Click here to read Matthew 25:1-13.

Excertp read from Paul Zahl, Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans), p. 40-41.

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Click here to read Luke 16:19-31.

Click here to read more from “1980-1989: The Celebrity Decade” by Cynthia Heimel in the Village Voice.

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Click here to read Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (with modifications).

Click here to read more from “What Is Mercy for You?” by Nick Cave at the Red Hand Files.

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Click here to read Mark 4:1-9.

Click here to read more from Simeon Zahl's “Hiding in Plain Sight: the Lost Doctrine of Original Sin” on Mockingbird.

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Click here to read Luke 10:25-37

Click here to read more from “Loving Thy (Diffcult) Neighbor” by Sam Bush on Mockingbird.

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Click here to read Matthew 18:21-35 (with modifications)

Click here to read more from “Why is it so hard to forgive?,” an interview with Elizabeth Bruenig on Vox.

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Sometimes the Good Book doesn’t sound all that great. Fortunately, first impressions can be misleading, and the surprise of grace may be hiding in plain sight. Welcome to Terrible Parables, the podcast where a scholar, a pastor, and an anxious Christian look for good news in passages of scripture that appear strange or unnerving. Brought to you by Mockingbird Ministries and hosted by Cali Yee, along with Todd Brewer and Bryan Jarrell.