In response to Mark Wolfson’s Monday letter to the editor in which he identifies the Bible as a book of parables: He’s correct. Jesus often communicated spiritual principles to his listeners by use of ...

"And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold. As he said this, he called out, ‘He who has ears to hear, let him hear’" (Luke 8:8). This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke, one ...

The Bible tells us in Matthew 13:34, "All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them." When Jesus wanted to get a spiritual truth across to ...

Reading parables is a good way to enjoy the wisdom of the Bible and to be instructed by life lessons. Today’s column will give a brief overview of parables. A parable is a story told in a simple ...

The Lord is like my probation officer. He will help me. He tries to help me make it every day. He makes me play it cool. So begins the 23rd Psalm, as revised by an eleven-year-old delinquent boy at ...

Sinners liked Jesus. But the Pharisees and religious people didn't approve. And so they grumbled about him. But Jesus doesn't call it that. He begins the story by saying, “There was a man who had two ...

However, unless you are a Bible reader, you might not know that the phrase is based on a parable (teaching story) told by Jesus. Therefore, we will read the verses to garner an understanding of the ...

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...

Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief leading domestic immigration enforcement actions, is bringing those efforts to Charlotte, sources report. If Chicago is any indication of what is coming to us, we ...