Hello! Welcome to Open Circle, a podcast created to enrich your walk with Christ. Produced from Circle Church of Christ in Corvallis,
Oregon, this podcast is a mix of our weekly sermons as well as other topics, interviews, studies, and Biblical topics for Christians to come closer to God.
As we finish this series on parables, we reflect on some of the better questions to let them ask of us, and we explore the Parable of the Vineyard Workers from Matthew 20 & the Parable of the Wheat and Tares from Matthew 13 for some final lessons and challenges.
The parable of the unjust manager is arguably one of the most controversial and misunderstood parables. Is Jesus condoning unethical action? What’s the key to unlocking this parable? What exactly has the manager done which Jesus IS praising, and how does that relate to us?
Today we delve into one of the more well known parables, commonly known as the Parable of the Prodigal Son. But is it really just about the prodigal son? Or is it more about how the Father interacts with the two different sons, which tells us about how Jesus acts towards people? You decide.
Thomas continues our parables series with a look at the Parable of the Sower, but through the lens of Isaiah 6, where Jesus quoted as how and why parables were to be used.
Thomas begins a new series on the Parables of Jesus, though not just explaining some of the more well-known parables – the point of this series is to truly understand what a parable is, why Jesus taught with them, Jesus’ Old Testament background, and how to use them in our lives. Today we begin with
