Take your copy of God’s Word and meet me in Mark 4:1-20…
Why did Jesus teach in parables? Depending upon who you asked, you may get a different answer. Some suggest we should do away with the didactic expositional preaching model and adopt a more storytelling format based on Jesus’ teaching in parables. Is this true, or is it a flagrant mistreatment of Jesus’ parables? Thankfully this is one of those topics we don’t have to speculate over because Jesus has plainly given us the answer. And that’s what we’ll focus on this morning.
Following is the transcript. It was initially intended to be heard, not read, so the tone is more conversational than academic. It has only been loosely edited, so forgive any grammatical, syntactical, or spelling errors. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to add a comment.
