Terrible Parables

By Mockingbird

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 podcas... more

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How many episodes does Terrible Parables have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

Terrible Parables episodes:

September 03, 2025 Episode 12: The Sinkhole of Works
In the finale of season two, Cali, Bryan and Todd discuss the "faith without works is dead" passage in James 2:14-26.
Click here to read the passage.
Click here to read the article they reference, "The Optimization Sinkhole" by Anne Helen Petersen.
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51min
August 19, 2025 Episode 11: The Fear of Spending Money You Have
Cali, Bryan and Todd discuss the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-30.
Click here to read the passage.
Click here to read the article they mention, "The Well-Off People Who Can’t Spend Money," by Olga Khazan in The Atlantic.
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38min
August 05, 2025 Episode 10: There Are No Divine Landmines
Cali, Bryan and Todd discuss the Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit in Mark 3:22-30.
Click here to read the passage.
Click here to read the article they mention, "Why We Ghost," by Alice Fleerackers
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41min
July 22, 2025 Episode 9: The Foolishness of Grace
Cali, Bryan and Todd discuss the Parable of the Unjust Servant in Luke 16:1-13.
Click here to read the passage.
Click here to read the article they discuss, Emma Green's "The Party Is Cancelled".
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40min
July 09, 2025 Episode 8: Not All Sunsets and Rainbows
Cali, Bryan and Todd discuss the Sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 22:1-19.
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48min
June 24, 2025 Episode 7: The Hawaiian Shirt Guy at a Wedding
The long awaited second season is here! First up, Cali, Bryan and Todd discuss the parable of the Wedding Banquet in Matthew 22:1-14.
Click here to read the passage.
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48min
June 22, 2022 Episode 6: The Ten Bridesmaids
Click here to read Matthew 25:1-13.
Excerpt read from Paul Zahl, Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans), p. 40-41.
Music via the JAZ archives.
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36min
June 22, 2022 Episode 5: The Rich Man and Lazarus
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.
Music via the JAZ archives.
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33min
June 22, 2022 Episode 4: The Wheat and the Tares
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.
Music via the JAZ archives.
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36min
June 22, 2022 Episode 3: The Sower
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.
Music via the JAZ archives.
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34min

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How many episodes does Terrible Parables have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

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