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The historical meaning of Jesus’ parable of the dragnet 8 Oct 2023
Who was the man without a wedding garment at the wedding feast? 1 Mar 2022
How beautiful on the mountains were the feet of Jesus 1 Dec 2020
Make for yourselves friends of unrighteous mammon: the parable of the self-serving business manager 1 Sep 2020
So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you: the parable of the unforgiving slave 29 Aug 2020
Why didn’t Jesus just come out and say it: God is going to punish you with violent destruction? 8 May 2018
The parable of the good Samaritan and the plight of Israel 14 Dec 2017
Jesus’ parable of the wicked tenants: an exercise in narrative-historical hermeneutics 6 Apr 2017
What should we do with the lost and found parables today? 8 Sep 2016
The parable of the wedding feast and the man without a wedding garment 14 Oct 2014
Misreading the parable of the minas from the post-Christendom margins 28 Jan 2013
The parables: Jesus was just being obtuse 11 Jan 2013
Reading the parable of the mustard seed after Christendom 12 Nov 2012
Who is the father in the parable of the prodigal son? 1 Oct 2012
Kester Brewin on the failed “mutiny” of the prodigal son 28 Sep 2012
The parable of the two houses and the apocalyptic storm 17 Jan 2012
A parable of two sons 3 Jan 2012
Misinterpreting Jesus for the sake of the gospel: parables of a prodigal son 26 Nov 2011
The parable of the weeds and the question of hell 14 Mar 2011
The rich man and Lazarus, and what the story tells us about hell 1 Mar 2011
The lost and the unlost in the parable of the prodigal son 23 Feb 2011
The parables of delay and the question of dual fulfilment 9 Oct 2010
The parable of the mustard seed 15 Jul 2008
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