Using Parables: How to Teach Like Jesus

I found a good tool teachers can add to their toolbox. Read the quote below and if it prompts some interest, click on the source link for the full article (with some very helpful specifics).

Parables were the storytelling method of choice for our Lord. A parable can be defined as a brief story that can stand alone—like a self-contained module that appeals to the thinking and attitudes of its hearers. There are other ways to tell stories, of course, but I want to focus here on the parable telling (or storytelling) of Jesus. I see them as one and the same, because parables are a particular kind of story.

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