What if the parables Jesus taught were not to cause one to reflect in meditation, but to challenge the congregation in discussion? What would it mean for a 1st century Jew hearing the parables?
Category: <span>Educational</span>
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Community Through Word and Action
Ephesians 4:17-32 – So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of...
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Wisdom for Community
Ephesians 5:15-17 – Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise, 16 taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 For this reason do not be foolish, but be wiset by understandings what the Lord’s will is. In this writing, Paul continues the thought on being imitators...
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Are We Serving?
Mark 9:33-37 – They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and...
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What Then Should We Do?
Luke 3:10 “What should we do then?” the crowd asked. We are familiar with the text where John the Baptist is baptizing many in the water for repentance. From this passage we receive some reasons of John’s work in the wilderness. The gospel of John envisions a future Messiah who is to come. The gospels...
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