This book helps preachers "prime the pump" with a wealth of informative material on each of the seven parables appearing in Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary.
“Hardly worth the trouble!” the other man might say. But then trouble came. It started to rain. And as the children's song puts it, “The rains came down and the floods came up.” The wise man's house stood firm, but the foolish man's ...
We lose the impact of the story altogether if we forget this greatest of oxymora in Jesus' world: a good Samaritan. ... The best way to re-create the original shock effect of Jesus' story in our twenty-first-century world is to look for ...
A guide to preaching the parables that shows how to first interpret the parables, then proclaim their significance.
Jesus used many parables in his teaching and preaching. Parables constitute approximately one-third of his teachings, and their number lies somewhere between fifty and seventy. Matthew reports that Jesus “told them many things in ...
Preaching the Parables: Series Ii, Cycle C
Modeled on the format of Brauninger's popular Preaching the Miracles series, each chapter includes five sections: - Text - What's Happening? - Spadework - Parallel Scripture - Chat Room What a refreshingly helpful way to exegete the text.
Dallas Brauninger probes these familiar texts with a fresh, imaginative viewpoint, revealing what they tell us about God and inviting further reflection on what they mean for modern living.
When they are employed in preaching, the hearer receives images that are easy to remember. Preaching the Parables provides a means of communicating the teachings of Jesus for modern Christians. With each parable Keeney includes: a.
This book helps preachers "prime the pump" with a wealth of informative material on each of the seven parables appearing in Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary.