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Presents simple retellings of eleven parables found in the New Testament

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The mustard seed. The wineskins. The sheep and the goats. These and dozens more parables enabled Jesus to help his followers--then and now--grasp spiritual truth. R. T. Kendall, who for years preached from Martyn Lloyd-Jones's pulpit at Westminster Chapel in London, unwraps Jesus's simple stories one by one, uncovering profound meaning.Readers will learn how parables safeguard the secrets of God, reveal his sovereignty, and actually survey salvation--from conversion, through the work of the Holy Spirit, to what happens to a believer at death. As readers begin to understand the purpose, promise, and paradox of the parables, they will get to know, in a new and fresh way, the One who told them. Two thousand years ago, as well as today, the parables enliven and enlighten the hearts of all with ears to hear.

Why has civilization developed the way it has? Many of us have assumed that human beings have freely chosen the way that civilization will evolve and that social evolution has consequently been a story of improvement and progress. But if that is so, why has the course of human history been so tormented? Why have the enormous changes that civilization has wrought in human life over the last ten millenia not been better designed to meet human needs? And why is the world so beset by alienation, tyranny, and destruction? The parable of the tribes is a theory of social evolution that offers answers in these and myriad related questions. By looking at human destiny within the broader contest of the story of life on earth, Andrew Bard Schmookler provides a unique, often unsettling perspective on the dilemma of the civilized animal. The parable of the tribes explains that as people stepped across the threshold of civilization, they stumbled into a chaos that had never existed before. When human beings became the first creatures to invent their own way of life, their societies appeared to became the first creatures to invent their own way of life, their societies appeared to become free to develop as people might wish. But what may be freedom for any single society adds up to anarchy in the interacting system of societies. In this anarchy - unprecedented in the evolution of living systems - civilized societies were condemned to engage in a struggle for power. Among the cultural possibilities human creation developed, only the ways of power could survive and spread. and the earth became a place where no one is free to choose peace, but anyone can impose upon all the necessity for power. Schmookler's theory about the role of the selection for power in social evolution is compelling in its logic and far reaching in its ramifications, By diagnosing the ills of civilization, the parable of the tribes clarifies the challenges that civilized people face ---book's dustjacket excerpt

G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945) was a leading Bible expositor in England and the United States. Despite a lack of substantial formal training, Morgan was a prolific writer and teacher. Ordained into the Congregational ministry, he was the pastor of Westminster Chapel, London (1904-17 and 1933-45). Morgan also conducted two very successful teaching tours in the United States, including work with D.L. Moody's ministry.

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An eminent Biblical scholar discusses the nature, purpose,and setting of the parables and traces their place in Christian teaching.

This Nebula Award-winning sequel to "Parable of the Sower" continues the story of Lauren Olamina in socially and economically depressed California in the 2030s. Convinced that her community should colonize the stars, Lauren and her followers make preparations. But the collapse of society and rise of fanatics result in Lauren's followers being enslaved, and her daughter stolen from her. Now, Lauren must fight back to save the new world order.

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A collection of eight parables, simple tales with complex meanings, are presented in beautiful, accessible language for children and complimented with richly colored illustrations. 17,500 first printing.

This Nebula Award-winning sequel to "Parable of the Sower" continues the story of Lauren Olamina in socially and economically depressed California in the 2030s. Convinced that her community should colonize the stars, Lauren and her followers make preparations. But the collapse of society and rise of fanatics result in Lauren's followers being enslaved, and her daughter stolen from her. Now, Lauren must fight back to save the new world order.

Soren Kierkegaard's gift of storytelling has long imprinted unforgettable images on our minds. In concentrated form, his parables try to accomplish what his entire authorship sought to do, namely, to entice - even seduce - his readers into a more profound awareness of themselves. In this captivating selection of his stories, we find some of the most brilliant, witty, and edifying parables ever written in the tradition of Western thought.

