Grace Forgave yesterday’s Past. Grace secured tomorrow’s future. grace empowers today’s Goodness.

Resource Authors

Brad has 25 years of youth ministry experience and 17 years of experience as a Bible teacher in Christian schools. He found that the "canned" lessons found in bookstores lacked the personal touches he wanted so he began writing his own. When he was “blown-up by the transforming power of grace”, he started writing grace-based lessons for his students.

Jess is an ordained minister who thrives in unconventional ministry spaces—from addiction recovery programs to strip club outreaches and leading home-based churches. A published writer and sought-after speaker for women’s events, she is the author of A Rebel’s Religion and She, bringing fresh, fearless insight to faith, life and His grace.

Parables: Full Series

A Teaching Series on Identity, Belonging & Rest

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This collection of teachings explores some of Jesus’ most familiar parables through a radically grace-centered lens—one that moves beyond moralism, performance, and religious pressure and into the freedom of the finished work of Christ. Rather than asking “What should I do?”, these lessons consistently return to the better question Jesus is answering: “Who are you, and what can I do for you?”

Across these parables, Jesus confronts deeply ingrained systems of earning, comparison, honor, shame, fear, and scarcity. He dismantles the illusion that righteousness can be achieved through effort, longevity, obedience, or spiritual achievement—and replaces it with the scandalous reality of grace: inclusion without qualification, forgiveness without limits, abundance without earning, and belonging without conditions.

Each lesson invites participants to see themselves not as workers striving for approval, but as children, guests, heirs, and recipients—secure in identity and free to rest. Whether addressing forgiveness, generosity, comparison, worry, community, or humility, every parable in this series reveals the same unshakable truth: the Kingdom of God is not built on what we do for Him, but on what He does for us.

Designed for small groups, teaching environments, or personal reflection, this series blends Scripture, cultural context, thoughtful teaching, and discussion questions to create space for honest conversation and deep reassurance. It is especially well-suited for those weary of striving, burned out by religious expectations, or longing to rediscover a gospel that actually feels like good news.

This series explores themes such as:

  • Grace as the great equalizer

  • Identity rooted in sonship, not performance

  • Forgiveness as overflow, not obligation

  • Abundance instead of scarcity

  • Belonging without qualification

  • Rest in the finished work of Christ

Together, these parables form a cohesive journey—from wandering to belonging, from striving to resting, from comparison to community, and from fear to freedom.

This is not a call to try harder.  It is an invitation to remember who you are, receive what has already been given, and live from grace—not for it.

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