Teacher's Guide for And How Shall You Know All Parables: (Small Groups)

By John Wedlock

This booklet provides a teacher's guide for study of the book And How Shall You Know All Parables. This book provides for an understanding of the Parable of the Sower and also, a means for understanding the gospels/Acts based on the thematic context of that parable. This leads to a deeper understanding of the gospels/Acts and for a clearer insight into how these scriptures apply to everyday life. The teacher's guide provides a twenty-session study of the book for use by small groups. Each session outline includes a Bible reading, discussion topics for the session, reference to Bible-study guides for more in-depth study of the topic, and challenging application questions for reflection and discussion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: May 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781098025120

Book preview

Session 1

Introduction and Overview

Major concepts (p. 205).

Soils of the Parable of the Sower—represent people types

wayside soil—hard people (prideful)

transition—not-so-good soils to the good soil, saved people

rocky soil—shallow people (unfaithful)

thorny soil—unproductive people (disobedient)

good soil—productive people (humble, saved, faithful, obedient, and fruitful)

Themes of the gospels

Mark—servant-like humility

John—Jesus-focused spirituality

Luke—steadfast faithfulness

Matthew—devoted obedience

Acts—spiritual productivity

Intrinsic needs

worth (met by sensing love and acceptance)

freedom (met by having choice)

power (met by having trust)

security (met by having provision)

meaning (met by having a purpose in the whole)

joy (met by the satisfaction of the above needs and fun)

Relationships and progression among the concepts (p.