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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Parable Of The Prodigal Son

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Nov 19

Luke 15:11–32 is the only source of one of the longest and best known parables. In an apparently wealthy family, the younger of two sons persuades his father to let him have his inheritance right away rather than after his...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Parable Of The Lost Coin

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Oct 19

A minor parable of no interest to three of the Gospel authors at all but included by Luke (15:8–10). Jesus tells of a Greek woman who has ten coins, ten drachma in all. Somehow she loses one of the coins in her own house and...

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Seeing It... See It Not

Nocturnal Writer @Nakitakona (59987) • Philippines 7 Sep 19

We have a meaningful Saturday class in the Institute of Religion. We study the parables mentioned in the 13th chapter of the book of Matthew. We learn why Jesus taught in parables to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven....

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The Parable of the Good Samaritan.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 14 Jul 19

Most definitive story our Blessed Lord gave us telling "who is our neighbor " is the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Who is our neighbor? A man fell among the robbers, three people passed by - a priest, a Levite, and a...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Parable Of The Unforgiving Servant.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Jul 19

A parable found exclusively in Matthew 18: 21-35. The Apostle Peter asks Jesus how often he should go on forgiving his brother when his brother keeps on re-offending against him. Peter suggests the figure of seven times. Jesus...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospel Parables Counting The Cost

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Apr 19

Luke 14: 25-33 has the only version of this troubling, perhaps even vile parable. Jesus was finding that the provision of food and drink at his sermons and the promise of miracles, was drawing hangers on and spectators who were...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospel Parable Of Drawing In The Net.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Feb 19

Matthew 13:47–52 (no references in the other canonical Gospels). Jesus starts another parable with ‘The Kingdom Of Heaven is like….’, and this time he compares it to a good haul of fish caught in trawling dragnets. He describes...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Parable Of The Tares

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 23 Jan 19

Also known as the Parable Of The Weeds, this story is only presented by Matthew (13:24-30). Jesus tells of a farmer sowing seeds in his fields. He naturally sows only good wheat seeds in the hope of a good crop. Alas, some...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Parable Of Old Wine In New Bottles.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Dec 18

Three of the Gospels address this parable, and for once the three versions don’t contradict one another. Though Matthew (9:14-17) and (Mark 2:18-22) touch on it Luke (5:33-39) goes into more detail than the other two. Jesus has...

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An Atheistic Bible Study The Gospels The Parable Of The Wise And Foolish Builders

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Dec 18

Two Gospels deal with this parable and while Matthew 7:24-13:50 incorporates it into The Sermon On The Mount, Luke 6:46-11:36 doesn't give it any context. Both do deal with the same basic advice. A wise builder raises a house...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospel – The Parable Of The Rich Fool

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 19 Nov 18

Luke 12:13-21 Another parable Luke kept to himself. While addressing the multitude, or a multitude (it can’t be the same one every time), Jesus is interrupted by a man who demands that Jesus helps him to persuade his brother to...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Parables The Friend At Night

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Nov 18

Also known as the Importunate Neighbour parable, this is another parable exclusive to Luke’s Gospel. He shares more than the other Gospel authors. Luke 11:5-8 If you go to a friend’s house at midnight to beg him for three loaves...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Parable Of The Light Under A Bushel

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 27 Oct 18

A parable covered in three of the Gospels, and the source of the proverb about hiding your light in a bushel, a euphemism for not displaying your assets, talents and values in plain sight. For Jesus, it referred to being open and...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Parable Of The Growing Seed

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Oct 18

I have now covered most of the miracles of Jesus aside from a few occurring in relation to the Passion (crucifixion) and the resurrection periods, which I’ll look at later. When I was a Roman Catholic, in my pre-teen years, I...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 10 Jul 18

Day 4 Mark 4 Mark 4:1 And he began again to teach by the seaside: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 19 Jun 18

Day 61 Matthew 21:23-46 Matthew 21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do thou these things? And who gave thee...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 22 May 18

Day 33 Matthew 13:44-53 Matthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hides, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he hath, and buys that field. 45...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 21 May 18

Day 32 Matthew 13:24 Matthew 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the...

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I have found a rare book in our collection ...

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 21 Feb 17

Inside the binding of that book is the name written by hand : Jesse Jackson. The title of that book is either Proverbs for Young People or Parables for Young People. I am not sure exactly what the title of that book is, but I...

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Which are your favorites stories / parables from the bible?

Cristian Ichim @Cristi_Ichim (3750) • Bucharest, Romania 19 Jun 16

This question is addressed to everyone that ever read the bible or has heard of the stories of it regardless if they believe it or not. So, even if you might not believe the bible at all, what is your favorite story out of them...

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