This is the great sin of the servant who stores his coin in the handkerchief: Paralysis. Struck with the King’s gifts and the demands he makes, the servant has taken on a false humility and decided he ...

The parable of the sower is an 'allegory' about the Kingdom of God. In other words, it can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, everything in the story represents something else. It is a ...

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven ... Even though the Bible is the inerrant Word of God, it is not the only guiding rule of faith. Both the Bible and Apostolic Tradition are ...

The gospel opens as Jesus invites people to see.... The Gospel of Thomas also suggests that Jesus is aware of, and criticizing the views of the Kingdom of God as a time or a place that appear in ...

Jesus tells the parable of the lost sheep to show that the Kingdom of God is accessible to all, even those who were sinners or strayed from God’s path. He uses the example of a shepherd (God ...

They "teach man the final end to which God calls us: the kingdom, the vision of God, participation in the divine nature, eternal life, filiation, rest in God." They are the heart of Jesus' preaching.