Kingdom, Grace, Judgment

by Capon, Robert Farrar

• ISBN13: 9780802839497
• ISBN10: 0802839495
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

Author Biography

Robert Farrar Capon is an Episcopal priest and the author of many widely popular books

Table of Contents

A Word about Parables	1	(12)
THE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM
PART 1 PARABLES AND THE PARADOX OF POWER	13	(32)
Right-handed and Left-handed Power	15	(11)
The Frame of the Gospel Picture	26	(7)
The Temptation and the Ascension	33	(12)
PART 2 THE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM	45
The Ministry before the Parables	47
The Sower: The Watershed of the Parables	54
The Sower, Continued	62
The Lamp and the Growing Seed	75
The Weeds	83
The Mustard Seed and the Leaven	94
The Interpretation of the Weeds	105
The Treasure and the Pearl	113
The Net	124
Epilogue	138
THE PARABLES OF GRACE
Introduction	149
A Parable of Theology and Faith
Death and Resurrection	155
The Touchstone of the Parables of Grace
The First Parable of Grace	167
The Coin in the Fish's Mouth
Losing as the Mechanism of Grace	179
The Lost Sheep
Death, Resurrection, and Forgiveness	189
The Unforgiving Servant
Losing as Winning	201
The Prologue to the Good Samaritan
The First of the Misnamed Parables	209
The Good Samaritan
Grace More Than Judgment	219
From the Friend at Midnight to the Rich Fool
Fruitfulness out of Death	236
The Watchful Servants and the Barren Fig Tree
Interlude on an Objection	252
Why Not Life Rather Than Death?
Back to Death, Lastness, and Lostness	258
The Mustard Seed, the Yeast, and the Narrow Door
Death and the Party	272
The Transition to the Great Banquet
The Party Parables	285
The Great Banquet and the Prodigal Son
The Hardest Parable	302
The Unjust Steward
Death and Faith	310
Lazarus and Dives
The Scandal of the Gospel	318
The Returning Servant, the Ten Lepers, and the Vultures
God as Anti-hero	329
The Unjust Judge
Death and Resurrection One Last Time	337
The Pharisee and the Publican
THE PARABLES OF JUDGMENT
Introduction	347
Inclusion before Exclusion as the Touchstone of the Parables of Judgment
The Sovereign Light	358
Jesus as the Uncondemning Judge
Death as the Engine of Judgment	372
The Man Born Blind
The Good Shepherd
Jesus on Divorce and Celibacy
Jesus and the Little Children
The Rich Young Man
A Rhapsody of Unsuccess	386
The Curse of Riches
The Eye of the Needle
The Laborers in the Vineyard
Resurrection and Judgment	398
The Raising of Lazarus
The Onset of the Hurricane	412
The Final Prediction of the Passion
James and John
Blind Bartimaeus
Zacchaeus
The Parable of the Coins
God's Action in History	426
Palm Sunday
The Weeping over Jerusalem
The Cleansing of the Temple
The Cursing of the Fig Tree
The Eye of the Hurricane	441
The Question of Jesus' Authority
The Two Sons
The Wicked Tenants
The Deluge of Judgment by Mercy	455
The King's Son's Wedding
The Waters of Judgment Rise	466
The Authorities Challenge Jesus
The Synoptic Apocalypse
The Flood of Judgment by Mercy	479
The Fig Tree
The Flood
The Faithful Servant and the Bad Servant
The End of the Storm (I)	490
The Wise and Foolish Virgins
The End of the Storm (II)	502
The Talents
The Sheep and the Goats
Epilogue	513