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Parables are some of the most familiar stories in the Bible, yet their interpretations and applications are anything but uniform.Scandalous Storiesis a ""sort"" of commentary on these familiar stories that are steeped in God's offensive grace and loving mercy for sinners and saints alike.

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"In this wonderful and user-friendly volume, Price and Sorensen breath fresh life into even the most familiar of Christ's parables - no easy feat! Their rock solid grasp of God's grace so readily offered to the (continually) underserving shines through in every sentence and story. Highly recommended. David Zahl, Director of Mockingbird Ministries All too often, Jesus' parables are seen as offering a program for spiritual progress. An app for spiritual perfection. Price's and Sorensen's rereading will tolerate no appeal to the parables as providing a metrics of purity. Instead, through the parables God works to humble us -- indeed, humanize us -- and so allow us to love God from our hearts and serve our neighbors whether or not they meet our standards of holiness. Each page of this book testifies to God's mercy for every sinner. This book is highly recommended to all who hunger for grace. Dr. Mark Mattes, Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Grand View University Scandalous Stories sheds new light on Jesus' parables, offering a fresh and exciting encounter with the Savior's stories of surprising saints and offensive grace. Matt Popovits, Pastor and author of Tough Call It's so easy to read Jesus' parables and think, ""That's what I need to do to get my act together."" In typical fashion, we make them about us and our glory story. And, as usual, we're missing the point. The parables aren't primarily about us but rather about the great mercy of our loving Father who is drawing all the wrong (and blessedly right) people to Himself. This wonderful book will help you see that. I highly recommend it! Elyse Fitzpatrick, author of Finding the Love of Jesus from Genesis to Revelation"

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