NT252 Parables of Jesus
Overview
The parables of Jesus are colorful, startling, and often confusing. In this course, Dr. Dan Doriani explains this unique narrative type and walks you through proper interpretation of the parables, examining their images, themes, and applications for modern readers.
Top Highlights
“C. H. Dodd, who wrote a book called Parables [of the Kingdom]. And he said this: ‘A parable is a metaphor drawn from life, arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in enough doubt about its significance to tease it into active thought.’” (source)
“So we look for calls to action, calls to faith, to response in ourselves, but we don’t just look for ourselves and the things we ought to do. We look for what God is doing, what Christ is doing. We’re not responding to commands. We’re responding to the one who gives commands, our Lord.” (source)
“Some of them are deeply upsetting, and there were reasons for that. Jesus told His parables because people wanted to kill Him, and He had to hide His agenda or make Himself safe until the day came when it was right, when it was the time for Him to give up His life. Until that time came, He had to stay safe, and so He veiled His teaching in front of His adversaries, and that actually makes sense.” (source)
“Luke focuses not so much on parables of the kingdom or the nature of the kingdom or even on controversy as Jesus does. They certainly aren’t missing, but Jesus’ parables in Luke focus on the question, how should one live in the kingdom of God? What’s the shape of discipleship?” (source)
“So what’s the kingdom like? It has a small beginning, and yet it grows incrementally. There is opposition, but don’t despair. Its influence will pervade all of society, and we see that, actually. The work of Christ has had extraordinary influences wherever it’s gone.” (source)
- Title: NT252 Parables of Jesus
- Author: Daniel M. Doriani
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Gospels › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. N.T. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Jesus Christ--Parables; Jesus Christ › Parables
- Resource ID: LLS:NT252DORIANI
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:49:29Z
Dr. Dan Doriani, vice president of strategic academic projects and professor of theology at Covenant Seminary, has extensive teaching and pastoral experience.
He served as assistant professor of biblical studies at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania for five years, as solo pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Cumberland, Maryland for five years, as well as a variety of associate pastor, interim pastor, and stated supply roles. He has been involved in several planning and study committees at the presbytery level in both the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). He was also chair of the PCA’s Theological Examining Committee from 1999 to 2000.
He has authored several books, including Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible(P&R, 1996), Putting the Truth to Work: The Theory and Practice of Biblical Application (P&R, 2001), The Life of a God-Made Man (Crossway, 2001), and commentaries on Matthew and 1 Peter in P&R Publishing’s Reformed Expository Commentaries series.
Dr. Doriani and his wife, Debbie, live in Chesterfield, Missouri, and have three grown daughters.