"Of Pigs, Pearls, and Prodigals" by John Bytheway

The objects and settings of the New Testament parables are
simple, everyday items and places from the past; candlesticks,
bushels, fields, and seeds—and the cast of characters is nearly
as familiar; travelers, herders, rich men and poor, but the
storyteller himself, the one who spun these tales which are both
simple and deep, well, He was one-of-a-kind.

In this book, inspired by a visit to the Holy Land, author and
speaker John Bytheway digs into the who, what, where, and why of
the parables of Jesus, revealing additional meaning and
application to these deceptively simple stories which have been
teaching and blessing those willing to look below the surface,
for centuries.

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