Ask NT Wright Anything #74 Confused by parables

2021-07-15T16:44:00+01:00

What’s with the persistent neighbour? What lesson should we take from the shrewd manager? Is the story of Lazarus and the rich man a lesson about hell? NT Wright answers these and other listener questions on the parables of Jesus

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