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How to Understand and Apply the New Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Theology is unavailable, but you can change that!

This comprehensive, conversational book is for anyone who wants to understand and apply the Bible—and the New Testament in particular—in a responsible, well-informed, and God-glorifying way. Naselli is an able guide, walking readers through a carefully field-tested twelve-stage interpretive process that pastors, scholars, teachers, and laypeople can use with benefit. • Move from genre to...

The word parable is remarkably flexible and can include a proverb, riddle, allegory, metaphor, or simile. I am using the word more specifically for Jesus’ story parables. A story parable is an extended metaphor or simile with a story: “The kingdom of heaven is like …” (Matt. 13:31). Jesus commonly teaches this way in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Here is one big warning for interpreting Jesus’ parables: Don’t overinterpret parables. Here are six more specific principles:
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