“You need to tell more stories when you preach. People like to hear stories. Jesus told parables so that even kids could understand.”
I received this sermon feedback from a pastor a few years ago. While the critique was probably deserved, I was puzzled in the moment about the grounds for it. Is it really true Jesus told parables so that he could be more easily understood?
This question lies at the heart of the Parable of the Sower.
Famously in this parable—described as the key to understanding all the rest (Mark 4:13b)—Jesus seems to say he speaks in parables not so that he will be more easily understood, but precisely so that his hearers will not hear and understand, “lest” they repent and be forgiven.
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