For many years Rudolf Arnheim, known as the leading psychologist of art, has been keeping notebooks in which to jot down observations, ideas, questions, and even (after a stay in Japan for a year) poems in the haiku pattern. Some of these notes found their way into his books--known and prized the world over--such as Art and Visual Perception, Visual Thinking, and The Power of the Center (see list below). Now he has selected, from the remaining riches of his notebooks, the items in this volume. The book will be a joy to ramble through for all lovers of Arnheim's work, and indeed for anyone who shares Arnheim's contagious interest in the order that lies behind art, nature, and human life. It is a seedbed of ideas and observations in his special fields of psychology and the arts. "I have avoided mere images and I have avoided mere thoughts," says Arnheim in the Introduction, "but whenever an episode observed or a striking sentence read yielded a piece of insight I had not met before, I wrote it down and preserved it." There are also glimpses of his personal life--his wife, his cats, his students, his neighbors and colleagues. He is always concrete, in the manner that has become his trademark, often witty, and sometimes a bit wicked.In the blend of life and thought caught in these jottings, psychology and the arts are of course prominent. But philosophy, religion, and the natural sciences add to the medley of topics--always addressed in a way to sharpen the senses of the reader who, sharing Arnheim's cue from Dylan Thomas, may accompany him through "the parables of sun light and the legends of the green chapels and the twice told fields of childhood."All of Rudolf Arnheim's books have been published by the University of California Press.

Have you learned the parable of the fig tree? If not, you are commanded by Jesus to learn this lesson. End-times speculation and scenarios continue to flood the land. how are we to discern the true markers of Christ's return from the false? The Lord ha announced the signs and conditions that will herald His return. We are called to read and pay attention. He Himself warned us: "Take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance" (Mark 13:23). In this book, pastor and teacher Ryan Habbena explores the scripture's primary texts regarding the second coming of Jesus Christ and the events that surround this glorious event. By taking the reader through the Olivet Discourse, the books of Daniel and Revelation, and the Thessalonian epistles, Habbena teaches how we should learn and apply the "parable of the fig tree" in order to be watching and well-prepared for the return of the King of Kings.

The parables of Jesus will always remain the very center and heart of the teachings of Christ. They summarize what Jesus thought and taught and lived. They tell us what the good life is, what the real values of life are. They speak to man, and bind principles upon him, in terms that he can understand. They are plain, practical lessons for all ages, even as they depict a religion that is designed for all men.

Why has civilization developed the way it has? Many of us have assumed that human beings have freely chosen the way that civilization will evolve and that social evolution has consequently been a story of improvement and progress. But if that is so, why has the course of human history been so tormented? Why have the enormous changes that civilization has wrought in human life over the last ten millenia not been better designed to meet human needs? And why is the world so beset by alienation, tyranny, and destruction? The parable of the tribes is a theory of social evolution that offers answers in these and myriad related questions. By looking at human destiny within the broader contest of the story of life on earth, Andrew Bard Schmookler provides a unique, often unsettling perspective on the dilemma of the civilized animal. The parable of the tribes explains that as people stepped across the threshold of civilization, they stumbled into a chaos that had never existed before. When human beings became the first creatures to invent their own way of life, their societies appeared to became the first creatures to invent their own way of life, their societies appeared to become free to develop as people might wish. But what may be freedom for any single society adds up to anarchy in the interacting system of societies. In this anarchy - unprecedented in the evolution of living systems - civilized societies were condemned to engage in a struggle for power. Among the cultural possibilities human creation developed, only the ways of power could survive and spread. and the earth became a place where no one is free to choose peace, but anyone can impose upon all the necessity for power. Schmookler's theory about the role of the selection for power in social evolution is compelling in its logic and far reaching in its ramifications, By diagnosing the ills of civilization, the parable of the tribes clarifies the challenges that civilized people face ---book's dustjacket excerpt

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A thorough survey of the history of parable interpretation from the period of the Church Fathers to the present, with the most extensive bibliography to date on the parables as a whole and on individual parables.