Kingdom, Grace, Judgment

Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467427527
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 536

Book Description
Here in one volume is Robert Farrar Capon's widely praised trilogy on Jesus' parables — The Parables of the Kingdom, The Parables of Grace, and The Parables of Judgment. These studies offer a fresh, adventurous look at all of Jesus' parables, treated according to their major themes. With the same authorial flair and daring insight that have earned him a wide readership, Capon admirably bridges the gap between the biblical world and our own, making clear both the original meaning of the parables and their continuing relevance today.

The Parables of Judgment

Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Covers the parables that Jesus spoke and acted during Holy Week, including the Laborers in the Vineyard, the Raising of Lazarus, the Talents, the Cursing of the Fig Tree, the Wicked Tenants, and the Ten Virgins.

Kingdom, Grace, Judgment

Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802839497
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 536

Book Description
Here in one volume is Robert Farrar Capon's widely praised trilogy on Jesus' parables The Parables of the Kingdom, The Parables of Grace, and The Parables of Judgment. These studies offer a fresh, adventurous look at all of Jesus' parables, treated according to their major themes. With the same authorial flair and daring insight that have earned him a wide readership, Capon admirably bridges the gap between the biblical world and our own, making clear both the original meaning of the parables and their continuing relevance today.

The Parables of Grace

Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780802836489
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description

The Parables of the Kingdom

Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780802806055
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The first volume of Capon's trilogy on Jesus' parables, The Parables of the Kingdom covers the short, almost one-sentence parables that occur in the Gospels before the feeding of the five thousand. Offering a fresh look at these parables in the light of their entire gospel and biblical context, Capon elucidates Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God.

The Mystery of Christ-- and why We Don't Get it

Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802801210
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
This engaging book probes the meaning of salvation--peace, forgiveness, grace, reconciliation--spoken of in the New Testament as a "mystery". (back cover).

The Man Who Met God in a Bar

Author: Capon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998917108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
The Man Who Met God in a Bar is a retelling of the Gospel story set in Cleveland. Originally published in 1990, Robert Farrar Capon tells the story of Marvin Goodman, businessman who finds himself an airport bar where he encounters a charismatic young chef named Jerry-who also claims to be God.

The Supper of the Lamb

Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: Harvest
ISBN: 9780156868938
Category : Cookery
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Reprint of the ed. published by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.

Health, Money, and Love

Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802808523
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
In this delightfully twisting, engaging, multi-genre narrative. Robert Farrar Capon explores three areas of life that concern us all -- health, money, and love -- pokes fun of the religions we make of them, and trumpets the radical gospel of grace, the only alternative that can free us to be truly happy.

The Parables of Jesus

Author: William Barclay
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611642442
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
William Barclay brings to these "best-known stories in the world" new force and significance for the modern reader. Each chapter analyzes an individual parable--identifies its theme, explains it in the light of the language and customs of the ancient world, and clearly interprets its meaning for us today. The William Barclay Library is a collection of books addressing the great issues of the Christian faith. As one of the world's most widely read interpreters of the Bible and its meaning, William Barclay devoted his life to helping people become more faithful disciples of Jesus Christ.