The Storytelling God
Seeing the Glory of Jesus in His Parables
Published on 28. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-4335-3668-7 (ISBN)
Description
Throw away your flannelgraphs...
The prodigal son. The good Samaritan. The treasure hidden in a field. Most of us have heard Jesus's parables before. Yet if these stories strike us as merely sweet, heartwarming, or sentimental, we can be sure we've misread them. In The Storytelling God, pastor Jared Wilson helps us to see how Jesus's parables reveal profound spiritual truths about God, humanity, the world, and the future.
Discarding the notion that Christ's parables are nothing more than moralistic fables, this book highlights how each one is designed to drive us to Jesus in awe, need, faith, and worship.
Offers fresh insights into Jesus's familiar, yet often misunderstood, parables
Explains the biblical text in clear, easy-to-grasp language that engages the heart and the mind
Wilson explores New Testament parables such as the pearl of great price, the wise builder, the good steward, the lost coin, the prodigal son, the good Samaritan, the wedding feast, the sower and the soil, and the fig tree
The prodigal son. The good Samaritan. The treasure hidden in a field. Most of us have heard Jesus's parables before. Yet if these stories strike us as merely sweet, heartwarming, or sentimental, we can be sure we've misread them. In The Storytelling God, pastor Jared Wilson helps us to see how Jesus's parables reveal profound spiritual truths about God, humanity, the world, and the future.
Discarding the notion that Christ's parables are nothing more than moralistic fables, this book highlights how each one is designed to drive us to Jesus in awe, need, faith, and worship.
Offers fresh insights into Jesus's familiar, yet often misunderstood, parables
Explains the biblical text in clear, easy-to-grasp language that engages the heart and the mind
Wilson explores New Testament parables such as the pearl of great price, the wise builder, the good steward, the lost coin, the prodigal son, the good Samaritan, the wedding feast, the sower and the soil, and the fig tree
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wheaton, IL
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4335-3668-7 (9781433536687)
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02/2014
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Person
Jared C. Wilson is assistant professor of pastoral ministry at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and director of the Pastoral Training Center at Liberty Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a popular author and conference speaker, and also blogs regularly at Gospel Driven Church, hosted by the Gospel Coalition. His books include Gospel Wakefulness; The Storytelling God; and The Wonder-Working God.
Content
1. Postcards from the Revolution
2. A Radical Refocus
3. Uncommon Knowledge
4. Three Times Found
5. Justice and Good Sinners
6. The Direness of Death After Death
7. Jesus is For Losers
8. The Parables Before the Parables
9. Jesus, The Living Parable
10. The Unstoppable and Unfathomable Kingdom
2. A Radical Refocus
3. Uncommon Knowledge
4. Three Times Found
5. Justice and Good Sinners
6. The Direness of Death After Death
7. Jesus is For Losers
8. The Parables Before the Parables
9. Jesus, The Living Parable
10. The Unstoppable and Unfathomable Kingdom