Parables of Salvation

David T Williams

iUniverse, Sep 16, 2002 - Religion - 416 pages

The authors wife has frequently reminded him that there is a sermon in everything! The parables of Jesus demonstrate clearly to us that spiritual truths can be readily communicated with the aid of everyday objects. Just as Jesus used real life situations such as sowing or lost coins, so the attempt is made here to draw spiritual lessons from objects met every day. The emphasis in this book is on familiar objects, such as will be met frequently in life. Thus while it is a good and valid technique to add visual material to a talk by means of a picture, a word or a series of letters, this is not done here. The emphasis is on the object and the message gleaned from that, rather than on an attempt to visualize the message.

Those wanting inspiration for children's talks that will not bore them, or illustrations to liven up a sermon, will find a wealth of ideas here. No time-consuming making of pictures and posters, but just the use of ordinary objects, found in every home.

Contents

• ATM CARD: 4
• 3: 6
• BALL: 8
• BALL: 10
• BANKNOTE: 16
• BANKNOTE AND COIN: 18
• BATTERIES: 24
• BEADS: 26
• BELL: 28
• BELT AND BRACES: 30
• BENT COIN: 32
• BICYCLE PUMP: 36
• BIRTHDAY: 38
• BLOTTED PAPER: 40
• BOOK: 42
• BOOK: 44
• BOTTLE CONTENTS: 46
• BREAD: 48
• BREATH: 50
• BRICK: 52
• BRICKS: 54
• BRIEFCASE: 56
• BUILDING: 58
• BUTTONS: 60
• CANDLE: 62
• CARPET: 64
• CEMENT: 66
• CHAIN: 68
• CHEQUE: 70
• CHRISTMAS SPANNER: 74
• CLEANING: 76
• CLOTH: 78
• CLOTHES HANGER: 80
• CLOTHES: 82
• COMB: 84
• COMPACT DISC: 86
• CROSS: 88
• CRUTCHES: 90
• 46: 92
• DEFLATED BALL: 94
• DICTIONARY: 96
• DOOR HANDLE: 98
• EGG: 102
• NAIL 2 131 ROPE AND HOLE: 103
• EGG: 104
• NUMBER PLATES 133 RUBBER GLOVES: 105
• EGG: 106
• OLD AND NEW COIN 135 SAFETY: 107
• EGG: 108
• ELECTRIC PLUG: 110
• EMPTY VESSELS: 112
• EXAMINATIONS: 114
• EXAMINATIONS: 116
• EXAMINATIONS: 118
• EXERCISE: 120
• FLAME: 122
• FLASH: 124
• FRUIT AND WOOD: 126
• GLASS: 128
• GLOVE: 130
• GLOVE: 132
• GOLD: 134
• GRASS: 136
• GRASS: 138
• HAMMER: 140
• HANDCLASP: 142
• HEIGHT: 144
• HELMET: 146
• HINGE: 148
• HITCHHIKING: 150
• HYPODERMIC SYRINGE: 152
• JACKET AND TROUSERS: 154
• KEYS: 156
• KNIFE: 158
• LEAF: 160
• LEAF: 162
• LETTER: 164
• LIGHT AND DARKNESS: 166
• LIGHT BULB: 168
• LOCK AND: 174
• LOLLIPOP: 176
• LOLLIPOP AND BREAD: 178
• MAGIC RUBIK CUBE: 180
• MAGNIFYING GLASS: 182
• 92: 184
• MATCH: 186
• MICROPHONE: 188
• MÖBIUS STRIP 96 MOTORCAR PART: 196
• MOTOR FAULT: 198
• MOUSETRAP: 200
• MOUSETRAP: 202
• NAIL: 204
• PAGES OF ABOOK 2 137 SANDWICH: 276
• PAINTBRUSH 139 SANDWICH: 278
• PAPER CLIP 140 SAW AND HAMMER 113 PAPER AEROPLANE 141 SCISSORS 114 PASSPORT 142 SCISSORS AND MIRROR: 284
• PEN 143 SCREWDRIVER: 286
• PENCILS 1 144 SEAT BELT: 288
• PENCILS 2 145 SEEDS: 290
• PHOTOGRAPH 146 SEEDS: 292
• PILLS HAMMER AND KNIFE 147 SEEDS: 298
• PRAYING HAND 150 SHOE: 304
• PUMPKIN 2 153 SLING: 306
• PUNCTURE 154 SLING: 308
• RADIO 155 SLING: 310
• RECORD 156 SNAKE: 312
• RED 157 SNAKE: 314

About the author

David Williams is a professor in Systematic Theology at the University of Fort Hare, in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He is an accredited minister of the Baptist Union of South Africa and of the FIEC in the UK, and also an associate missionary of SIM.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Parables of Salvation
• Author: David T Williams
• Publisher: iUniverse, 2002
• ISBN: 0595738036, 9780595738038
• Length: 416 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Studies / General