What is a parable?

What is a parable?: " A parable is, literally, something “cast alongside” something else. Jesus’ parables were stories that were “cast alongside” a truth in order to illustrate that truth. His parables were teaching aids and can be thought of as extended analogies or inspired comparisons. A common description of a parable is that it is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning."



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Question of the Week

Question of the Week: "Jesus was asked this very question by a Pharisee who was considered to be “an expert in the law” (Matthew 22:34–36). Jesus answered by saying, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind."



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Boy killed because he might grow up Christian - Christian News - Worthy Christian Forums

Boy killed because he might grow up Christian - Christian News - Worthy Christian Forums: "WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Christian girl who fled Nigeria after Islamic terrorists killed her family on Tuesday relayed to journalists in Washington the macabre conversation Boko Haram members had just before they shot and killed her brother.
The terrorists, in 2011, had just killed her father, a Christian pastor, and while one member of a Boko Haram hit squad that came to her home argued to let the young boy live, the other two agreed that he should be shot and killed because he might grow up to be a Christian pastor.
The stunning testimony is part of what Deborah Peters, now a student in the United States, related at an event set up by the Hudson Institute.
Peters, 15, originally from Chibok, where hundreds of her contemporaries and friends recently were kidnapped by Boko Haram in what has developed into a crisis for global proportions, said three Islamists in the Boko Haram terror group stormed into her family’s home.
Her father, a Christian pastor, was in the bathroom showering when they arrived."



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Why So Many Churches Hear So Little of the Bible | Christian News

Why So Many Churches Hear So Little of the Bible | Christian News: "“It is well and good for the preacher to base his sermon on the Bible, but he better get to something relevant pretty quickly, or we start mentally to check out.” That stunningly clear sentence reflects one of the most amazing, tragic, and lamentable characteristics of contemporary Christianity: an impatience with the Word of God."



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5 Tips to Seriously Improve Your Food Photography Techniques

5 Tips to Seriously Improve Your Food Photography Techniques: "Food photography is arguably one of the most challenging types of photography out there. Like painting, you start with a blank canvas and build. Layer upon layer, you construct the photo until you reach the perfect balance of reality and art."



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More Proof that Evolution is Impossible » Eagle Rising

More Proof that Evolution is Impossible » Eagle Rising: "“The debate is over. Evolution is a fact (even though no one has ever seen it take place.)” Evolutionists have never proved evolution. A something-from-nothing premise is not scientifically demonstrable. If it were, we would be seeing experiments on how nothing became something, but we don’t."



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10 Things You Won't Find In A Godly Marriage - Kirk Cameron

10 Things You Won't Find In A Godly Marriage - Kirk Cameron: "Could you stand up in a room and say, without embarrassment, “We’re not perfect but even so, I encourage you to follow our example in marriage?”"



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Police investigate far-right 'invasions' of Bradford and Glasgow mosques | World news | The Guardian

Police investigate far-right 'invasions' of Bradford and Glasgow mosques | World news | The Guardian: "Police in Bradford and Scotland have launched an investigation after a group of uniformed far-right activists visited mosques over the weekend.

Representatives of Britain First, an offshoot of the British National party that is contesting this month's local and European elections, carried out what they called a Christian crusade, handing out leaflets and army issue Bibles to Muslim worshippers."



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Canadian Supreme Court Rules Biblical Speech Opposing Homosexual Behavior is a ‘Hate Crime’ | Christian News Network

Canadian Supreme Court Rules Biblical Speech Opposing Homosexual Behavior is a ‘Hate Crime’ | Christian News Network: " The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Biblical speech opposing homosexual behavior, including in written form, is essentially a hate crime."



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The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: 30,000 Denominations.

The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: 30,000 Denominations.: ""There are over 30,000 denominations across continents and countries. There are fundamental elements being disagreed upon. And yet you're all reading the same book and all claiming to be possessed by God himself. It's nonsense." Bill Hicks"



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