JoySightings Table of Contents
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52 Defining Faith and The Long Walk
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After being directly involved in Bible translation since 1983, I have wanted to share with younger generations about the things I have learned from my experiences as a Bible translator— the things that made the most impact on me through my years. I have now decided to put a few of my most important stories in this JoySightings podcast. I know that I am never going to write a book. But now if anyone ever asks about my experiences, I will have a place to send them: Go to JoySightings.info and start at episode 52. I hope to add several other stories this year. Today I will also read one more...
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Reader, take NOTE! Pointers for understanding parables 66
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Today I would like to give pointers for understanding Jesus’ parables. I consider the parable to be one of the greatest of all teaching devices, and a legacy of the Greatest Teacher. I will end this episode by sharing a non-Biblical parable. One little detail to understand is that the word ‘parable’ (Greek paraboles) had a wider meaning than we normally think of in English, and you may see this sometimes in the New Testament. In English, we normally think of a parable as a story that points to some deeper meaning. However, as an example, the word ‘parable’ is used for a one-sentence...
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50 The Signal Tower; The Bumble Bee; The Potato Bug
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Parables by William E. Barton, from The Wit and Wisdom of Safed the Sage, published in 1919. This book is available for free download at the Library of Congress.
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49 The Scrub Team; The June Christmas Tree; Things One Wants To Know
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Parables by William E. Barton published in 1919.
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48 The Quick and the Dead; Hollyhocks and the Storm; The Circus Procession
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47 The Next Time; Eden and the Serpent; The Height of the Sky
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46 The First Robin; The River Current; The Robin and the Cherries
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45 Parable of the Shore Dinner; Heaven and the Steamboat; Hollyhocks I Transplanted
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44 On Duty Half Done; The Easter Bonnet; Hollyhocks I Did Not Plant
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