Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A singlerpt mustard seed resting on the tip of a finger. Jesus was a master of teaching truths through parables. Jesus’ parables ...

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 ...

When Peter asked how many times to forgive someone who sins, Jesus responded with a parable about an unforgiving servant.

"Jesus got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore” (Matt 13:2). Jer 1:1, 4-10; Mt 13:1-9 The setting of Jesus’ parables in Matthew 13 is itself a parable. Jesus chooses as ...

In the story, Jesus compares heaven to a man who goes out and sows good seed. However, the enemy sneaks into the field at night and sows weeds. Both the weeds and the wheat sprout at the same time.

A fresh look at Zacchaeus’s story could radically challenge our understanding of discipleship and even atonement. Byzantine mosaic depicting Jesus and Zacchaeus. Vault to the east of the dome of St.

How important is prayer to the Christian life? Essential? Unessential? One way to answer is to ask another question. How important is communication to any of our human relationships? Parents, ...

John Everett Millais' "The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow" is almost as intriguing as Jesus' parable on which the image is based: A persistent widow unrelentingly demands justice from an ...