The Parables of Jesus
Overview
After the success with his volume on the miracles of Jesus, Cosmo Gordon Lang wrote a follow-up on the parables of Jesus. Influenced by the popular Notes on the Parables of Our Lord by Richard C. Trench, Lang’s orthodox scholarly analysis of the Gospel text merges academic scholarship with pastoral application.
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Key Features
- Presents thorough pastoral and exegetical treatment of Jesus’ parables
- Contains a practical work for pastors, students, and scholars
- Includes dozens of illustrations and summaries of each parable
Top Highlights
“The true object of ‘salvation,’ of inner rightness with God, is not to save one’s own soul, but to do God service; it is not that we may be secure, but that God may be glorified.” (Pages 103–104)
“Is it not true that the average Englishman is sensible of the need of hard work in every other sphere of life except religion?” (Page 109)
“But the lesson of the parable is that that little shall be required exactly and with interest.” (Page 106)
“We dishonour God if we think of His love as a mere tolerant good nature” (Page 105)
“The seed is ‘the word,’ ‘the word of God,’ ‘the word of the Kingdom” (Page 15)
Product Details
- Title: The Parables of Jesus
- Author: Cosmo Gordon Lang
- Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co.
- Publication Date: 1918
- Pages: 406
- Resource Type: Topical
- Topic: Parables
About William Cosmo Gordon Lang
William Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864–1945) was a Scottish Anglican archbishop, said to have strong liberal Anglo-Catholic religious beliefs. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Lang studied at the University of Glasgow and at Oxford and was on his way to a successful career in politics and law when he received the calling to become an Anglican and seek ordination. Later in life, he was appointed as Archbishop of York at a relatively young age, rising to the second-highest position in the Church of England faster than most of his predecessors. Lang later took position as Archbishop of Canterbury.