Download or read book Reading the Parables of Jesus Inside a Jeepney written by Revelation Velunta and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've ever driven down the entire length of Aurora Blvd in Cubao (or any regular in-city route, for that matter), you would know how Jeepneys bring a whole new meaning to the word "disruptive." They snake through traffic at full throttle and screech to a full stop all while incessantly honking, cutting corners, and negotiating with passengers to scoot over and make room, so more passengers can board. Most private car owners (me included) will find jeepneys annoyingly frustrating. I am a church-worker, see, and I try to keep my cussing at a level minimum, but when I am sharing the road with jeepney drivers, all bets are off. I scream, and all hell breaks loose from my mouth. The object of irritation would be the Jeepney and its driver. The apparent lack of consideration for law-abiding motorists like me; the blatant disregard for traffic rules; and the thorough abandonment of all good manners and right conduct on the road. So it seems. You see, jeepneys ferry tired day-laborers, students, public school teachers, taho vendors, rank-and-file employees, fast food servers, strangers, and friends back to their homes after a very long day. The Jeepney (and its counterpart, the tricycle) is the only reliable means of transport in almost all major thoroughfares in the metro. Jeepney drivers are your salvation when it's monsoon season when you need to get from one end of the street to the other for just 8 Pesos. When you experience the jeepney by virtue of your road encounter from your airconditioned car with cherry bubble gum freshener and Bruno Mars on spotify, you will most likely hate jeepneys for everything that they are--annoying, frustrating, disrupting. But if you experience the jeepney as your everyday mode of transport, the rest of the bourgeois world is just one huge shitpile of things and people that make your life more difficult than it already is. Revelation Velunta's Jeepney Hermeneutics brings to the fore this contrast of locations. It surfaces a reading that, when done from inside a jeepney, could breathe a whole new truth into the text--any text--but more profoundly the Parables attributed to Jesus of Nazareth. In the era of allegory and standard interpretations and proper driving conduct and road manners, Velunta's Jeepney Hermeneutics is a necessary disruption to the ways in which we, as "faithful" Bible readers and "law-abiding" motorists capable of doing no wrong, conduct and view ourselves. Reading the Parables of Jesus inside a Jeepney is good news for everyone in the jeepney which is roughly 70% of the general population in the Philippines. It is bad news for those in the remaining 25% and an absolute horror story for those in the uppermost 5%. And if truth is a matter of statistics, the truth that is preached by Velunta, is indeed truest. Those who would feel insulted by these truths will realize, by the end of this book, that they are exactly that which is wrong in this world and they should--quite honestly--repent before a Jeepney runs them over.
Download or read book T T Clark Handbook of Christian Prayer written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays collected in this volume provide a resource for thinking theologically about the practice of Christian prayer. In the first of four parts, the volume begins by reaching back to the biblical foundations of prayer. Then, each of the chapters in the second part investigates a classical Christian doctrine – including God, creation, Christology, pneumatology, providence and eschatology – from the perspective of prayer. The chapters in the third part explore the writings of some of the great theorizers of prayer in the history of the Christian tradition. The final part gathers a set of creative and critical conversations on prayer responding to a variety of contemporary issues. Overall, the T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Prayer articulates a theologically expansive account of prayer – one that is deeply biblical, energetically doctrinal, historically rooted, and relevant to a whole host of critical questions and concerns facing the world today.
Download or read book Parables of Jesus written by Benjamin Galan and published by Rose Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus used parables to communicate important truth about Gods Kingdom. This simple 14-page full-color pamphlet is a perfect introduction to the parables of Jesus. All 39 of these earthly stories with heavenly meanings are explained: the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan, the Lost Sheep, the Mustard Seed, the Talents, and more. An excellent way to focus on Gods purposes in the world. Includes tips for studying parables for Bible Study groups. The physical version unfolds to 38 inches and at 5.5" x 8.5" it fits inside most Bible covers.
Download or read book Stories Jesus Told written by Prof. Greg Carey and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We love stories. That’s why we go to movies, read books, and listen to friends recount an experience. That’s also why teachers use the technique of storytelling to make a difficult concept easier for us to process. Jesus told stories, or parables, for that very reason—and to help us understand how God wants us to live life. Sometimes, however, stories like the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son can be interpreted in more than one way. Even Bible scholars are divided on their meanings. In Stories Jesus Told, you’ll explore six of Jesus’ parables to learn how to read, interpret, and live them in your daily life. A DVD and Leader Guide are elements you can add to make a lively, six-week group study.
