![]() The Shrewd Manager deals with one of Jesus’ strangest parables, and one that is most difficult to understand. Our score uses a chamber ensemble for a more classical, austere sound.” The application video features George Grant who pastors Parish Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee. ![]() We kept the camera still and tried to frame shots simply and with sensitivity to mise en scene. According to the creators, it is a “tribute to the Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman. This video was awarded as the Best Narrative at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival. It is an Arab man, eyed suspiciously by everyone else, who eventually comes to the old man’s rescue. A group of church kids, a deacon who is also a doctor, and a youth pastor all pass him by. The story of the Good Samaritan is told in the context of an old man who is assaulted and left for dead (though the assault takes place before the story begins). We tried to find funny, heartwarming characters who represented middle America, then built a story around them.” The application video is provided by Dan Doriani of Central Presbyterian Church in St. It is “a light, screwball comedy filmed in the style of Frank Capra. The comedy of the set, this quick-moving and funny piece asks what we would be willing to sell in order to gain great treasure. The parable of the Hidden Treasure is told through the story of Jeff Smith who was having a really bad day trying to sell a horrendous piece of property until he found oil oozing out of the ground. Here are the six parables covered in this volume along with a brief description and a trailer for each one. Each of the application videos features a different pastor (some of whom you may recognize) providing basic teaching about the parable followed by a few words of application. In the second lesson viewers watch the application video, ask questions about the application video and then review the film and discuss the parable. Viewers watch the dramatization, ask questions about it, teach and then discuss the parable. The first lesson is geared towards understanding the parable. This emotional immediacy enables them to engage the Bible in a powerful and compelling new way.Įach parable is covered in two lessons. Modern Parables lets people grasp the parables at an immediate, gut level. In other words, just watching the films helps teach the historical, grammatical, contextual and interpretive elements in the parables. The 12-lesson study combines cinema and theology in short dramatic films that exegete (or explain) Jesus’ parables. The films are geared towards use for youth groups, small groups, evangelism or even home schooling curriculum and the set features six of Jesus’ parables, told anew through film and set in a contemporary context. Sponsor Show Your Support Become a Patron ![]()
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