Parables

A new book immerses us in the strange, subversive logic of his financial parables.

How the demonization of empathy will lead to a church that neglects repentance and coddles sin.

Malcolm Guite on how Coleridge, Shakespeare, and C.S. Lewis help us understand the poetic imagination.

Gentle parenting is one tool to train up children who have disabilities with love and wisdom.

When we picture ourselves as heroes, we often forget our humanity.

Reacquainting ourselves with a shocking parable. Plus: Esau McCaulley on Christians, social media, and the Nashville school shooting.

It wasn’t the robbers Jesus castigated in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. It was the religious leaders.

Stories like the Good Samaritan foster an awareness of others that cures our near-sightedness.

Jesus’ economic justice doesn’t mean beating the rich at their own game.

How God got my attention when I thought I was too good for grace.