In the latest chapter of his bestselling Joshua
series, Joseph Girzone offers fresh inspiration in this
collection of fifty never-before-published contemporary
vignettes that underscore the most important lessons of
the gospel. Joseph Girzone's novels about Joshua, the
carpenter who transforms ordinary lives with words of
peace and loving actions, have sold more than three
million copies and captured the hearts of readers around
the world. In The Parables of Joshua, perhaps his
most powerful book since the original Joshua,
Girzone distills the essence of Christian teaching in
entertaining and inspiring "bite-sized" tales set
against the background of current society. For some
today, the parables of the New Testament are quaint,
old-fashioned stories, with little relevance to everyday
life in the twenty-first century. As Girzone writes in
his Introduction, "I have heard the most callous people
comment with such great piety on the parables that I
could not help but wonder if we haven't made parables
pleasant-sounding fables about human situations long
past, but with no present-day meaning." In order to
recapture their original vitality Girzone revives the
timeless messages behind the original parables by
"dressing them in modern clothes," presenting them
through Joshua in a conversational style that will
resonate with a modern audience. From the
Hardcover edition.
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