The Gospels

Why Did Jesus Speak in Parables?

Jesus’s parables in the Gospels make up 35% of his teaching. Pastor Adriel Sanchez explains Jesus’s formula for parables and why they’re not just memorable analogies, but signs of judgment on unbelieving Israel.

This Is Amazing Grace

Luke 15 is one of the most compelling and memorable texts in Scripture. The images it conveys are certainly among the most timeless in church history, serving as ample sermon fodder for countless preachers and teachers for centuries. Who is the God of the Bible if he is not the shepherd who searches […]

Can the Prodigal Son Help Me Share the Gospel?

We now live in a culture that struggles with logic, but not with the power of stories. The Prodigal Son provides for us the Romans Road as a story. Not just a story, but the story. It tells us the story of human failure and brokenness and our need for and hope in the grace of God.

What Are the Parables?

Parables are short narratives that reveal spiritual truth in terms of everyday things. Jesus often taught in parables about the kingdom of God, and these were recorded within the larger narratives of the first three Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Their narrative and symbolic character can make them harder to understand and apply, but a […]

What Are the Parables?