The parable of the weeds among the wheat is found only in Matthew and it is an eschatological parable a parable about the Final Judgment For gardeners it evokes memories of hours in the garden distinguishing between weeds and desirable plants which is harder to do than one might think at leas

Why did Jesus speak to people in parables Scholars are agreed beyond doubt that Jesus taught in parables The parable is a type of speech act in which the speaker attempts to draw comparisons between one thing and another In fact the Greek word parabol might best be translated ldquo comparison

The question for the disciples came from Jesus himself ldquo Who do people say that the Son of Man is rdquo The problem for Christians today in answering this question might be how to make sense of Jesus rsquo humanity in the context of his true divinity For Jesus rsquo apostles standing fac

How quickly should we move from the literal to the allegorical figurative or spiritual meaning of words in the Bible There is no one answer for in reading the Bible sometimes the literal meaning of a word or a passage is indeed the spiritual meaning itself at other times the literal reading gro

The apostle Paul would not have been able to define the Trinity yet he was able with ease to describe the activity and presence of the three persons of the Trinity While propositions about God are significant it is the experience of God that led to the nascent formulations of Trinitarian thought

Bodies need nourishing whether it is an individual body a corporate body or a spiritual body We need to be fed with the food that sustains that is most appropriate to each body Historically we see the corporate body of Israel fed by God in the wilderness with the material stuff of manna necess