Jesus Teaches

• Parable Color Page  Download and color
  

• View a video of the Parable of the Sewer 
  
  

• Crossword Puzzle  Print and solve
  

• Decode the secret message  Print and solve.

  • Solution ... in case you get stuck
    
    

• Use these questions for a Family Discussion time on this parable
  
  

• Write a parable.   
  Choose one of the following life principles and write a parable which teach that lesson. 

  • "Treat other people as you would like to be treated"

  • "What goes around comes around"

  • "Your actions speak louder than what you say"

  • "You cannot change other people, but you can change yourself"

  • "When you face your problems head on, you gain power over your life"

  • "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"

  • "Pride goes before destruction"

  • Check out this web site for a description of how to write a parable

  • From the Herschel Hobbs Commentary:  
    "As a teaching method, “a parable is an extended metaphor comparing a spiritual truth with something from the listeners’ everyday world.”  Often parables are fictitious narratives but are completely agreeable to the laws and usages of human life. In other words, a parable may be a made-up story but it is something that could well happen. Of course, what is important about a parable is the truth it is intended to convey. Nevertheless, the stories are engaging—we might even say entertaining—and involve the listeners by calling for them to make a judgment or decision that personalizes the truth being taught."
    
    Send your parables to SteveArmstrong@letu.edu and I'll post it here for others to read.