Article October 10, 1970 Issue

Signs of the Times

M. Graham Clark

The Ozark Visitor

Dr. M. Graham Clark, President The School of the Ozarks in The Ozark Visitor Point Lookout, Missouri

The parable is a literary form which is little used today, but in ancient times it was an effective means of imparting great lessons. One of the most successful and best remembered users of the parable was the carpenter of Nazareth whose biographers report many parables used to illustrate truths he sought to teach his followers. One of the most quoted is the one on stewardship which Matthew recounts in 25: 14-30....

Doubtless you have heard many sermons about stewardship based on this parable: on being faithful; on the wise use of what has been entrusted to you; on being entrusted with more, and on sharing in the joy of the Master. But there's still another lesson here.

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