Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Explain the motivation behind parable usage in the gospels

• Describe the various sub-genres of parables found in the gospels

• Present compelling and enlightening teaching on themes within the parables of Jesus

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker

Unit 1: The Purpose of Parables

• The Nature of Parables

• Searching for Parables in the New Testament with Search Fields

• A Modern-Day Parable

• How Parables Work

• The Development of Jesus’ Teaching

• Using a Custom Guide to View Translations of Parabolē

Unit 2: Parables Describing the Kingdom of God

• The Parable of the Sower: A Paradigm

• The Parable of the Sower: Its Meaning

• Opposition and Growth in the Kingdom of God

• Using the Bible Sense Lexicon to Find Different Referents of a Word

• The Value of the Kingdom of God

• Understanding Jesus’ Parables in Matthew 13

Unit 3: Parables about Life in the Kingdom of God

• Greatness in the Kingdom

• Studying the Kingdom with the Bible Word Study Guide

• Living in the Kingdom: Confrontation and Forgiveness

• Living in the Kingdom: Mercy

• Living in the Kingdom: Grace

• The Unfairness of Grace

• Jesus’ Gracious Call to the Kingdom

Unit 4: Parables of Confrontation

• Symbolic Acts and Words

• Taking Away the Kingdom of God

Unit 5: Parables of Instruction about the Future

• The Destruction of the Temple

• The Return of Jesus

• Creating and Searching Custom Theological Collections

Unit 6: Parables of Discipleship

• Loving Your Neighbor

• Comparing Parable Accounts with Gospel Harmonies

• Becoming a “Neighbor”

• Jesus’ Role in the Parable of the Good Samaritan

• A Parable about Prayer

• Being Confident in Prayer

• Using Sympathetic Highlighting to Identify and Search Greek Forms

• Prayer and the Unjust Judge

• A Parable about Money

• Storing Up Riches on Earth

• Being Rich toward God

• A Parable about Two Monks

• Lessons from the Parable about Two Monks

• The Parable of the Unjust Steward

• A Proper Perspective on Money

• Using the Power Lookup Tool to Find Lexical Entries on “Mammon”

• Parables about Friendship and Association

• Invitation to the Kingdom of God

• Membership in the Kingdom of God

• The Cost of Discipleship

• Rejoicing When the Lost Are Found

• The Parable of the Lost Sons

• Using the Cited By Tool to Look Up Background Information

• The Welcoming Father and the Older Son

• Finding Ourselves in the Parable of the Lost Sons

• The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Unit 7: Parables of Repentance

• The Power of Parables

• The Theme of Repentance in Luke’s Gospel

• Finding Different Greek Words Used for “Repent”

• Repent While There Is Time

• A Change of Heart

Conclusion

• Living Jesus’ Stories

Details

• Title: NT252 The Parables of Jesus

• Instructor: Daniel M. Doriani

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2015

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 6