Download or read book Scripture and Resistance written by Jione Havea and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resistance against unjust (wicked) cultures and imperial powers is at the heart of scripture. In many cases, the resistance is waged against external systems or the misappropriation of scriptural texts and traditions. In some cases, however, scripture resists oppressive cultures and powers that it also requires, certifies and protects. At other times, and in different settings, the minders of scripture speak against the abusive cultures and power systems that they inherited and whose benefits they milk. Scripture and Resistance contains reflections by authors from East, West, South, and North — on resistance and the Christian scriptures regarding a rainbow of concerns: the colonial legacies of the Bible; the people (especially native and indigenous people) who were subjugated and minoritized for the sake of the Bible; the courage for resistance among ordinary and normal people, and the opportunities that arise from their realities and struggles; the imperializing tendencies that lurk behind so-called traditional biblical scholarship; the strategies of and energies in post- and de-colonial criticisms; the Bible as a profitable product, and a site of struggle; and the multiple views or perspectives in the Bible about empire and resistance. In other words, the contributors, as a collective, affirm that the Bible contains (pun intended) resistance.
Download or read book Real Men Read Jesus Parables written by Osmond A. Lindo, Sr. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real Men Read Jesus' Parables provides specific steps that will guide you to becoming the kind of man God wants and who enjoys the satisfaction of being personally confident and admired, respected, trusted, and relied upon by others at all times. Among the exciting discoveries you will make are that in Jesus you have God's model of a real man, you can learn how to listen to God and others, you will clearly hear that you are forgiven and that you can forgive others, and much more. Through reading Jesus' parables men will encounter God and hear what God has to say to them. The women who read it particularly single mothers will find valuable information to help in raising their sons as well as to be better understanding of the issues with which men are struggling so that they may become informed supporters and encouragers. You will grow spiritually.
Download or read book The Parables of Jesus Christ written by Eric Brandon Roberts and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Parables of Jesus Christ: A Brief Analysis is an in depth look at Christ's teachings through Parables. Approximately one-third of the words spoken by Christ in the New Testament come in the form of parables. This book attempts to relate those parables for modern readers.
Download or read book The Parables of Jesus written by Tomie dePaola and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 1992-03-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his companion book to The Miracles of Jesus, Tomie de Paola presents the seventeen well-known parables told by Jesus, amongst which are 'The Sower', 'The Good Samaritan', and 'The Prodigal Son'. This book will make a delightful gift: it is ideal for shared reading aloud at home or in school, and children will enjoy looking at the stylish illustrations. The text is accompanied by Tomie de Paolo's memorable illustrations. Taking his inspiration from Romanesque art, he has incorporated its decorative style in these distinctive pictures. He was particularly attracted by the ornamental, geometric and earthy qualities in the art of this period, especially by the carvings in the small churches of France and Italy.
Download or read book The Power of Parable written by John Dominic Crossan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1969, I was teaching at two seminaries inthe Chicago area. One of my courses wason the parables by Jesus and the other wason the resurrection stories about Jesus. I hadobserved that the parabolic stories by Jesusseemed remarkably similar to the resurrectionstories about Jesus. Were the latter intended asparables just as much as the former? Had webeen reading parable, presuming history, andmisunderstanding both? —from The Power of Parable So begins the quest of renowned Jesus scholarJohn Dominic Crossan as he unlocks the truemeanings and purposes of parable in the Bible sothat modern Christians can respond genuinely toJesus's call to fully participate in the kingdom ofGod. In The Power of Parable, Crossan examinesJesus's parables and identifies what he calls the"challenge parable" as Jesus's chosen teaching toolfor gently urging his followers to probe, question,and debate the ideological absolutes of religiousfaith and the presuppositions of social, political,and economic traditions. Moving from parables by Jesus to parables aboutJesus, Crossan then presents the four gospels as"megaparables." By revealing how the gospels arenot reflections of the actual biography of Jesus butrather (mis)interpretations by the gospel writersthemselves, Crossan reaffirms the power of parablesto challenge and enable us to co-create withGod a world of justice, love, and peace.
Download or read book The Jesus Parables written by Robert W. Dunne and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author re-read each the four gospels of the New Testament and selected his favorite of Jesus expressions, the parables, to record and to give his interpretation of. The parables are misunderstood by many who try to find the literal meaning of each parable. But each parable is a story with the real meaning hidden within. You will enjoy reading each parable and finding the authors perspective and the true meaning he finds within.
