Category Archives: parables

The Prodigal Father

When I served as editor-in-chief of Tabletalk magazine, I committed my share of gaffes. I received more than my share of sweet-natured but school-marmish notes about why this semicolon should have been a colon, or why further was the better … Continue reading

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Imputation, Infusion and Eternal Consequence: A Parable

Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and … Continue reading

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Literally

I’m figuratively afraid that many people literally do not know what literally means. Many of those wrong on its meaning think it’s some means of intensifying. “I could drink an ocean” means “I’m thirsty.” “I could literally drink an ocean” … Continue reading

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Psalm 29; Our Prodigal Father

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Ask RC- Is it a sin to read fantasy?

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Futilitarianism; Parables; Selling our Souls

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Erastianism; Pharisee and the Tax Collector; O For a Thousand Years to Sing

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Dogmatism; The Persistent Widow; Feelings

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Cronyism and Nepotism; Rich Man and Lazarus; Are These the Last Days?

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The Accuser; The Parable of the Lost Coin

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