There are some interesting details in the The Four Soils image. The upper left shows an evil black bird who sits in the mind of the left Kerry. The belly of the bird contains the Bible preventing it from entering the mind and the heart. The upper right shows the […]
The image The Four Soils was inspired by the parable of the Sower. (Mark 4:3-20; Matthew 13:3-23; Luke 8:5-15). The Gospel writers give us a little extra with this parable. Besides the parable, we are given the purpose of parables and as a bonus, an explanation of the parable. I […]
Much of Jesus’ teaching recorded in the Gospels is in the form of parables. Luke and Matthew are especially saturated with parables. The Parables of Jesus are brief, engaging stories spoken by our Lord. They are excellent. For me, they are riddles to be dug into. They require a […]
If you are starting up a small group this January and you don’t have materials yet please consider one of the Christian Mandalas Studies. It’s rather easy. Get the Leader’s Guide DVD, shown in the image, off Amazon.com at […]
This is a mandala in the Catholic Parish Church of Saint Hubert in Aubel, Belgium. It was built between 1907 and 1910. The photo was taken by Wikimedia commons contributor GFreihalter. I am using it under the creative commons attribution-sharealike 3.0 unported license. I have modified the original image to […]
This is a mandala in Ascension Church in the city of Dresden, Germany. It was built in 1901 and has a structure very similar to the Marsh Chapel window. This photo was taken by Wikimedia commons contributor Schwalbe. I am using it under the GNU Free Documentation License. I have […]
