The parables : understanding what Jesus meant / [print]
by Gary Inrig.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Discovery House, (c)1991.
- 190 pages ; 21 cm.
Knowing my Father -- Loving my neighbor -- Thanking my Savior -- Forgiving my brother -- Finding my Master -- Accumulating my treasure -- Assuring my future -- Determining my destiny -- Asking my Father -- Reaching God's ear -- Seeing myself -- Getting my due.
Good stories leave us saying "Hey! That's me!" The stories Jesus told have that same effect. To read them properly is to see ourselves in a new way. But the parables are more than mirrors. They are windows into the heart and mind of God Himself. Beyond revealing what we are, they help us know who God is. Because these stories are so familiar, we often do not really hear what Jesus is saying. Gary Inrig challenges us to sit at the feet of our Lord, to smell the aroma of Jewish villages, to feel the dust of Galilean roads, and to listen to these wonderful stories as though we were hearing them for the first time. Writing with freshness and vitality, the author opens the parables to reveal spiritual truth that touches our lives in practical and compelling ways.