Product Description
Offers a new understanding of twelve of Jesus parables by viewing them through the eyes of a minor or unsympathetic character. Chapter titles: When the Good Samaritan Is Bad News God Called a Party, but Nobody Came The Timid Soul The Seasons of the Soil The Sad Story of the Embarrassed Farmers Love Always Wins...Sometimes Why Doesnt God Like Religious People? Pardon My Insistence The Prodigal Who Stayed at Home A Case for the Un-hired Hand Moses and the Fig Tree I Wish I Could Sell You More. 12 Sessions, with a leaders guide.
Rate Points :4.0
Binding :Paperback
Label :Abingdon Press
Manufacturer :Abingdon Press
ProductGroup :Book
Studio :Abingdon Press
Publisher :Abingdon Press
EAN :9780687056972
Price :$14.00USD
Lowest Price :$3.50USD
Customer ReviewsMisleading information
Rating Point :1 Helpful Point :0
Nowhere in your description of this book do you state that it ia a video study. This is very misleading.
Creative sermon spark-ers
Rating Point :3 Helpful Point :0
Because the parables are stories with the kind of twist that can completely undo our usual ways of living our lives, I appreciated Pastor Kalas attempt to tell us the story of these stories from a fresh angle. The 12 chapters in this volume are basically sermons. This, in fact, is the value of the book. If you are a pastor who has gotten a little too predictable in the way you create messages, this book will help you climb outside the 3 alliterated points box in a thoughtful, application-focused way.
Though I didnt find it especially helpful when I was writing my own books on the parables (Parablelife: Living the stories Jesus told in real time - FaithWalk, 2005 and Uprooted: Growing a Parablelife from the Inside Out, scheduled for release in late 2006) in terms of information, I did find inspiration in Kalas pastoral approach and welcoming tone.
A "must have" book
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
My favorite Ellsworth Kalas book!! I loaned my first copy to several friends over the years until the last one did not return it. Because reading the "backside" of these parables gave me present-day insight to people, personalities and predicaments, I had to purchase a new copy. Needless to say, this one is not for loan. I direct friends to Amazon where they can purchase a copy of their own.
The "Backside" books give a different persepctive from the one we have always learned. They exemplify that there are two sides to every story and, I have learned from Ellsworth Kalas to try to see all participants in a parable and consider their feelings. This has also been helpful in my own life.
I recommend all the "Backside" books.
Good, but Not Great
Rating Point :3 Helpful Point :1
After hearing so much about this book, I, frankly, was disappointed.
The concept is good, even grand, and the book follows the idea--looking back at well known parables through the eyes and perspective of a little known person in the story. But it just doesnt deliver the power and impact that its "buzz" said it did.
Like many such books written by ministers, it needed an editor, somebody to keep it sharp and moving. At times it read more like a sermon. Needed to be written tighter and the idea flow moving faster. Needed to be told and written in a more crip manner.
His points, most of them good, all of them good actually, got lost in the words. And thats unfortunate.
Twist on Familiar Lessons from Jesus
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
This gave our study group opportunities to walk in others shoes, providing good discussion, and forcing us to use "out-of-the-box" thinking. Excellent leaders guide in the back of each study book provided variety of ways to further examine familiar parables in order to relate this re-examination to our daily lives and faith journey.
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