Download or read book Parables of the Kingdom written by Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you not understand this parable? is a question Jesus posed to his disciples (Mark 4:13). Just as the first disciples often did not understand Jesus ' many parables, so it is for listeners and readers nearly two thousand years later. In Parables of the Kingdom, Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan helps readers to hear and see and understand the parables of Jesus. She offers a general introduction to the use of parables in the life and ministry of Jesus and the early church. In addition, Getty-Sullivan helps readers learn to interpret parables, to enter into what the parables can reveal about Jesus and his audience, about the evangelists and their communities, and about how we are to understand the Kingdom of God today. Parables of the Kingdom helps us hear and see Jesus ' parables with new eyes and renewed hearts 'thereby allowing the parables to transform our lives and help us respond with new conviction to the gospel's power in our world. Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan holds an S.T.D. from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. She has been teaching New Testament courses in colleges and seminaries for more than thirty years and has recently retired from teaching full time to devote more time to writing and lecturing. Mary Ann has written several commentaries on the Letters of Saint Paul. Her recent books include Women in the New Testament published by Liturgical Press.
Download or read book The Parables written by Simon J. Kistemaker and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear introduction to the parables of Jesus, including and examination of their settings, interpretations, and implications for the Christian life.
Download or read book Stories Jesus Told Leader Guide written by Prof. Greg Carey and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The parables of Jesus—like the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and the Laborers in the Vineyard—make up the most distinctive element of his teaching and are essential to our common memory of Jesus. However, almost all of them open themselves to multiple interpretations, leaving interpreters to scratch their heads and argue with one another for centuries. In this book, Greg Carey explores six of Jesus’ stories to understand how to read them, interpret them, and understand what they mean for our own lives today. The Leader Guide contains everything needed to guide a group through the six-week study including session plans, activities, and discussion questions, as well as multiple format options.
Download or read book His Parables written by Integrity Publishers and published by Integrity Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus told stories. He used figurative language. He sprinkled His teaching with metaphors that captured people's hearts and imaginations. And Jesus' parables still fascinate. In the 365 reading in this book, some of the familiar parables will take on new richness.
Download or read book Stories for Ears to Hear written by Tincan Caldwell and published by WestBowPress. This book was released on 2013-08-08 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When asked a question like Who is my neighbor?, Jesus often answered with a story. He did this because humans often see themselves in stories better than they do in direct answers. For instance, the universal situation of rescuing someone who is in desperate need on the side of the road somewhere, far from home, resonates with people down through the ages. In Stories for Ears to Hear, Tincan Caldwell puts a modern spin on the parables of Jesus in an attempt to help the reader imagine what the heart of these stories would look like today. In his famous challenge before telling a parable, Jesus would encourage those with ears to hear to listen to his tales of prodigal sons, lost coins, victimized travelers on the road, and elaborate parties with no guests. In telling these stories, Jesus brought the sensibilities of heaven to the very real dusty highways and hills of his homeland. In reimagining these classic parables (the parable of the good Samaritan set against the backdrop of the 9/11 tragedy, the parable of the unmerciful servant moved to a struggling record store, the parable of the talents reimagined in the world of a network reality show), Caldwell challenges readers to re-examine how heaven wants to invade the everyday stuff of life, like roads, parties, wayward sons, and the foundations we build our lives upon. That makes for a great story any day.
Download or read book What Did Jesus Teach written by James Wiggins and published by James Wiggins. This book was released on 2010 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parables are the main method Jesus used to convey deep spiritual truths to His listeners then and His readers today. The question is, do we really understand what He meant? Have you ever read through some of the stories Jesus told and thought, "What does that mean?" Have you ever wished you could understand the symbolism Jesus used or know what the real message was of Jesus lessons? What Did Jesus Teach? can help you understand these questions and many more. Prepare to use this as an aid to your Bible study and to gain additional insight into Jesus parables. It can help you come to a deeper understanding of what Jesus wanted you to know and how to apply it to your everyday life.
Download or read book Stations for Parables of Jesus written by Andrew Gamman and published by Kereru Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus told stories to give people insight to life under God’s rule. Stations for Parables of Jesus contains station ideas for every one of these parables of Jesus. The station suggestions are made bearing in mind that those running church services week by week do not have endless resources of time or materials. The ideas are simple and poignant and each parable has a short introduction to help understand its meaning and context. By interaction at the station people of all ages will engage with the story in such a way as to be able to see the application to their own situations. The study of parables therefore becomes an enriching and stimulating exercise for all twenty-first century followers of Jesus. The cataloging and cross referencing in the book will enable readers to easily locate the parable they wish to use and see if it occurs in more than one gospel.
