A Sting in the Tale

by Roy Clements

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Roy Clements

A sting in the tale

A sting in the tale

 

Roy Clements

 

Inter-Varsity Press

INTER-VARSITY PRESS
38 De Montfort Street, Leicester LE1 7GP, England

© Roy Clements, 1995

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Unless otherwise stated, quotations from the Bible are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Published in Great Britain by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.

First published 1995
Reprinted 1996, 1997

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 0–85110–881–4

Set in Linotype Palatino

Typeset in Great Britain by Parker Typesetting Service, Leicester

Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading, Berkshire

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Contents

 

Introduction	007
1. The seed of change	009
2. The meaning of love	027
3. An invitation to a party	048
4. Getting lost and losing out	063
5. A long-term investment	082
6. The paradox of pardon	097
7. That Monday-morning feeling	118
8. The ultimate insult	138

Take a fresh look at some of Jesus’ lively and
pointed tales from the Gospel of Luke. His
parables speak to people of any age,
culture and background as much today as
they ever did.

Roy Clements deftly unravels these ancient
stories. He avoids jargon, letting them
shock, challenge and show us life
as it should be.

Roy Clements is a popular speaker, and
minister of a busy Cambridge city church.

 

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