Here is a desire new and old ask for anything in the world and it will be yours Usually in fairy tales and legends three wishes are granted Then after poor choices or ambiguously worded requests the truth is discovered about what really matters Lessons are learned the hard way The First B

The Guardian newspaper reported on June 19 that according to a U N report ldquo the number of people forced to flee their homes across the world has exceeded 50 million for the first time since the second world war an exponential rise that is stretching host countries and aid organisations to br

Why did Jesus speak to people in parables Scholars are agreed beyond doubt that Jesus taught in parables The parable is a type of speech act in which the speaker attempts to draw comparisons between one thing and another In fact the Greek word parabol might best be translated ldquo comparison

The parable of the weeds among the wheat is found only in Matthew and it is an eschatological parable a parable about the Final Judgment For gardeners it evokes memories of hours in the garden distinguishing between weeds and desirable plants which is harder to do than one might think at leas

How quickly should we move from the literal to the allegorical figurative or spiritual meaning of words in the Bible There is no one answer for in reading the Bible sometimes the literal meaning of a word or a passage is indeed the spiritual meaning itself at other times the literal reading gro

The question for the disciples came from Jesus himself ldquo Who do people say that the Son of Man is rdquo The problem for Christians today in answering this question might be how to make sense of Jesus rsquo humanity in the context of his true divinity For Jesus rsquo apostles standing fac