Parable of the Many Sendings

Parable of the Many Sendings

Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. For a creature that never actually existed, unicorns are very much in fashion.Depending on which...
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. When one of my earliest mentors, Dr. Howard Lindquist, was a young pastor, he visited the home of an...