The minister shared a parable from the Bible. From LearnThat.org.
The parable of the prodigal son. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Also, a parable is a work of fiction told to help teach a lesson. From Wordnik.com. [CHOOSE YOUR BOOZE • by Jon Peck] Reference
"I'm afraid, Nina, that's what they call a parable," said he, darkly. From Wordnik.com. [Prince Fortunatus] Reference
Actually the Greek uses the word parable, which is a metaphorical story. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The interpretation of the parable is not so plain. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
After this parable is recorded the Evangelist says. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
This parable is silly, almost trite, but instructive. From Wordnik.com. [Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom « Isegoria] Reference
The word parable, here, means obscure and difficult saying. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
This is actually what the word parable means, and it was our. From Wordnik.com. [Blog and Mablog] Reference
The terms parable and allegory, are often wrongfully applied. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse] Reference
The word parable, here, means rather a precept, an injunction. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
But the distinguishing feature of our parable is what follows. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
That the primary and historical reference of this parable is to the. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The word parable sometimes means a dark or obscure saying, Ps 78: 2. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
The object of this brief parable is the same as that of the Tares and. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
In the explanation of the parable is set forth the different temper of. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
The taking away of this parable is made the matter of a promise, Jer. xxxi. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The Marxville parable is also too simple in the majoritarian picture it paints. From Wordnik.com. [The Economics of Democracy] Reference
A parable is a shell that keeps good fruit for the diligent, but keeps it from the slothful. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
The greatest lesson that was ever taught, the greatest parable, is founded upon agricultural work. From Wordnik.com. [The Agriculture of the Province] Reference
In the KJV, that parable is set out as a slurge story, near tragedy with a nice soggy happy ending, all sugary, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Pentagon Disinvites Anti-Muslim Evangelist From Prayer Day Event, Palin Calls It A ‘Sad Day’] Reference
The parable is a drama that unfolds in three acts. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
In other words, a parable is a kind of poetic answer. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Kabina's Cry: Why Building a House on Rock Doesn't Mean Rain Won't Fall] Reference
The rite is an acted parable; the parable is a spoken rite. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms] Reference
Job's discourse here is called a parable (mashal), the title of. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Continuing the allegory, which the recorder speaks of as a parable. From Wordnik.com. [Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern] Reference
The parable is the outgrowth of the events immediately preceding it. From Wordnik.com. [Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern] Reference
The scene of the parable is a wild, lonely road between Jerusalem and. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles] Reference
It recalls a parable of Charles Kingsley's which he related to Huxley. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Harvest] Reference
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel The Challoner Revision] Reference
President Obama's mention of the parable is another example of bad exegesis. From Wordnik.com. [RELIGION] Reference
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
A parable is the statement of an analogy between visible things and invisible. From Wordnik.com. [The Gospel of the Hereafter] Reference
The form of the parable is the first in which truth will admit of being embodied. From Wordnik.com. [Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II.] Reference
A parable is a comparison, and there is a point of comparison in it on which everything turns. From Wordnik.com. [The Atonement and the Modern Mind] Reference
If the parable had been told in modern times it might have been called the parable of the vacuum. From Wordnik.com. [Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion] Reference
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