One key to understanding Jesus' parables is to ask to whom the parable was addressed and why. For example, Luke's three parables of mercy in Chapter 15 were addressed to the scribes and Pharisees ...

What do we mean when we talk about “good preaching”? Two kinds of preaching predominate the American evangelical landscape today: the first we’ll call “moral preaching,” and the second we’ll call ...

Jesus knew that people worried about money, and so he used the theme of finances and employment in many of his parables. As a financial adviser, he would not last very long in this world, but this was ...