THE LOST SHEEP | Luke 15:1-9 Luke chapter 15 is what I am calling “GOD’S LOST AND FOUND CHAPTER”. It is not three separate parables but rather one parable (v.…
GOD’S DRAGNET | Matthew 13:47-53 As we explore the parables, this is the last of the Kingdom Parables. The Parable of the Net is akin to the Parable of the…
PEOPLE OF THE KINGDOM Matthew 13:44-46 We examine the parable of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price. Here we see the value of the people of the…
FEELING SMALL; WALKING TALL Matthew 13:31-33 The next two parables in chapter 13 stress the inevitable growth of the kingdom of heaven, despite the resistance it faces. The first of…
THE POWER OF THE SEED Matthew 13:31-32 After the previous two parables we have examined. This one is more hopeful and cheerful in tone than those that went before. We…
WHO'S WHO? | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 We come to an examination of the second parable in the Kingdom of God. This is the parable of the Wheat and the Tares.…
THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM | Matthew 13:1-23 JESUS WAS A MASTER STORYTELLER. PEOPLE FLOCKED TO HIM. PEOPLE HEARD HIM GLADLY. He shared stories. The definition of the word PARABLE…