Oct 3, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
We kick off our Parables series by looking at how the prophet Nathan used a parable to confront King David with his own sin. This is the power of the parable - to shock, to get under our skin, and…
Humans are storytellers, and stories are how we communicate complex ideas and feelings with one another.
Sometimes they start with once upon a time, but sometimes they start with today at work I, or when I was a kid I, or imagine if, dot, dot, dot.
I know that if something interesting happens throughout my day, I immediately log it away in my mind to share with Josiah at the dinner table.
As a side note, I think that this is why the Bible is not an encyclopedia or some comprehensive FAQ booklet.
And through the story of the Bible, we get beautiful revelations of who God is.
We learn about who we are, the nature of humans, and we learn about what God has done.
Jesus himself chose fictional storytelling as a way to address the questions and issues that his listeners were facing.
These stories engage our emotions and our critical thinking skills in creative ways so that we can better understand God, ourselves, and his design.
Sometimes we humans, we get stumped about an issue or we don't know where our own assumptions lie.
A good parable will evoke our emotions and our critical thinking skills to give us a fresh perspective, new insight into a familiar situation.
While parables were a favorite of Jesus in his teachings, we can find parables all throughout the Bible, even in the Old Testament.
Over the next six weeks, we'll be exploring six parables from both the Old and New Testament.
Our heart behind this series is that all of us would be equipped together to read any parable, to understand the cultural significance for the original listeners, and to be gripped by God's intention for how we ought to live, and then go live it.
We're going to be using the same four-part framework to unpack all six parables in this sermon series.
Humans are storytellers, and stories are how we communicate complex ideas and feelings with one another.
Sometimes they start with once upon a time, but sometimes they start with today at work I, or when I was a kid I, or imagine if, dot, dot, dot.
I know that if something interesting happens throughout my day, I immediately log it away in my mind to share with Josiah at the dinner table.
As a side note, I think that this is why the Bible is not an encyclopedia or some comprehensive FAQ booklet.
And through the story of the Bible, we get beautiful revelations of who God is.
We learn about who we are, the nature of humans, and we learn about what God has done.
Jesus himself chose fictional storytelling as a way to address the questions and issues that his listeners were facing.
These stories engage our emotions and our critical thinking skills in creative ways so that we can better understand God, ourselves, and his design.
Sometimes we humans, we get stumped about an issue or we don't know where our own assumptions lie.
A good parable will evoke our emotions and our critical thinking skills to give us a fresh perspective, new insight into a familiar situation.
While parables were a favorite of Jesus in his teachings, we can find parables all throughout the Bible, even in the Old Testament.
Over the next six weeks, we'll be exploring six parables from both the Old and New Testament.
Our heart behind this series is that all of us would be equipped together to read any parable, to understand the cultural significance for the original listeners, and to be gripped by God's intention for how we ought to live, and then go live it.
We're going to be using the same four-part framework to unpack all six parables in this sermon series.
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