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Jesus teaches the people in parables from a boat off the shore of a lake.
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Interpreting Jesus’ Parables

Besides being the Son of God, Jesus was also a great teacher, probably the greatest of all time. But much of his teaching was by means of parables. So, why did he teach in a way that was sometimes difficult to understand? Was this intentional? And are there rules and standards we should follow to interpret Jesus’ parables?

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The king's servant is inviting the wealthy people to the wedding banquet but they are refusing the invitation
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Jesus’ Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Jesus’ parable of the wedding banquet illustrates some very important principles of God’s kingdom. He told it to Jewish people of the first century, but he also intended it to be for us today, as it speaks of the breadth and depth of God’s grace and the extent of Christ’s atoning sacrifice.

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Mosaic of Jesus instituting the New Covenant by giving his disciples bread and wine at the last supper.
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What is the New Covenant in the Bible?

What is the New Covenant the Bible speaks of? And what is the difference between it and the Old Covenant? There is much confusion in the Christian church regarding this, so the goal of this article is to provide simple understandable descriptions for the non-scholar.

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Moses holding the stone tablets with the ten commandments, a central part of the Old Covenant God made with Israel.
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What is the Sinai Covenant in the Bible?

What is the Sinai Covenant in the Bible? Who was involved and what was its purpose? Is it the same as the Old Covenant that the Christian apostles allude to? And what is the difference between it and the New Covenant? In this article I provide a simple explanation for the non-scholar.

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Ancient Hebrew family gathered around table, in the midst of conflict, possible opposition of some members to others' faith
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Following Jesus amid family opposition

For every believer in Jesus today there are costs to following him. One possible cost is that of opposition from family members. How should believers respond when these conflicts occur and their love for the Savior is challenged by those they are closest to?

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Tree covered mountains with rising sun in the background between 2 mountains, suggesting God's mysteries being revealed.
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The Mystery of Christ in the Bible

God has revealed many things to us, but there are also many things God has withheld that remain mysteries. But one mystery, that of the Messiah, has been fully revealed. So, if that’s true, what did Paul mean when he wrote about the “mystery of Christ?” And are there important truths about Christ in the Bible for which God intentionally withholds understanding?

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Jesus washing a disciple's feet demonstrates how believers should love and serve one another
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Loving One Another in the Church

Believers in Christ belong to each other as members of his body, with each member being interdependent on the others. They all share God’s love, and that love is expressed in many ways. How they relate to each other within the church is important to the Lord, and that’s why the apostles admonish us in every one of their letters on how to love our brothers and sisters. Many of these admonitions are expressed as “one another” or “each other” commands.

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Those who flogged Jesus after his trial were guilty of sin, but the Jewish religious leaders who handed Jesus over to the Romans committed the greater sin.
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Are all sins equal before God?

The early Christian church fathers all acknowledged that some sins were greater than others. But within the last half century a popular belief has developed among Christians, that God sees all sins the same. But is this biblical? And how did this belief come about?

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Bright light of the sun shining beyond high trees, flying birds, and very high clouds, suggesting that God and his ways and thoughts are higher than anything.
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God’s ways are higher than ours

God is transcendent and exists beyond the physical universe we live in. His ways are higher than ours and his thoughts are high above ours. But in what way are his thoughts and ways higher? Can we ever hope to understand him? Do his ways even make any sense to us? Or does he operate by a completely different logic as some Bible teachers claim?

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Hosea buys back his wife from slavery, symbolizing his plea for the Israelites to return to the Lord.
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Let us return to the Lord: Hosea’s plea

During the 8th century B.C.  God sent the prophet Hosea to the house of Israel. Hosea’s mission was to call the people to repent of their idolatry, cruelty, and injustice, and to return to God. His impassioned pleas to this wayward people reflected his own tragic relationship with his wife, who he was trying to bring back from a life of adultery and prostitution.

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