Parable
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Parable
The Bible says of Jesus, “He did not say anything to them without using a parable” (Mark 4:34).42 Relating truth through illustrative narratives, parables, allegories, and images was Jesus’ method of communicating.
Bryan Chapell • Christ-Centered Preaching
in esoteric tradition is to receive unfamiliar information. Teaching stories purposely contain certain specially chosen patterns of events. The repeated reading of the story allows these patterns to become strengthened in the mind of the person reading them. Since many of the events are improbable and unusual, the reading of the stories begins to... See more