Barry-Parables of OT
(1846) This work is a treatment of the Parables and other types of illustrative material in the Old Testament, by Alfred Barry, Lord Bishop of Sydney, and Primate of Australia and Tasmania.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. The Parables of the Old Testament and the New.
Brown The Devil's Mission of Amusement 7 page article from 1889. Hollywood in the church and her ministries. Brown was a student of C.H Spurgeon.
Excerpts:
Different days demand their own special testimony. The watchman who would be faithful to his Lord and to the city of his God needs to carefully note the signs of the times and to emphasize his witness accordingly. Concerning the testimony needed now, there can be little if any doubt. An evil is in the professed camp of the Lord, that is so gross, so brazen in its impudence, that the most shortsighted of spiritual men can hardly fail to notice it.... Amusement for the people is the leading article advertised by each... until the hideous fact has been proved up to the hilt, that "amusement" is ousting "the preaching of the Gospel" as the great attraction... The Concert is fast becoming as much a recognized part of church life as the Prayer Meeting; and it is already, in most places, far better attended.
"Providing recreation for the people" will soon be looked upon as a necessary part of Christian work, and as binding upon the Church of God, as though it were a Divine command, unless some strong voices are raised which will make themselves heard.
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I. The general idea of the Parable; its connexion with Mysticism and Analogy; its relation to the doctrine of unity and development in Creation; its various phases. — II. The limitation and the main purpose of parabolic teaching. — III. The various classes of Old Testament parables; the parable of narrative; the parable as riddle and symbolic vision; the parable as proverb; the parable of figurative poetry. — IV. The interest and lessons of parabolic study. i
CHAPTER II. The Parable as a Narrative from Real Life.
I. The parable of Nathan.— 11. The parable of the widow of Tekoah III. The parable of “one of the sons of the prophets.”— IV. The parable of the Lord’s vineyard in Isaiah. — V. The parables of the sluggard and the “ poor wise man.” 25.
CHAPTER III. The Parable as Fable.
I. The fable of Jotham.— II. The fable of Joash 61
CHAPTER IV. The Parable as Allegory.
Characteristics of the allegory.— Reference to the Song of Songs.— The allegories of Ezekiel:— I. The allegory of the vine. II. The allegory of the adulterous wife. III. The allegory of Oholah and Oholibah. IV. The allegory of the eagles and the vine. V. The allegory of the young lions. VI. The second allegory of the vine. VII. The allegory of the cauldron. VIII. The allegories relating to Pharaoh 72
CHAPTER V. The Parable as Spoken or Acted Riddle.
I. The Song of Lamech. — II. The riddle of Samson. — III. The allegory of the Book of Ecclesiastes. — IV. The acted riddles of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea 129
CHAPTER VI. The Parable of Symbolic Vision.
The destruction of symbolical and apocalyptic visions:—
I. The symbolic visions of Amos. II. The visions of the dry bones and the Temple in Ezekiel III. The Symbolic visions of Daniel. IV. The symbolic visions of Zechariah ‘5
CHAPTER VII. The Parable as Proverb.
The relation of the proverb to the idea of the parable. —
The conception of the wisdom of man and the wisdom of God: — I. The poetical introduction to the Book of Proverbs, — the praise of the Divine Wisdom and the personification of that Wisdom. The relation of this personification to the doctrine of the Word; the connexion of the proverb with psalm and prophecy.— II. The chief body of the Book as a collection of proverbs: their various classes— («) proverbs of prudence, b) proverbs of morality, c) proverbs of religion. — III. The proverbs of Job and Ecclesiastes 190
CHAPTER VIII. The Parable of Figurative Prophecy.
Its relation to the other forms of parable, — I. The parables of Balaam.— II. The parable of Job.— III. The song of Israel over the fall of the King of Babylon 225
salv74 The Just Will live by their Faith is an examination of the places where this occurs in Scripture, as well as what it means. TOPICS: What is Faith? | Faith and Israel’s Destruction | The Principle of Faith, the End of Faith | Faith guides us | If you have faith, do not go backwards | Faith is through receiving God.
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