Believe Quote by Philip Yancey

“Jesus taught in parables for a reason.”

— Stuart Connelly

“Jesus' intention in this parable was to compare the only good soil to the ones that were not legitimate alternatives. To Him, there was…

— Francis Chan

I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be part of…

— Frederick Buechner

Jesus told parables. When he wanted to say something really profound about God, he went into parable. I don't find it surprising then that…

— John Dominic Crossan

In seventeen of His thirty-seven parables, Jesus dealt with property and man's responsibility for using it wisely.

— George Sweeting

Jesus communicated parables to the secular people around him and he used stories that were very relevant to their lives, and He was taking…

— Stephen Kendrick

Jesus kinda fools around and gives you parables. He doesn't oftentimes say exactly what he means. But in Matthew 25, he's very, very clear.…

— Juan Vargas

Some of the parables that Matthew records and that Jesus delivered as part of his Olivet Discourse-such as the ten virgins and their lamps…

— Eric D. Huntsman

Jesus did not die just to give us peace and a purpose in life; he died to save us from the wrath of God.

— Jerry Bridges

Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn't…

— John Grisham

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is…

— Austin Farrer

Unlike many people today, Jesus did not teach that all religions in the world are simply different paths up the same mountain of truth…

— Robert Jeffress