Tag: Parables

Free Download John Ortberg, Kevin G. Harney, Sherry Harney, "Imagine Life God’s Way: Parables"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0310228816 | EPUB | pages: 96 | 0.8 mb
Six-session small group studies to build true community within the church and among the world Parables: Jesus, the wisest man who ever lived, had much to say about God, the human heart, the future, life, anger, love, and everything that mattered. Digging into the treasure trove of the wisdom and truth hidden in his parables will stretch minds, feed souls, pierce hearts, and shape his followers into true disciples.

Free Download Terry Lindvall, "Animated Parables: A Pedagogy of Seven Deadly Sins and a Few Virtues "
English | ISBN: 197871503X | 2022 | 284 pages | EPUB, PDF | 19 MB + 13 MB
Generally neglected for their rhetorical power, animated cartoons provide a treasure chest of provocative and comic gems that teach about the seven deadly sins. After a brief history of parables and fables, icons and visual communication, this book explores each of the seven deadly sins as represented in short animated films from Disney, Pixar, the Warner Brothers, and international animators. Terry Lindvall argues that attending to the tropes of the cartoons leads to exemplary and revelatory discoveries, to seeing more of what pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony, and lust mean across cultures and historical eras.

Free Download Stephen Mitchell, "Parables and Portraits"
English | 2009 | pages: 96 | ISBN: 0060925329, 0060162694 | EPUB | 0,3 mb
A revised edition of the first book of poems by Stephen Mitchell, the renowned translator of Rilke’s poetry, The Book of Job, and the Tao Te Ching. -This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Free Download Faith across the Multiverse: Parables from Modern Science by Andy Walsh
English | July 1, 2018 | ISBN: 1683070763 | 270 pages | PDF | 2.95 Mb
Science is often presented as a set of propositions to affirm. On those terms, the existence of God becomes yet another such proposition, and all science can offer is a yes or a no. Andy Walsh thinks science offers more.