Preaching the Parables

The parables of Jesus appear to be simple, and yet they can become difficult for preachers to understand and apply. This book wrestles with the unique challenges of preaching the parables. It provides in-depth and practical tools for studying, interpreting, and applying the parables within the reader's own setting, while remaining true to the intentions of Scripture. Offering a four-step approach, preachers are invited to consider how a parable operates as a picture, then a mirror, then a window, and then a door.

Containing contributions from a diverse group of authors, this book provides rich and varied examples of how to put its teaching into practice. Immensely accessible, it empowers preachers, teachers, and readers to encounter the parables in all their simplicity and depth, as if reading them for the first time.

GEOFF NEW is a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Having spent seventeen years as a pastor, he now trains pastors and lay leaders in preaching, pastoral care, and Christian formation, and works with Langham Preaching in South Asia.

WILFREDO WEIGANDT served as the national coordinator of Langham Preaching Argentina for more than fi fteen years. He is the current regional coordinator for Langham Preaching's Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay).

PAUL WINDSOR serves as the programme director of Langham Preaching. Prior to working with Langham, he spent twenty years involved in theological education in New Zealand.