Mobile Ed: Parables and Miracles of Jesus Bundle

by Daniel M. Doriani; Logos Mobile Education

Publisher:

Lexham Press

, 2014–2021

Overview

Get a close look at the parables and miracles of Jesus as Dr. Dan Doriani provides insight on these important aspects of the life of Jesus. You’ll learn how they reveal who Christ is and what role they played in His ministry. Dr. Doriani interprets the parables and miracles in their original context and shows how they apply to us today.

Product Details

• Title: Parables and Miracles of Jesus Bundle
• Instructor: Daniel M. Doriani
• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
• Courses: 2
• Video Hours: 14

NT252 The Parables of Jesus

• Instructor: Daniel M. Doriani
• Video Hours: 6

The parables of Jesus are colorful, startling, and often confusing. In this course, Dr. Dan Doriani explains this unique narrative type and walks you through proper interpretation of the parables, examining their images, themes, and applications for modern readers.

Contents:

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker

Unit 1: The Purpose of Parables

• The Nature of Parables
• Searching for Parables in the New Testament with Search Fields
• A Modern-Day Parable
• How Parables Work
• The Development of Jesus’ Teaching
• Using a Custom Guide to View Translations of Parabolē

Unit 2: Parables Describing the Kingdom of God

• The Parable of the Sower: A Paradigm
• The Parable of the Sower: Its Meaning
• Opposition and Growth in the Kingdom of God
• Using the Bible Sense Lexicon to Find Different Referents of a Word
• The Value of the Kingdom of God
• Understanding Jesus’ Parables in Matthew 13

Unit 3: Parables about Life in the Kingdom of God

• Greatness in the Kingdom
• Studying the Kingdom with the Bible Word Study Guide
• Living in the Kingdom: Confrontation and Forgiveness
• Living in the Kingdom: Mercy
• Living in the Kingdom: Grace
• The Unfairness of Grace
• Jesus’ Gracious Call to the Kingdom

Unit 4: Parables of Confrontation

• Symbolic Acts and Words
• Taking Away the Kingdom of God

Unit 5: Parables of Instruction about the Future

• The Destruction of the Temple
• The Return of Jesus
• Creating and Searching Custom Theological Collections

Unit 6: Parables of Discipleship

• Loving Your Neighbor
• Comparing Parable Accounts with Gospel Harmonies
• Becoming a “Neighbor”
• Jesus’ Role in the Parable of the Good Samaritan
• A Parable about Prayer
• Being Confident in Prayer
• Using Sympathetic Highlighting to Identify and Search Greek Forms
• Prayer and the Unjust Judge
• A Parable about Money
• Storing Up Riches on Earth
• Being Rich toward God
• A Parable about Two Monks
• Lessons from the Parable about Two Monks
• The Parable of the Unjust Steward
• A Proper Perspective on Money
• Using the Power Lookup Tool to Find Lexical Entries on “Mammon”
• Parables about Friendship and Association
• Invitation to the Kingdom of God
• Membership in the Kingdom of God
• The Cost of Discipleship
• Rejoicing When the Lost Are Found
• The Parable of the Lost Sons
• Using the Cited By Tool to Look Up Background Information
• The Welcoming Father and the Older Son
• Finding Ourselves in the Parable of the Lost Sons
• The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Unit 7: Parables of Repentance

• The Power of Parables
• The Theme of Repentance in Luke’s Gospel
• Finding Different Greek Words Used for “Repent”
• Repent While There Is Time
• A Change of Heart

Conclusion

• Living Jesus’ Stories

NT253 The Miracles of Jesus

• Instructor: Daniel M. Doriani
• Video Hours: 8

In this course, Dr. Dan Doriani not only details the miracles performed by Jesus, but also focuses on their place in his ministry. Dr. Doriani draws connections between the miracles themselves and the person and work of Christ, explaining clearly who Christ is and what he came to share.

Contents:

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course
• The Place of Miracles in Jesus’ Ministry
• Creating a Custom Guide for Researching Biblical Concepts

Unit 1: Miracles in Matthew

• The Structure of Miracles in Matthew
• Finding References to Jesus’ Miracles
• Healing the Leper
• Healing the Centurion’s Servant
• Locating References to Specific Kinds of Miracles
• Total Healing

Unit 2: Background for Studying the Miracles

• Objections to Miracles
• Comparing Parallel Miracle Accounts with Gospel Harmonies
• Reconsidering Contradictions
• Defining “Miracle”
• Discovering the Greek and Hebrew Terms for “Miracle“
• Miracles as Signs
• Finding the “I Am” Statements that Surround Jesus’ Miracles
• Miracles in Other Religions
• Miracles Today

Unit 3: Understanding Miracles

• Challenges to Understanding Miracles
• Application of Principles (Luke 5:17–26)
• Responses to the Miracle (Luke 5:17–26)
• Criticism of Jesus’ Miracles
• Differing Accounts of Feeding the 5,000
• Walking on the Water
• Walking on the Water: A Christocentric Interpretation
• An Old Testament Miracle: A Theocentric Interpretation
• Miracles in Historical Context
• Miracles in Canonical Context: The Synoptics
• Miracles in Canonical Context: John’s Gospel

Unit 4: Miracles in Mark

• Healing the Deaf Man
• Healing a Blind Man in Stages
• Healing the Demon-Possessed Child
• Healing the Hemorrhaging Woman
• Locating Questions in the Miracle Narratives
• Raising Jairus’ Daughter

Unit 5: Miracles in Luke

• Miracles and Luke’s Themes
• Luke’s Use of Miracles
• Investigating Jesus’ Title of “Master”
• The Great Catch of Fish
• Healing the Gerasene Demoniac
• Responses to Jesus

Unit 6: Miracles in John

• The First Sign: The Wedding at Cana
• Understanding the Background of John 2:1–10
• The Sign: Healing the Invalid
• The Sign: Healing the Man Born Blind
• Exploring the Textual Variant in John 5:3–5
• The Man Born Blind, Part 2
• Understanding and Applying John 5 and 9
• The Way of Suffering
• The Last Sign: Raising Lazarus from the Dead
• Raising Lazarus, Part 2

Unit 7: The Historicity of the Miracle Accounts

• Reasons to Believe (1–2)
• Reasons to Believe (3–7)

Unit 8: The Miracle of the Resurrection

• The Necessity of the Crucifixion
• The Necessity of the Resurrection
• The Meaning of the Resurrection
• The Resurrection in Matthew
• The Resurrection in Matthew: The Great Commission
• The Resurrection in Mark
• The Resurrection in Luke: On the Emmaus Road
• The Resurrection in Luke: Jesus in the Law and Prophets
• The Resurrection in John: Eyewitness Accounts
• The Resurrection in John: Seeing and Believing
• The Resurrection in John: Blessed Believers

Unit 9: Do Miracles Happen Today?

• Miracles Past and Present
• Prayer and Healing in James 5
• Reclaiming a Biblical Practice

Conclusion

• Encouraging to Believe

About the Instructor

Dr. Daniel M. Doriani (STM, PhD) is vice president of strategic academic projects and professor of theology at Covenant Seminary. He is the author of several books, including Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible and commentaries on Matthew and 1 Peter in the Reformed Expository Commentaries series.