In Matthew 13, Jesus gives us these parables, these “portraits of the kingdom,” to confront our false expectations and help us reimagine what the kingdom of heaven is really like and how it is coming. Why? To get us on board with God and his ways.
In Matthew 13, Jesus gives us these parables, these “portraits of the kingdom,” to confront our false expectations and help us reimagine what the kingdom of heaven is really like and how it is coming. Why? To get us on board with God and his ways.