Podcasts about parables jesus

SummaryIn this sermon, Bro Steve Lammons explores the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price from the book of Matthew. He emphasizes the importance of understanding these parables not just as stories about seeking salvation, but as illustrations of Jesus' love and sacrifice for humanity. Sturgis encourages listeners to reflect on their own faith and actions in response to Jesus' sacrifice, urging them to witness and share that love with others.TakeawaysParables are earthly stories with heavenly meanings.The hidden treasure represents the souls of men and women.Jesus is the seeker who gives everything for our salvation.Understanding scripture can evolve with maturity and study.Worship should lead to action in our lives.Prayer and meditation are essential in our relationship with God.Obedience to scripture is a mark of true faith.Witnessing is a responsibility of every believer.Love for God demands our all in service and sacrifice.We should actively share the love of Christ with others.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Parables in Matthew02:44 Exploring the Hidden Treasure and Pearl of Great Price05:37 Reinterpreting the Parables: Jesus as the Seeker11:55 The Depth of Jesus' Sacrifice16:50 Responding to Jesus' Love: Actions and WitnessingKeywordsMatthew, parables, hidden treasure, pearl of great price, Jesus, salvation, faith, witness, love, sacrifice

In this episode of the Expositors Collective Podcast, Mike Neglia interviews Dr. Douglas D. Webster, professor of pastoral theology and preaching at Beeson Divinity School. Dr. Webster reflects on his personal journey into preaching, sharing his early experiences and the wisdom he gained from seasoned pastors. They discuss the prophetic and pastoral aspects of preaching, with Dr. Webster emphasizing the necessity of taking the Word of God seriously in every sermon. He shares insights into the different preaching styles, comparing "rock quarry" and "art gallery" approaches to communication. Dr. Webster also explores the unique challenges of preaching parables and the importance of understanding their Old Testament roots. They discuss the balance between engaging the audience and ensuring faithfulness to the text, highlighting the contrast between implicit and explicit communication in preaching. Personal preaching styles, the importance of manuscripting, and the role of self-denial in delivering effective messages are central themes throughout the conversation. Douglas D. Webster (Ph.D., University of St. Michael's College) is professor of pastoral theology and preaching at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University. He served as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of San Diego for fourteen years, as well as churches in New York City, Denver, and Toronto. His books include Follow the Lamb: A Pastoral Approach to The Revelation and Preaching Hebrews: The End of Religion and Faithfulness to the End.  Resources Mentioned: More Than a Sermon: https://blog.lexhampress.com/2024/05/09/more-than-a-sermon-an-interview-with-doug-webster/ The Parables: Jesus's Friendly Subversive Speech:  https://www.kregel.com/douglas-d-webster/the-parables/ Hope, Suffering and Glory - CGN's recent conference based on 1 Peter:  https://cgn.org/2024archives/ Beeson Divinity School: https://www.samford.edu/beeson-divinity/  Fellow Beeson Professor Gerald Bray's episode about learning preaching from Chrysostom: https://cgnmedia.org/podcast/expositors-collective/episode/pastoral-preaching-brevity-and-john-chrysostom-gerald-bray  For 30% off More than A Sermon, visit: www.LexhamPress.com/Expositors in the month of November for a 30% discount Support the Cause:  https://cgn.churchcenter.com/giving/to/expositors-collective For information about our upcoming training events visit ExpositorsCollective.com  The Expositors Collective podcast is part of the CGNMedia, Working together to proclaim the Gospel, make disciples, and plant churches. For more content like this, visit https://cgnmedia.org/ Join our private Facebook group to continue the conversation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExpositorsCollective

The Parables Jesus tells are sometimes so simple that we fail to recognise how radical, even shocking his descriptions of God's kingdom are. Like the parable of the mustard seed... (Bill Drewett) The post Parables of the Kingdom in Matthew 13 – The Mustard Seed first appeared on Hope Chapel.

Parables // Jesus Wants To Do A New Thing In Your Life  Luke 5:27-39 (NIV)“Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. ‘Follow me,' Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.'They said to him, ‘John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.'Jesus answered, ‘Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.'He told them this parable: ‘No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.'”     1.     Jesus came to give you a spirit of joy not burdensome sorrow. Psalm 34:8 (NIV)“Taste and see that the Lord is good;”Isaiah 61:3 (NIV)“to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.” 2.     Jesus came to do something brand new in your life. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 3.     Resisting what Jesus is doing will cause your life to get messy.Hebrews 3:7-9 (NIV)“So, as the Holy Spirit says: ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert, where your fathers tested and tried me and for forty years saw what I did.'”

