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    Parables on Point: Meeting the Mind of Jesus

    By Gary Arthur Thomson

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    Giving clear messages, Jesus taught pragmatically about lifes situations as he saw them through metaphorical parables. In Parables on Point, author Gary Arthur Thomson delves into the mind of Jesus and analyzes the meanings and ideas behind the parables.

    Parables on Point discovers the real Jesus of Nazareth from the inside out. It peeks through the keyhole of the parables to meet the mind of Jesus utilizing tradition-historical criticism, which studies the textual layers of oral and written traditions of the parables, and archaeology, which digs up the settings in life of the parable.

    Thomson examines the parable of the good Samaritan, a story that has symbolized tender loving care down through the ages. He reviews the parable of the sower, in which Jesus implants the idea that the influence of God is like a farmer scattering good seed. He discusses how life is like the parable of the weeds in the wheatamong the grain and the flowers, there are always a few weeds.

    Based on thorough research, Parables on Point provide an in-depth examination of the timeless teaching stories of Jesus.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateOct 13, 2010
    ISBN9781450259002
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    Parables on Point: Meeting the Mind of Jesus
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    Gary Arthur Thomson

    Gary Arthur Thomson taught history and archaeology at McGill University for 23 years. He is a writer with his wife, Jeanette. They live on a forested island in a salt-box style house they built themselves. They travel a lot in their Winnebago VIA wintering in Florida. As teachers, they took their students on many study-tours around Europe and North America. Their website is: ioriginsbooks.com The Thomsons believe in democracy, public education, good music, great art, organic gardening and good conversation. They rely on the internet for objective news gathering from sources like spiked, counterpunch, democracynow and sanders.senate.gov

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