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Parables: The Greatest Stories Ever Told: 12 Studies for Individuals or Groups is unavailable, but you can change that!

We all love a good story. But the parables of Jesus are even better than that. They sneak up on us, catching us off guard and toppling our easy assumptions. When the familiar takes an unexpected twist, we find our secret thoughts exposed to the healing light of Jesus. This Bible study introduces twelve of the greatest stories ever told; how might they change your thoughts and actions?

In Texas people love to tell “Aggie jokes.” (Aggies are students at Texas A&M University—an agricultural school and an excellent institution.) A group of Aggies were at a camp one summer with students from other schools. They were the butt of so many jokes that they finally gave an ultimatum: The next person who tells an Aggie joke gets thrown into the stream! Everything was quiet for several days. Then one morning the camp director got up as usual to report on current
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