Required reading
Lectures to my students by Charles Spurgeon (Available from Amazon or free here) - Commence Chapter 6 (Books of fables, emblems, and parables) by reading up to the paragraph beginning with 'Among the books of emblems which ought to be very useful to you is Austen on Fruit trees.'
My summary
Today Spurgeon continues his book recommendations, but this time on fables and parables.
After explaining the distinction between parables and fables, he proceeds to give advice on using parables along with some examples.
Next Spurgeon then moves to fables and begins to give appropriate examples of them as well.
What grabbed me
Sorry Mr Spurgeon, but this section of the work doesn't really do much for me.
I'm all for illustrations, but most of these I'm not sure would work with a modern audience.
Next week's reading
Continue Chapter 6 (Books of fables, emblems, and parables) by reading up to the paragraph beginning with 'Now, coming to parables proper, the best thing I can do for you, brethren, is to indicate where you will find some of them. And, first there is a large number, as you all know, in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress'.
Now it's your turn
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