Archive for January 17th, 2008

Jan 17 2008

returning to luke 15

I was invited to share a word on reading parables to a women’s Bible study group at Mountain Christian Church. In my next post I will share a short version of that talk, but first I want to comment on the text.

The text I was given for this exercise was Luke 15 and 16. It is a great text for practicing parable interpretation. I has several important parables. It has a few with reasonably obvious meanings and then a few that can be pretty tough for people.

I went into my preparations with a pretty technical attitude. After all, I was asked to come teach a skill not preach a sermon. Continue Reading »

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