Turning Your World Upside Down : Kingdom Priorities in the Parables of Jesus

by Phillips, Richard D.

• ISBN13: 9780875525792
• ISBN10: 0875525792
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co

Summary

The parables of Jesus pose a striking challenge to current thinking about personal relationships, money, security, and success. They search our hearts and try our attitudes, showing us the truth about ourselves and pointing the way God wants us to go.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1. A Farmer Sowing Seed, Luke 8:1-18	1	(16)
2. The Good Samaritan, Luke 10:25-37	17	(16)
3. A Parable on Prayer, Luke 11:5-13	33	(18)
4. The Rich Fool, Luke 12:13-21	51	(16)
5. The Barren Fig Tree, Luke 13:1-9	67	(14)
6. The Mustard Seed and Yeast, Luke 13:18-21	81	(14)
7. The Great Banquet, Luke 14:15-24	95	(14)
8. Three Lost Treasures, Luke 15:1-32	109	(16)
9. The Shrewd Manager, Luke 16:1-13	125	(16)
10. The Rich Man and the Beggar, Luke 16:19-31	141	(16)
11. The Pharisee and the Tax Collector, Luke 18:9-14	157	(16)
12. The Returning King, Luke 19:11-27	173	(16)
13. The Wicked Tenants, Luke 20:9-19	189	(16)
Notes	205	(6)
Discussion Questions	211	(12)
Index of Scripture	223	(4)
Index of Subjects and Names	227