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Modern Parables: Stories That Make Spiritual Truth Come Alive

by Morris L. Venden

They say that we're all ignorant--just on different subjects. You may be a waking encyclopedia about computers, but know basically nothing about what's under the hood of your car. Someone else may be an expert on airplanes who know zilch about brain surgery.

What a great help it is when someone begins explaining somethin we know nothing about with, "A computer (a carburetor...a jet...the human brain) is like..." Relating the unkown to the know is the genius of a parable. When Jesus had to get across abstract concepts like faith and love and the kingdom of heaven, that's exactly what He did.

"The kingdom of heaven is like..."He would say, and another parapble was on its way. People couldn't get enough of them. Because they bring heaven a little closer to earth, people still love parables today, as Pastor Morris Venden has discovered wherever he's preached. Those who have heard the modern parables he shares in his sermons are constantly asking him for copies, which he has now gathered into this book. The parables inside? Well, they're like...then again, why not just read them yourself?

Contents:

ON THINKING CLEARLY

  • The Rich Man and the Million Dollars
  • Jesus, Your Best Friend

ON KNOWING TRUTH

  • Those Jericho Walls
  • How Not to Worry
  • The Baker and the Bread

ON THE GOSPEL

  • The Death of Ben Trying
  • The Scorpion and the Frog
  • Travel to Shalom
  • The Trouble With Grace

ON THE FULL GOSPEL

  • Gospel Showdown
  • Building Foundations and Walls
  • The Parable of the Sick Man
  • 'Bye, 'Bye, Rabboni
  • The Hunter and the Bear
  • The Lion and the Tiger

ON CONVERSION

  • Cadaver and Friends
  • Leonard, the Uptight Wolf
  • Lawrence and Christina
  • Ten Commandments--Modern

ON SURRENDER

  • "I Don't" and "I Do"
  • The Diesel Truck
  • My Hitchhiking Brother
  • My New Volkswagen
  • The Plot of Ground
  • The Boxing Match
  • Swimming to Hawaii

ON RELATIONSHIP

  • Marriage Proposal: Be My Wife
  • Marriage Proposal: Be My God
  • Are You Married?
  • Coming Home
  • Thirsty Ed
  • The Banquet
  • The Best Six Doctors
  • Why I Can't Play the Guitar
  • Private Prayer

ON GROWTH

  • The Special Olympics
  • What Does Is Say, Daddy?
  • The Crooked Sapling
  • Old Silas Phipps

ON WITNESS

  • Jordan Consultation
  • Lifesaving
  • Walking to PUC

ON CHURCH

  • The Biggest Church Around
  • Why I Don't Go to the Movies
  • Free Cadillacs
  • Insiders, Outsiders
  • The Trolley Car

ON BAPTISM

  • Too Soon Oldt und Too Late Schmardt

ON THE SABBATH

  • Sabbath Visit

ON ACCEPTING AUTHORITY

  • The Farmer's Educated Son

ON THE SECOND COMING

  • Jesus' Coming to PUC
  • The Night I Was Too Busy

ON THE JUDGMENT

  • The Way It Was and the Way It Wasn't
  • Good News, Bad News
  • Judge Not

ON FAMILY

  • Dad and Me Together
  • When Mother Tucked Me In

IN CONCLUSION

  • Letters to Noah
  • Go in There
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ISBN: 9780816311965

Format: Paperback

STATUS: AVAILABLE TO ORDER (item is either in stock or quickly/soon obtainable from supplier)

Pages: 129

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