Tag: Jacob and the Prodigal
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Connecting the Luke 15 Parables (Part 1)
[Previous] I wrote in an earlier post that Jesus’ parables were not intended to make “a point.” They were theological constructs that invite us to enter an alternate reality. Bailey describes the parables as theological clusters where several theological realities are represented as a package. Each of the three parables has its own cluster, and…
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Introducing Kenneth E. Bailey
I agreed to lead a Sunday School class at church about ten years ago, using a tape series by Kenneth Bailey. To prepare for the class, I got the videotapes, put the first one in the VCR, and started to watch. It was a talking head seated at a desk before a bookshelf. As Bailey…