How to Understand the Symbolic Nature of Parables

The parables are short stories found in the gospels that Jesus tells. They are stories he thought up. And some of the most famous Bible stories in history. So today, we're going to look at how to understand the symbolic nature of parables. As I think about reading the parables of Jesus, here's four guideposts. Each one can give me some wisdom and some questions to ask and some things to avoidThat will help me and you and everybody read the parables with more wisdom and get more insight from them than we might normally.