Jesus often used stories & analogies to drive home a point, moral, or lesson. These stories often included unscrupulous characters that actually display some positive virtue or ethic that the listeners could learn from. These stories/analogies Jesus told are called parables.

Listen in as we work through some of Jesus' parables...We will work through 7 parables and learn the lessons Jesus taught working our way from large & important concepts down to the details of our lives.

Jesus came to ring in something completely new. "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." (Ezekiel 36:26) Jesus came so that we may have that new heart and new nature so we can become a new creation. In this week's parable, Jesus reminds us that we cannot bring our old self, our old nature with us as we are transformed into His image. We must open our hands to let go of the old before we are able to receive the new life Jesus brings.