The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...

Octavia Butler's sci-fi novel Parable of the Sower was published 30 years ago, in 1993. This Afrofuturistic book about a dystopian America set in our time now seems positively prophetic — and a new ...

Before we explore the eighth and last part in our series, “Why did Jesus die?” we are going to take a quick break and take a brief look at six parables told by Jesus. A parable is not just a nice ...