9/27/15
Chris Breslin
Matthew 13:44-52
“What do we really believe? I mean, believe in such a way that our lives depend on it?” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“The kingdom is not the pearl, and it is not the merchant. The kingdom is what comes after ‘it is like…’” –Amy-Jill Levine
“The kingdom is not a thing after all, but a verb, and it can be entered into only by some approximation of those five verbs.” –Richard Lischer
Further Parables Reading
Sowing and Reaping by Emil Bruner
Matthew: A Commentary (Vol 1: Christbook) by Frederick Dale Bruner
Matthew: A Commentary (Vol 2: Churchbook) by Frederick Dale Bruner
Kingdom, Grace, Judgment by Robert Farrar Cappon
The Power of Parable by John Dominic Crossan
Short Stories by Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine
Reading the Parables by Richard Lischer
Kingdom Conspiracy by Scot McKnight
Stories with Intent by Klyne Snodgrass
