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.

The story of the good Samaritan is one of the best known parables of Jesus.

The power of stories fosters connections, preserves cultures and has captivated humans since the beginning of time. To me, ...

Jesus’ parables – short stories with moral lessons – were likewise designed to afflict, to draw us in but leave us uncomfortable. These teachings can be read as being about divine love and ...

Parables reveal the message to believers but screen out others. Disciples hear and understand the parables about God’s Kingdom, but others are not ready to hear its invitation.

Read our latest issue or browse back issues. Long taught that parables could be sly, explosive, disruptive, and mind-grabbing. But he had to admit that most of his students’ sermons on the parables ...

Parables can create vivid pictures in the mind, but, like this painting by Rembrandt, those pictures are often enigmatic and sometimes puzzling (e.g., one meaning of the word used in Hebrew for ...

Some of the most impactful short stories come to us in the form of parables. Pithy, challenging, durable, and relentless, they encourage us to consider different ways of living and loving and ...

Jesus’ parables – short stories with moral lessons – were likewise designed to afflict, to draw us in but leave us uncomfortable. These teachings can be read as being about divine love and ...