In the New Testament, Jesus often teaches through parables — short stories rich in symbolism and ethical dilemmas. "The Good Samaritan." "The Prodigal Son." We've heard these stories so many times it's easy to overlook how challenging and even shocking they would have sounded to 1st-century ears. In this episode, scholar Amy-Jill Levine joins Helen and Dave to explain the Jewish roots of parables and how Jesus wielded parables to shake up his audience. Parables were incredibly effective teaching tools in the ancient world and they're just as powerful today, especially when we understand their deeper historical background. If you enjoy this episode, pick up a copy of AJ's terrific book, Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi. Win an SBL Study Bible!We're giving away 10 copies of the newly revised SBL Study Bible. This study Bible is tailor-made for fans of Biblical Time Machine. It takes a scholarly approach to understanding the Bible — full of essays, footnotes, maps and more — and doesn't assume any past knowledge or religious background. It's the perfect companion for a fresh look at these ancient texts. Each week we'll randomly pick a winner from the members of the Time Travelers Club, our Patreon site. Subscribe today to support the show and put your name in the running for this useful and in-depth resource. For legal reasons, this giveaway is only available to Time Travelers Club members 18 or older and living in the continental United States. As an Amazon Associate, we earn a small percentage from books purchased through the Amazon links above. Support the showJoin the Time Travelers Club!Join our Patreon to support the podcast and get special perks like bonus content and direct messaging with the hosts. Learn more and subscribe at the Time Travelers Club. Theme music written and performed by Dave Roos

Pastor Brian Wilmarth shares from Matthew 9:14-17 and discusses how Jesus not only  challenged the assumptions of the disciples of John, but challenges our assumptions as well.

Intro to Series about Jesus' Parables . . . Jesus is God . . . Amen! by Jim Harwell The post Intro to Series about Jesus' Parables . . . Jesus is God . . . Amen! appeared first on Wonder & Reality.

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Join us as we discuss one of the Parables Jesus spoke to His followers.

Pastor Drew McCalla teaches from Luke 15, where we see God's mercy and grace on full display.

Pastor Wil Franco teaches from Luke 12, where Jesus tells us to be urgently on guard against all kinds of coveting.

Pastor Wil Franco teaches from Luke 17, which provides us with a model for servanthood.

Pastor Wil Franco teaches from Luke 18, where we learn about the importance of persistence in prayer.

Pastor Parker Richardson teaches from Luke 18, where we learn about the importance of persistence in prayer.

Pastor Wil Franco teaches from Luke 18, where we see that there are two ways to avoid God - one is the religious approach of thinking you're too good, and the other is the rebellious approach of thinking you're too bad.

Pastor Parker Richardson teaches from Luke 18, where we see that there are two ways to avoid God - one is the religious approach of thinking you're too good, and the other is the rebellious approach of thinking you're too bad.

Pastor Wil Franco teaches from Luke 16, where we get a glimpse into the nature of the afterlife and what happens to us in eternity.

Pastor Parker Richardson teaches from Luke 16, where we get a glimpse into the nature of the afterlife and what happens to us in eternity.

Pastor Wil Franco teaches the two parables of the mustard seed and the leaven to illustrate both the hiddenness and pervasiveness of God's Kingdom.

Pastor Parker Richardson teaches the two parables of the mustard seed and the leaven to illustrate both the hiddenness and pervasiveness of God's Kingdom.

Pastor Drew McCalla teaches the Parable of the Wedding Feast from Matthew 22 about the rejection of Jesus through indifference, hostility, and hypocrisy.

Pastor Wil Franco teaches the Parable of the Talents from Matthew 25, which addresses and unpacks the concept of biblical stewardship.

Pastor Jen closes our sermon series on the parables of Jesus by considering the meaning of the Parable of the 10 Wedding Attendants. What can we learn from the 5 foolish and 5 wise attendants? What might it mean for us to always have some extra lamp oil in our back pocket? And is Jesus really coming back? Because we've been waiting a long time...

Jesus encourages his listeners to dig deeper into the parables, and indeed, some of the parables are confusing and seem to have multiple interpretations. Join Pastor Jacob as he proposes two different ways to understand the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard and invites us to keep digging deeper on our own.

Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan to illustrate how our faith should compel us to perform acts of kindness and compassion, not avoid them. The love of the Other invites us to consider how we are called to put our faith into action.

In one of Jesus' parables, he seems rather worried that people will light a lamp and then hide it. But who would ever do that? In today's sermon, Pastor Jacob charts the history of light in Jesus' time and explores the ways we often hide the light within us, even to our own detriment.

We begin our new series on the parables of Jesus the Storyteller with the Parable of the Sower. This sower seems like a terrible farmer and sows seeds with reckless abandon flinging seeds without any regard for where they land. Pastor Jen explains why this sower seems like a gardener in Nebraska much more than a gardener in California!