The Parables of Jesus: Complete Teachings from the Urantia Book

Herausgeber: Press, Urantia

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Produktbeschreibung

The parables of Jesus are not so much famous as they are familiar as sayings and metaphors. The good Samaritan is part of the lexicon, but how many people know the details of his story? The same might be said for lost sons or for good shepherds and their lost sheep. Talents are bought and sold for great sums, but did you know that the story of the lord who entrusted talents to his servants to invest while he was away is where we derive the meaning of the word? Yet these simple stories run deep and have inspired and instructed countless souls in the two thousand years since they were first recorded. The Master made the parable the cornerstone of his public teaching especially during the last year of his earthly ministry; and while this method of teaching was not wholly new to Jesus, it became almost a new method of teaching as he employed it. The parable possesses these valuable benefits: . It appeals to different levels of mind and spirit by stimulating the imagination and encouraging critical thinking; it promotes understanding without arousing resentment. . It proceeds from things which are known to things unknown; the material and natural introduce the spiritual and the supernatural. . Parables favor the making of impartial moral decisions. The parable evades much prejudice and puts new truth gracefully into the mind and does all this with the arousal of a minimum of the self-defense of personal resentment. . To reject the truth contained in parabolical analogy requires conscious intellectual action which is directly in contempt of one's honest judgment and fair decision. The parable conduces to the forcing of thought through the sense of hearing. . The use of the parable form of teaching enables the teacher to present new and even startling truths while at the same time he largely avoids all controversy and outward clashing with tradition and established authority. . The parable also possesses the advantage of stimulating the memory of the truth taught when the same familiar scenes are subsequently encountered.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Urantia Foundation
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Altersempfehlung: 15 bis 10 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 284mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780997404906
• ISBN-10: 0997404906
• Artikelnr.: 44885030

Autorenporträt

Urantia Press is based in Chicago, IL.

Inhaltsangabe

A book for all who seek God, The Untold Story of Jesus reveals the living
Christ to members of the church that bears his name, as well as to
worshipers of all world religions. Drawn from The Urantia Book, a treasury
of spiritual truths and insights, its intent is to inspire men and women
around the world to know more about Jesus and to spread his message of love
and goodwill.
What did Jesus teach?
“Whosoever will, let him come.”
Welcoming, and free from all narrow-mindedness, Jesus exhorted his
followers to preach the gospel to all peoples. His sympathetic heart
embraced all mankind, even a universe.
“Be of good cheer.”
This man of Galilee was not a man of sorrows; he was a soul of gladness. He
could maintain this confident attitude because of his unswerving trust in
God and his unshakable confidence in man. He was always touchingly
considerate of all men because he loved them and believed in them.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock, and if any man will open, I will
come in.”
Jesus taught that God is approachable, the Father is attainable, and the
way is open to any hungry soul who desires to know God and become like him.
“My love overshadows you, my spirit will dwell with you, and my peace shall
abide upon you.”
The peace of Jesus is the peace and assurance of a person who fully
believes that his career for time and eternity is safely and wholly in the
care and keeping of an all-wise, all-loving, and all-powerful spirit
Father. This is the peace which surpasses all understanding.
“The kingdom of God is within you.”
Men seek for the treasures of the kingdom with yearning hearts and weary
feet when they are all within the immediate grasp of living faith.