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Retells eight parables, such as the Prodigal Son, the Persistent Widow, and the Good Samaritan, in terms of modern situations. Includes the Biblical version and interpretive text.

Adam Raccoon learns a lesson about caring too much for material things.

"This is the story of Samaritan Sam, Can you read it? Yes, you can! There's something else. Can you guess what? On every page there's a mouse to spot."

"Each story concludes with a special page of interactive questions for parents and teachers to use to reinforce the friendship lesson in each story."--Cover back.

Three parables about the nature of God suggest that he has the steadfastness of a rock, the brilliance of light, and the power of the wind.

A servant of the Watermaster, a kind man who gives water freely to the thirsty people of a desert village, tries to restrict this gift by imposing his own terms on it, even though his master wishes to share the water with all.

Retells the Bible parable about the son who returned home, penniless, after traveling the world, and was welcomed back by his family.

This volume is the second novel in The Celestine Series, beginning with The Celestine Prophecy. One of the characters of The Celestine Prophecy, Charlene, disappears while exploring a forest in the Appalachian Mountains. The book discusses ideas about other dimensions, past lives, conception and birth, the passage through death to an afterlife, hell and heaven. It also illustrates the author's vision of human destiny and the idea that fear of the...

Countless readers have been helped by the famous 'Babylonian parables,' hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this books offers an understanding of?and a solution to?your personal financial...