All Posts Tagged With: "Easy-To-Learn Inductive Bible Studies"
The Parables of Our Lord
New class meets every Sunday Morning at 8:00 and 10:50 at Asbury United Methodist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma. If you’ve ever found it difficult to determine exactly what Jesus is wanting you to see in a parable, come worship with us on Sunday mornings as we work our way through many of the parables in [...]
26Sep2010 | Gail Knox | 0 comments | Continued
Seven Principles for Interpreting Parables
1. A PARABLE MUST BE TRUE TO LIFE. By definition, the parable is not an historic event, but must use characters and situations that could happen in ordinary life. 2. IMMEDIATE CONTEXT SHAPES INTERPRETATION. The situation giving rise to Jesus’ telling of the parable is relevant to its meaning. Jesus’ explanation of the meaning or [...]
26Sep2010 | Gail Knox | 0 comments | Continued
Parable of the Friend who Came at Midnight
Jesus taught many spiritual truths using the literary form of a parable. Initially the disciplines found these parables difficult to understand and asked Jesus for an explanation. As Jesus helped with the interpretations, they soon learned how to listen with a different set of ears. If we want to learn from sitting at the [...]
26Sep2010 | Gail Knox | 0 comments | Continued
How Will You Use What He Has Given You?
Toward the end of His ministry, Jesus’ disciples asked Him to tell them about the signs of the end of the age. In answering their question, Jesus told several parables that illustrated what believers should be doing as they awaited His return. He told The Parable of the Ten Virgins to teach believers to be [...]
23Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
You Still Have Time to Sign Up
Gail will begin teaching a new study on Tuesday nights beginning March 2. Through the pen of His servant Paul, God has given us the standard for walking in the footsteps of Jesus, which He outlines in a letter to the church at Philippi. In this ten-week course, you will not only be aided in [...]
23Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Malachi Starts in September
Last words usually have special significance, no matter the speaker. This is especially true for the last words of God before He closed out the times of the old covenant and commenced His 400-year period of total silence. Today, we hear what God had to say in those last words of His when we read [...]
7Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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