Preaching the Parables

Written with the rigor and precision of a New Testament specialist, PREACHING THE PARABLES provides a responsible introduction to understanding and proclaiming the parables that pastors, church leaders, and seminary students will appreciate.

Craig Blomberg demonstrates how the structure of a parable is key to its interpretation and thus to its exposition. He shows how a parable, when properly contemporised, can be a powerful rhetorical device, and that recognizing the elements of the parable that were atypical to everyday life leads to important surprises that will be of significance to contemporary parishioners. Each of the fifteen exemplary sermons is accompanied by an analysis that points out key interpretive decisions. 256 pages, from Baker.
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CONTENTSPrefaceIntroduction1. The Parable of the Prodigal Sons and Their Father2. Can I Be Saved without Stewardship?3. Who Is My Most Important Neighbor?4. Can I Be Saved if I Refuse to Forgive Others?5. Shrewd Stewards6. Let's Play Wedding, Let's Play Funeral7. How Do You Hear?8. Seeds, Weeds, and Explosive Growth9. The Kingdom of Heaven: Priceless10. The Basement of the Hard Rock Cafe11. The Parable of the Recovering Homosexual12. Pray and Persevere13. The Cost of Discipleship14. How to Prepare for Christ's Return15. Who Really Are the Sheep and the Goats?ConclusionNotes