David Cerqueira, Author at Bible Advocate Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:27:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://baonline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/05/cropped-file-32x32.jpg David Cerqueira, Author at Bible Advocate 32 32 The Silence of the Parables https://baonline.org/the-silence-of-the-parables/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:27:27 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=37141
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If stories were Jesus’ favorite teaching tool, why did the apostles stop using them? by David Cerqueira The New Testament does something unexpected after the Gospels: It departs from Jesus’ style of teaching. Read the New Testament straight through, and you’ll notice it. Jesus tells stories; His apostles do not. In the Gospels, the air […]

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