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The Storytelling God: Seeing the Glory of Jesus in His Parables - eBook
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▼▲The prodigal son. The good Samaritan. The treasure hidden in a field. Most of us have heard Jesus's parables before. Yet if these stories strike us as merely sweet, heartwarming, or sentimental, we can be sure we've misread them. In The Storytelling God, pastor Jared Wilson helps us to see how Jesus's parables reveal profound spiritual truths about God, humanity, the world, and the future.
Discarding the notion that Christ's parables are nothing more than moralistic fables, this book highlights how each one is designed to drive us to Jesus in awe, need, faith, and worship.
Product Information
▼▲Title: The Storytelling God: Seeing the Glory of Jesus in His Parables - eBook By: Jared C. Wilson Format: DRM Free ePub Vendor: Crossway | Publication Date: 2014 ISBN: 9781433536717 ISBN-13: 9781433536717 Stock No: WW62261EB |
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Publisher's Description
▼▲The prodigal son. The good Samaritan. A treasure hidden in a field. Most of us have heard these parables before. Yet if these oft-repeated stories strike us as merely sweet, heartwarming, or sentimental, we can be sure weve misread them. Jesuss parables are simultaneously working to conceal and reveal profound spiritual truths about God, humanity, the world, and the futureand we must learn to plumb their depths. A careful reading of the biblical text reveals the surprising ways in which such seemingly simple stories rebuke, subvert, and sabotage our sinful habits, perspectives, and priorities. Discarding the notion that Jesuss parables are nothing more than moralistic fables, Jared Wilson shows how each one is designed to drive us to Jesus in awe, need, faith, and worship.
Author Bio
▼▲Jared C. Wilson is assistant professor of pastoral ministry at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and director of the Pastoral Training Center at Liberty Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a popular author and conference speaker, and also blogs regularly at Gospel Driven Church, hosted by the Gospel Coalition. His books include Gospel Wakefulness; The Storytelling God; and The Wonder-Working God.
Endorsements
▼▲-Tullian Tchividjian,
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Jared Wilson's new book is a punch in the gut. Gone are the tame, bedtime-story versions of the parables we've been told in the past. Instead, Wilson invites us to see them afresh with all of their explosive, imaginative power.
-Mike Cosper,
Sojourn Community Church, Louisville, Kentucky
In showing us the parables of Jesus for what they are (and are not), Jared Wilson invites us into a deeper understanding of their author and the kingdom he came to establish. The Storytelling God teaches us to read and reflect upon the parables with great care, and rightly so. The parables, and this book, point the way to life abundant.
-Scott McClellan,
Irving Bible Church, Irving, Texas
My own bookshelf has precious few commentaries on the parables and this will definitely fit nicely into that gap. In fact, this book is actually two books for the price of one. Part devotional commentary and also doubling as a solid gospel tract. This book serves the gospel straight up on a plate. His chapter commenting on the gospel and the poor is worth the price of the book alone. Clear, straightforward, biblical, gospel-centered writing. Definitely recommended reading.
-Mez McConnell,
Niddrie Community Church, Edinburgh
With a characteristic combination of wit and wisdom - humor and sobriety - Wilson grabs your attention, fixes it upon Christ, and keeps it there for the duration of the book. Readers in search of a pastoral introduction to biblical parables that is rich with real-life applicability can gladly make room for this volume on their bookshelf.
-Stephen T. Um,
Citylife Presbyterian Church, Boston, Massachusetts
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