Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Stories Jesus Still Tells: The ParablesISBN13:9781561011858ISBN10:1561011851Author:Claypool, John R. (Author)Description: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 Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:COWLEY PUBNPublication Date:2007-01-25Weight:0.51 lbsDimensions:0.49'' H x 8.5'' L x 5.56'' WNumber of Pages:156Language:English
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Book Title: Stories Jesus Still Tells : the Parables
Item Length: 8.6in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 5.6in
Author: John Claypool
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Revised
Topic: Spirituality, Christian Life / General, Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Christianity / Episcopalian, Christianity / Anglican
Publisher: Cowley Publications
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 8.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 156 Pages
