THE MESSAGE OF THE PARABLES
by Joseph Ferguson McFadyen, M.A. D.D.
This is another standard work on the NT parables. Note that this work is seen from a “teacher’s view point” with the first three chapters on Jesus’ use of parables as a teaching method, and another chapter on the parable as an allegory, another on interpretation of parables.
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I. The Teaching Methods of Jesus 9
II. The Teaching Methods of Jesus 19
III. The Parable as Secret Teaching 27
IV. The Parable as Allegory 38
V. Parable Interpretation 54
VI. General View of the Parables 61
VII. Questions Raised by the Parables 75
VIII. The Sower 82
IX. The Darnel Among the Wheat 92
X. The Great Supper 98
XI. The Man Without the Wedding Garment 105
XII. The Wicked Vinedressers 107
XIII. The Barren Fig-Tree 114
XIV. The Hidden Treasure and the Pearl 118
XV. The Mustard Seed 123
XVI. The Seed Growing of Itself 127
XVII. The Leaven 1 3o
XVIII. The Fishing Net 134
XIX. Tthe Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin 139
XX. The Pharisee and the Publican 144
XXI. The Prodigal Son 15
XXII. The Two Debtors 159
XXIII. The Unforgiving Creditor 164
XXIV. Tower and the Threatened King 169
XXV. Rich Man and Lazarus 171
XXVI. Good Samaritan 178
XXVII. Rich Fool 187
XXVIII. Talents and the Pounds 194
XXIX. Unjust Steward 202
XXX. Workers in the Vineyard 219
XXXI. Midnight Petitioner 224
XXXII. Importunate Widow 230
XXXIII. Bridesmaids 237
Literature 245
More Modules from the Parables-Types Category
fam42 The Foolish Child explains what the Bible teaches on fools and foolishness, and also a parent's solution to a foolish child.
Excerpts: Ecclesiastes 4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. A fool is a person who rejects advice.
We can define the concept of foolishness as the lack of values and vision toward eternity, toward spiritual things. In other words, this person lives focusing on things that the person wants, and he does not pay attention to what God says as being important, or how God says we should live.
Proverbs 18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
The basis of being wise is that you do not limit yourself, to just what you think you know. A wise person opens his thinking to the wisdom and advice of others, and weighs others’ opinions to see if they are right or not. The foolish only considers what he himself thinks, or what other fools like him think.
View tract: fam42 The Foolish Child
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