Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
An international ministry of apologetics and evangelism—answering skeptics' questions about Christianity and helping Christians better understand their own beliefs.
Today's devotional: the turtle on the fence post
Have you heard of the "turtle on a fencepost" saying? It goes like this: if you're walking along...
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Matthew 25: 1- 14 - Into Thy Word Ministries
The Parable of the Virgins. With His impending crucifixion just three days away, Jesus used this, the third parable, to illustrate and help us understand the events of His coming judgment and the importance of our being ready. This parable is not about sharing or demonstrating benevolence.
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Matthew 22: 1-22 - Into Thy Word Ministries
The Parable of the Wedding Feast. This parable is about rejection, but it is also about acceptance! The image is of Christ as the bridegroom, whose guests have turned on Him. He then invites any and everyone, and the invitation is still open for us today! God rejects those who reject...
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Matthew 21: 33-46 - Into Thy Word Ministries
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants. This parable is about rejection. The illustration of a landowner who uses his money, time, and resources to build a business of making wine is a parallel on how our Lord was received and treated. This business was necessary and essential in that time.
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Matthew 20: 1-19 - Into Thy Word Ministries
The Parable of the Vineyard. Chapter 19 ends with the statement, “many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.” This statement primes this chapter. Many pastors, over the years, have used this passage to teach about salvation and how we are rewarded. However...
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Matthew 13: 44-58 - Into Thy Word Ministries
The Value of Christ’s Kingdom. In these parables, Jesus explains the value of His Kingdom, and the foolishness of chasing after the things of the world. His Kingdom is what life is all about; yet, we tend to wrongly preoccupy ourselves with life in a dysfunctional way.
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Matthew 13: 24-43 - Into Thy Word Ministries
The Parable of the Mustered Seed and Leaven. These parables are explaining what the opposition is to the Kingdom of God in the form of a metaphor. They use basic language and objects from the people’s everyday life. That they can easily grasp and relate too. Christ is telling...
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Matthew 13: 1-23 - Into Thy Word Ministries
The Parable of the Sower. This passage is the “Third Great Disclosure” of Matthew, and starts a series of parables about the Kingdom of Heaven, and how God works both in the Universe, and in our hearts.
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Just Thinking - Tiny Beginnings
The parable of the mustard seed highlights the past, present, and future magnificence of the kingdom in which God reigns. Though the presence of the King among us may at times feel threatened and slight, his is a kingdom with an explosive promise.
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