Why Does Jesus Speak in Parables?

Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

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4.9 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Why does Jesus conceal his teachings through parables rather than speaking straight forward? Mike and Dave kick off their new topic discussion on the parables and explain how the parables invite you into a mystery and teach you to slow down. Mike and Dave invite you to join them into the mystery of unpacking the parables and give tips to understand the parables better.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
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0:11.0	Clearly, parables are like one of the biggest victims of like the Nerf Jesus movement,
0:17.0	like where we made Jesus into this nice, sweet guy that just loves everyone and doesn't
0:22.0	care if you change your life or not.
0:35.5	Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, every knee shall bow, your weekly Catholic podcast on evangelization and discipleship.
0:42.9	My name is Mike Gomer Gorman.
0:44.4	I am joined, as always, with my illustrious companion and life partner.
0:50.0	Stop saying stuff like that.
0:52.0	Podcast partner, podcast partner.
0:54.0	Dave the mustard seed van Vickle. How are you doing, Dave? Good. I'm doing great. Well, I mean, except for the weather is, it's cold here. Like, it's for real cold. Isn't it awesome? Isn't it awesome? No. Houston, yesterday. It was like 70 degrees in the morning.
1:12.3	And I'm like, what is this?
1:14.2	What is this?
1:14.7	It got to 90, but it was a low 90s.
1:17.3	Yeah, I know.
1:18.1	It was like the birds were chirping, kids were smiling.
1:21.7	I take that.
1:22.5	This morning, 65 degrees.
1:24.7	What?
1:25.0	Wow.
1:25.5	Wow.
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