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Sometimes the Good Book doesn’t sound all that great. Fortunately, first impressions can be misleading, and the surprise of grace may be hiding in plain sight. Welcome to Terrible Parables, the podcast where a scholar, a pastor, and an anxious Christian l

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    • Jun 22, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES


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    Episode 6: The Ten Bridesmaids

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 35:52


    Click here (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A1-13&version=NRSVA) to read Matthew 25:1-13. Excertp read from Paul Zahl, Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life (https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Practice-Theology-Everyday-Life/dp/0802828973), (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans), p. 40-41. Music via the JAZ archives (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3skSzuqcsETUFMSqpotLO7?si=13cbd361324841d1).

    Episode 5: The Rich Man and Lazarus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 32:49


    Click here (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+16%3A19-31&version=NRSVA) to read Luke 16:19-31. Click here (https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/02/06/1980-1989-the-celebrity-decade/) to read more from “1980-1989: The Celebrity Decade” by Cynthia Heimel in the Village Voice. Music via the JAZ archives (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3skSzuqcsETUFMSqpotLO7?si=13cbd361324841d1).

    Episode 4: The Wheat and the Tares

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 35:30


    Click here (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+13%3A24-30%2C+36-43&version=NRSVA) to read Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (with modifications). Click here (https://www.theredhandfiles.com/what-is-mercy-for-you/) to read more from “What Is Mercy for You?” by Nick Cave at the Red Hand Files. Music via the JAZ archives (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3skSzuqcsETUFMSqpotLO7?si=13cbd361324841d1).

    Episode 3: The Sower

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 33:15


    Click here (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+4%3A1-9&version=NRSVA) to read Mark 4:1-9. Click here (https://mbird.com/theology/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-lost-doctrine-of-sin/) to read more from Simeon Zahl's “Hiding in Plain Sight: the Lost Doctrine of Original Sin” on Mockingbird. Music via the JAZ archives (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3skSzuqcsETUFMSqpotLO7?si=13cbd361324841d1).

    Episode 2: The Good Samaritan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 38:28


    Click here (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A25-37&version=NRSVA) to read Luke 10:25-37 Click here (https://mbird.com/grace-in-practice/loving-thy-difficult-neighbor/) to read more from “Loving Thy (Diffcult) Neighbor” by Sam Bush on Mockingbird. Music via the JAZ archives (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3skSzuqcsETUFMSqpotLO7?si=13cbd361324841d1).

    Episode 1: The Unforgiving Servant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 38:30


    Click here (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+18%3A21-35&version=NRSVA) to read Matthew 18:21-35 (with modifications) Click here (https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast/2021/7/12/22379647/vox-conversations-elizabeth-bruenig-forgiveness-social-media) to read more from “Why is it so hard to forgive?,” an interview with Elizabeth Bruenig on Vox. Music via the JAZ archives (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3skSzuqcsETUFMSqpotLO7?si=13cbd361324841d1).

    Season 1 Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 3:14


    Sometimes the Good Book doesn't sound all that great. Fortunately, first impressions can be misleading, and the surprise of grace may be hiding in plain sight. Welcome to Terrible Parables, the podcast where a scholar, a pastor, and an anxious Christian look for good news in passages of scripture that appear strange or unnerving. Brought to you by Mockingbird Ministries and hosted by Cali Yee, along with Todd Brewer and Bryan Jarrell.

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