The Word to the World
Some twenty years ago, a church member showed up at my house with some trees. To be honest, they looked more like bare sticks, but he assured me they would grow! One of those was a small oak tree, less than a meter tall. This
Jesus begins this parable with a rather mundane comparison: “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground” (v. 26). With reference to these words, James Edwards writes, A more banal comparison could not be imagined. The kingdom of
“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ,” writes the apostle Paul (Rom 10:17). Since we are saved by grace alone through faith alone, it is everlastingly essential that we pay attention to God’s word, to the message of Christ. Failure to
Jesus Christ was a story-teller. He was the Master story teller. The Gospel writers all include numerous accounts of him telling stories. Thankfully so, for stories have a way of illuminating our understanding, perhaps better than by direct instructions. Aesop’s Fables—The Tortoise and the Hare;