The Parables of Joshua

By Joseph F. Girzone

Book Overview

In the latest chapter of his bestselling Joshua series, Joseph Girzone offers fresh inspiration in this collection of fifty never-before-published contemporary vignettes that underscore the most important lessons of the gospel.

Joseph Girzone's novels about Joshua, the carpenter who transforms ordinary lives with words of peace and loving actions, have sold more than three million copies and captured the hearts of readers around the world. In The Parables of Joshua, perhaps his most powerful book since the original Joshua, Girzone distills the essence of Christian teaching in entertaining and inspiring "bite-sized" tales set against the background of current society.

For some today, the parables of the New Testament are quaint, old-fashioned stories, with little relevance to everyday life in the twenty-first century. As Girzone writes in his Introduction, "I have heard the most callous people comment with such great piety on the parables that I could not help but wonder if we haven't made parables pleasant-sounding fables about human situations long past, but with no present-day meaning." In order to recapture their original vitality Girzone revives the timeless messages behind the original parables by "dressing them in modern clothes," presenting them through Joshua in a conversational style that will resonate with a modern audience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385495129
• ISBN13: 9780385495127
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Prh Christian Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

a good, light, Christian read

Girzone has found a way to write about parables in our daily living today that are used to tell the story of Chrisst. He tells the parable and reveals the messages behind the original prables by putting them into modern circumstances. This is a wonderful way to reread and understand the parables and original teachings. J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"

The Parables of Joshua

This book was a Christmas present for my granddaughter. The whole family loves Joseph F Girzone's "Joshua" series. The book arrived in plenty of time to be wrapped as a Christmas gift and the book was in excellent condition. My thanks to you for being so prompt, it is very much appreciated. Thanks and God bless you. Lorie

TThe paragles of Joshua.

This is a great book. A challenge to live a life of relationship and not religion. Loved the perspective. Was moved to change.

Another great book in the Joshua series

Great and I really loved, "Joshua and the Parable." It's a great book well worth reading for all ages. It deserves many many stars.