Jesus chose to demonstrate the love of God and appeal to Simon's sense of logic with a parable. ... Tannehill states, "the parable provides an imaginative bridge leading hearers to judge a situation from a new angle." ... The parable ends with a question to Simon, "Now which of them will love more?" ... In this understanding, her love is the consequence of her forgiveness and integrates the parable to the narrative." ... Jesus is asking Simon to connect the lessons of the parable with the lessons of the life of the sinful woman and his own personal sins. ...

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Introduction This paper will discuss the principles of understanding and interpreting the concept of Christian "hope." Hope is the triumph of the love of God over all hate, of the justice of God over all injustice, of God's freedom over all bondage of community with God, over all separation of life...

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