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Stories Jesus Still Tells (Paperback, Revised)
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Stories Jesus Still Tells (Paperback, Revised)
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List price R402
Loot Price R352
Discovery Miles 3 520
You Save R50 (12%)
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In this revised second edition of Stories Jesus Still Tells, John
Claypool brings fresh insight to a selection of parables, allowing
us to hear Jesus' calm, persuasive voice still speaking to us
through stories like the great banquet, the rich fool, and the
final judgment. By providing us with a clearer understanding of the
context of these stories in Jesus' immediate culture, Claypool
demonstrates how accessible the parables were to his listeners,
told in familiar terms that everyone who heard them could grasp. He
writes: "This is how Jesus worked the miracle of reconciliation
again and again. People would come to him in all degrees of panic,
fear, and anger. Yet, instead of confronting them head-on and
driving them deeper into their defensiveness, he would, like
Nathan, defuse their anxiety by saying, 'Let me tell you a story. .
. .' Then, drawn in by the narrative and with their defenses down,
the listeners would see the story as a mirror, and its light would
make their personal darkness visible. In this way, parables became
events of revelation." And so it is with us, Claypool believes.
When we open the deep places in our being to the parables-these
stories Jesus still tells-then in a moment of surprise and insight,
we who listen recognize ourselves in the characters and the
decisions they face. The stories are no longer about them, but
about us, and the opportunity for illumination and transformation
in our own lives.
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