Proclaiming the Parables

Proclaiming the Parables Preaching and Teaching the Kingdom of God Thomas G. LongWestminster John Knox Press, 2024ISBN 9780664268619 Hardcover, 460 pp.6.4 X 8.5 X 2.3 inches | 1.65 pounds In Proclaiming the Parables, noted preacher and scholar Thomas G. Long moves away from past treatment of the parables primarily as literary devices and moves toward an emphasis on their theological impact as pointers to the kingdom of God. While the parables are indeed significant poetic literary creations that have enchanted readers over the centuries, their main power, he claims, lies in their disclosure of the kingdom of God, which is not merely an idea, nor even just a complex symbol with generative and centrifugal force, but an event: the inbreaking of the life of God into human history and experience. Long sees parables not merely as creative figures of speech but as GPS devices taking hearers to those places where the event of God is happening all around us. This book provides two chapters for