he hardly ever taught ...

The gospel reading for many of us this past Sunday was Matthew 18:21-35, which begins with Peter asking Jesus, “Lord, if my brother sins against me how often must I forgive? As many as seven ...